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slayerduck
Apr 23, 2011Aspirant
Seagate 1.5TB to Samsung 2TB Smart failed
I'm replacing my Seagate ST31500341AS [1397 GB] with SAMSUNG HD204UI [1862 GB] one by one on my Readynas NV+ and currently its syncing the 2th disk. Then i got the shock of my life while this error me...
fbmachines
Jul 29, 2011Guide
The HD204UI is a 4K sector HDD. If your original HDD's where 512 byte sector based (high probability they were) then the only way to properly align them is by performing a factory reset with the new drives in place.
A FACTORY RESET WILL WIPEOUT EVERYTHING ON THE DISKS INCLUDING DATA!!!
You can verify your alignment by...
What version of RAIDiator are you using?
I'm not sure if it would cause SMART errors but it's a place to start.
Also, what browser are you using to view Frontview (and the SMART errors)? I have noticed that in Internet Explorer the SMART data doesn't seem to update like it should, whereas Firefox will properly show the current data.
A FACTORY RESET WILL WIPEOUT EVERYTHING ON THE DISKS INCLUDING DATA!!!
You can verify your alignment by...
Download the logs via Status > Logs > Download all Logs. Unzip. The contents of partition.log will indicate whether you have 4k sector alignment.
You're looking for something similar...
Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/hdc1 32 4096031 2048000 83 Linux
Partition 1 does not end on cylinder boundary.
/dev/hdc2 4096032 4608031 256000 82 Linux swap / Solaris
As you can see, the start numbers e.g. 32, are divisible by 8 indicating that the partitions are aligned properly for 4k sectors.
What version of RAIDiator are you using?
I'm not sure if it would cause SMART errors but it's a place to start.
Also, what browser are you using to view Frontview (and the SMART errors)? I have noticed that in Internet Explorer the SMART data doesn't seem to update like it should, whereas Firefox will properly show the current data.
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