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New Seagate NAS Drives
Although i cannot find them directly on the Seagate website, I see that Seagate is releasing new drives specifically for NAS drives: ST2000VN000, ST3000VN000 and ST4000VN000. Does anyone have an of...
I agree. You have the replacement on hand, I'd use it now. Otherwise you are risking a double failure, which could cost you your data.
mdgm wrote: It probably is better to replace the failing disk than to leave it in till it dies.
BTW, if the failing drive is still under warranty, you might want to run seatools full-write test on it after replacement. Reallocated sectors only happen on failed writes - often the count will rise substantially if you attempt to write to every sector. If you purchased the drives near your forum join date, you will need to move quickly (assuming a 3-year warranty).
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