If you like data loss can strike confidently

This external hard drive housing potters the only available 1.5TB disk that is on the market - the Seagate ST31500341AS.
As long as you do not use this panel you can not complain too. Unfortunately, the use is then the big risk factor. Because the plate hangs when the operating system sends the flush cache command to the plate. Data loss is then inevitable.
This occurs especially on Linux and the MAC.
In my case, which is often reported in the Internet, which led to such an extent that the panel hangs up with a new power-up before ever can take place, a data access. Seagate knows the problem, but currently has on the Support Page and no new firmware. The status of the new firmware is on 'Validation In'.
Tip: if someone has a problem with this record, but it is still accessible, then turn off and wait until the new firmware is available. If the disk is no longer accessible, as in my case, then there is still a lifeline by a firmware update, you can upload via a serial interface. This is probably only for hardcore users an option and at your own risk. After this problem I immediately ordered a Western Digital RE3 1TB. Embarrassing is even, that this problem can also occur in the ES2 series of Seagate, which was built especially for server RAID systems and therefore in continuous operation should be very durable.