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End-of-Life Seagate ST3000DM001 Drives
For my NV+.v2 I've been wrestling between buying a couple of WD Red or Seagate 7200.14 drives, with the dilemma coming down to simple price differential. It's a good job I didn't pull the trigger o...
I spoke to Seagate pre-sales today on the phone, and the ST3000DM001 is not an end-of-life product - so where CCI Distribution got that from, who knows.
As for STBD3000200; Seagate confirmed that model is a retail version of the above (with extra cabling/connections).
Nonetheless, the guy I spoke to insisted that since the beginning of 2012, the one year warranty no longer applies. Due to customer complaints the standard warranty for all Seagate drives purchased since the beginning of 2012 is 2 years.
On the CC4H firmware issue, the Seagate sales guy assured me that merely because a purchased ST3000DM001/ST2000DM001 didn't have the specified CC4H firmware it doesn't necessarily mean that it will 'chirp'. If it does, then obviously the CC4H firmware will fix it.
However....
Just when I had made up my mind to buy this drive, a further email exchange with one potential reseller solicited this response: "...the ST3000DM001 do indeed appear to be end of life. This simply means that they won't be making any more on that code, but existing stock will remain in distribution for some time, and we can currently get hold of large quantities of this drive".
As for STBD3000200; Seagate confirmed that model is a retail version of the above (with extra cabling/connections).
Nonetheless, the guy I spoke to insisted that since the beginning of 2012, the one year warranty no longer applies. Due to customer complaints the standard warranty for all Seagate drives purchased since the beginning of 2012 is 2 years.
On the CC4H firmware issue, the Seagate sales guy assured me that merely because a purchased ST3000DM001/ST2000DM001 didn't have the specified CC4H firmware it doesn't necessarily mean that it will 'chirp'. If it does, then obviously the CC4H firmware will fix it.
However....
Just when I had made up my mind to buy this drive, a further email exchange with one potential reseller solicited this response: "...the ST3000DM001 do indeed appear to be end of life. This simply means that they won't be making any more on that code, but existing stock will remain in distribution for some time, and we can currently get hold of large quantities of this drive".
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