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loss of array after drive failure; problems with ST3500320AS
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Your power down procedure should not have resulted in a rebuilt array.
And you should have gotten email and log alerts on reallocated sectors, though I think most SMART parameters are ignored. In general that's a good thing (many of them turned out to be unrelated to risk of failure). Though sometimes they are helpful in sorting out what's going on.
It is true that there are some drives on the HCL that don't seem to work out that well. WDC Green and Seagate ST2000DL003 for instance.
One next step might be to test the drives with Seatools on a PC.
Do you have a current backup? If so, then you could do a factory reset - which will wipe your configuration, add-ons, and data. Though I'd test with Seatools first.
And you should have gotten email and log alerts on reallocated sectors, though I think most SMART parameters are ignored. In general that's a good thing (many of them turned out to be unrelated to risk of failure). Though sometimes they are helpful in sorting out what's going on.
It is true that there are some drives on the HCL that don't seem to work out that well. WDC Green and Seagate ST2000DL003 for instance.
One next step might be to test the drives with Seatools on a PC.
Do you have a current backup? If so, then you could do a factory reset - which will wipe your configuration, add-ons, and data. Though I'd test with Seatools first.
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