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Reallocated sector count continues to climb
I have (3) 24TB 3200's with 4.2.8 firmware. Now 6 months old. From the first day of use, reallocated sector count on one disk has been growing. 24 in the first week of use, then a few each month w...
ephemeris wrote: I pulled the drives whenever the reallocated sector count rose past 25 or 30. Seagate replaced every one (and paid for return shipping) without comment.
What did you do if SeaTools did not give you an "error code" - what did you put on the RMA?
I ask because I have 3 of them. #1 has 137 reallocated sectors, #2 just jumped from 14 to 4093 yesterday (!!!!), and #3 has been stable at 28. All are 3 days shy of their 3 year warranty running out. Yes, I am definitely getting a replacement for #2 (I am going to borrow a friend's new 2TB Seagate LP (on HCL) to use - it should only rebuild as a 1.5 - while RMA'ing my really bad drive). All have about 17,000 hours.
For what it is worth, I also have 2 WD 1TB "Greenpower" drives in the NAS with 19,000 and 22,000 hours on them. Both have zero bad sectors.
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