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ST2000DL003 Compatibility?
Being a RNP user that is running out of space, I'm wanting to purchase new drives. I'm interested in using the Seagate ST2000DL003 2TB drives. These drives are not currently listed on the compatib...
What's the current consensus of opinion on this drive?
I'm in the process of setting up a new Pro6 with dual redundancy. I purchased 4 x ST2000DL003 from one supplier and 2 x ST2000DL003 from another supplier.
Out of the first batch one drive failed within a few hours of setting the unit up. I RMA'ed that drive.
Then a few days later a second drive failed from the second batch. I also RMA'ed that drive.
In both cases no SMART errors were received, but after the disc failure SEATOOLS reported errors with the drives.
I factory defaulted the unit (now with one of the drives being a ST2000NM0011 - it should have been a ST32000644NS)
After a few hours of creating a dual redundancy xraid2 volume I had a third ST2000DL003 fail. I rebooted the unit and the failure has gone away and now the unit is happily synching away.
So within a week I've had 3 apparent failures out of a batch of 7 (one replacement from an RMA).
I'm in the process of setting up a new Pro6 with dual redundancy. I purchased 4 x ST2000DL003 from one supplier and 2 x ST2000DL003 from another supplier.
Out of the first batch one drive failed within a few hours of setting the unit up. I RMA'ed that drive.
Then a few days later a second drive failed from the second batch. I also RMA'ed that drive.
In both cases no SMART errors were received, but after the disc failure SEATOOLS reported errors with the drives.
I factory defaulted the unit (now with one of the drives being a ST2000NM0011 - it should have been a ST32000644NS)
After a few hours of creating a dual redundancy xraid2 volume I had a third ST2000DL003 fail. I rebooted the unit and the failure has gone away and now the unit is happily synching away.
So within a week I've had 3 apparent failures out of a batch of 7 (one replacement from an RMA).
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