Time Capsule stops working, and users keep records of duration of "life" of the device

The company Apple has a very interesting and, most importantly, useful product - Time Capsule. This device for creating backups of all data on a Mac. It works by WiFi protocol a / b / g / n, and may perform the access point. Size Time Capsule is also impressive - 197h197 mm. Hard disk space may be 1 TB and 2 TB, and are in the US, such devices $ 299 and $ 499 respectively. In Russian "time capsule" is not officially available, but they are easy to buy: in the community Ru_macsale and gray dealers can find a bunch of proposals.

All is good, but not so long ago, the world learned that some Time Capsule cease to work- or rather irreversible "die". At the moment, it is unclear how serious this problem is. But if one does not even bothered to create dedicated to this topic the website, you should assume that all very seriously. Apple called resource Time Capsule Memorial RegisterAnd it collects data about the serial numbers, purchase dates and disable each of their devices. For short term users registered two hundred deaths Time Capsule. And, as it turns out, the average duration of operation of the device - 17 months and 4 days.

Judging from the dates of purchase and other information, including damaged devices only those who have a hard disk size is 500 GB and 1 TB. That is, Time Capsule second generation problem has not yet affected. In this case, the question arises to know whether Apple about potential problems, and Time Capsule in the second generation, this problem has already been solved? Or 2-terabyte Time Capsule is also in line to die out, only a little later?

The warranty on the Time Capsule is 1 year. However, it can be extended to three years from the date of purchase, if you buy an additional warranty Apple Care. But this does not help, since all that can make Apple - is to replace Time Capsule. But in this case, the consumer runs the risk of losing all your stored data.

Only one conclusion can be drawn: the users have no choice but to do, from time to time to make "backups of backups."

If you use a Time Capsule, tell us in the comments about your experience. Are you faced with the refusal of work?