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RN 626 and ST10000vnb004 differences with st10000vn0004
I just received an ST10000vnb004 vs ST10000vn0004 which I had ordered. Does anyone know if there are any differences which would make this drive "unsupported"
Running 7.6.5 with the ST10000vn0004 I am seeing about 1.3 LCC events per hour. Based upon my approximate calculations that should not be an issue with these drives for 50 years so not going to worry about that.
I called Seagate this morning and discussed the question with a knowledgeable support person. I asked them to summarize our conversation in an e-mail so I could provide feedback to the group with regard to these drives. I received the following:
"Thank you for contacting Seagate Support. As discussed the model number ST10000VN0004 and ST10000VNB004 are Inronwolf 7200, SATA units with a sector size of 512E. I hope that this information is helpful for you. "
Based upon the verbal discussion these are just a different run number of the drive.
Looking online over the weekend and using the UPC code I found that it may be a case of the Model number and MPN number being different.
Attribute Value
UPC 763649117972 EAN 0763649089248 MPN ST10000VNB004 Brand Seagate Color 10TB Model ST10000VN0004 Binding Personal Computers Publisher Seagate Part Number ST10000VNB004 Manufacturer Seagate i.e. the Model Number is ST10000VN0004 but the MPN is ST10000VNB004, The ST10000VNB004 number is printed on the outside of the box of the drive (i.e. Seagate's packaging - Without the Ironwolf printed label). I have verified the serial number as a fully waranty part. I suspect that the number printed on the drive itself may be the Model Number instead of the MPN value.
I will update after I get the box open.
- Success! The drive in the box was in fact a model ST10000VN0004 , even though the outside of the box had ST100000VNB004.
- Load cycle count is now 1300 in about 300 hours of runtime. Or about 4 per hour. If this remains constant I should get about 10 years out of the drive before the LCC exceeds the spec.
Will continue to monitor and updateThe LCC spec is 600K, so it's actually about 15.8 years at that rate. In my experience it's a very conservative spec - I have several Western Digital disks with a million load cycle counts that show no signs of distress.
- Thanks for the correction😀
I was approximating from my 50 year calc at 1.3 per hour.
Definitely not something to worry about, and is probably a reasonable rate.
I now have 4 of these in service and so will report back after a few months of service.
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