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Hi, I'm a complete novice when it comes to NAS, Raid, etc, however have bought some kit, so would like some advice on the best setup for what I want to primarily use, which is: i) Media Stream...
Before the FW update my drive made an audibly head parking "click" noise about once a minute. But it's in a caddy in the main PC with air holes in, so it's very likely that this means it's a lot louder than it would be if buried in the case of the PC.
Since the update it makes the same "chirping" noise others have mentioned. It sounds like a drive doing a quick random seek once every minute or so for long periods. However, the SMART values are fine, and the drive is working flawlessly. Also, performance has improved a lot with the update, so now i've just gotten used to it "chirping" away in the background.
I did read somewhere that the drive has a feature built into the firmware that randomly tests every sector on the drive at random intervals on a cycle, to enable early notification of failure. But as this wasn't from an official source, it may or may not be the case.
Since the update it makes the same "chirping" noise others have mentioned. It sounds like a drive doing a quick random seek once every minute or so for long periods. However, the SMART values are fine, and the drive is working flawlessly. Also, performance has improved a lot with the update, so now i've just gotten used to it "chirping" away in the background.
I did read somewhere that the drive has a feature built into the firmware that randomly tests every sector on the drive at random intervals on a cycle, to enable early notification of failure. But as this wasn't from an official source, it may or may not be the case.
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