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Multiple failing Seagate Barracuda ST32000542AS
I bought 3 ReadyNAS (over the course of 5 months), and populated them all with identical Seagate Barracuda's They are the Barracuda LP ST32000542AS model, on the HCL and I chose these because there w...
Keep an eye on the drives and keep track of the errors. I have an ST31000528AS that started throwing errors and increased up to 7 back in Feb and then stopped. The drive is still in service and has logged almost 4,000 more hours without another error being reported. I have another that started increasing rapidly in large increments and when the errors reached 334, I replaced the drive in January. I am debating on returning it for an RMA rather than just discarding it. (My array started with 4x1TB Seagates in two NVX units plus two spares. I am currently running 2x3TB Hitachi + 2x1TB Seagate in each unit and plan on going on to 4x3TB in both units, so the 1TB drives would be surplus.)
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