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ReadyNAS NV+ ate my WD20EZRX (2TB Green)?
Hi guys, I bought two WD20EZRX - 00D8PB0 2TB "Green" drives to fit in my NV+ (v1, I guess - the PCB still says "Infrant"). The WD Green 20EARX model is on the compatibility list, and the EZRX sho...
The other disk is worse, with many, many bad sectors. I'm surprised - it's a long time since I've come across a defective HDD.
My initial test of the drives was a short format and random-read/write which didn't find enough bad sectors to tip the disk into failure status. But, after the ReadyNAS did its full write-readback test over the entire drive, and exposed all of the defective sectors, the SMART controller decided that the disk was indeed defective.
... And because the SMART status said "Failed", the ReadyNAS would no longer use the drive.
Mystery solved. Now I've got to get replacements....
Thanks for your help guys.
My initial test of the drives was a short format and random-read/write which didn't find enough bad sectors to tip the disk into failure status. But, after the ReadyNAS did its full write-readback test over the entire drive, and exposed all of the defective sectors, the SMART controller decided that the disk was indeed defective.
... And because the SMART status said "Failed", the ReadyNAS would no longer use the drive.
Mystery solved. Now I've got to get replacements....
Thanks for your help guys.
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