Seagate ST31500341AS 1.5TB

bdl99 wrote:

bdl99 wrote: So after a bit of a rollercoaster ride I now have my ReadyNAS with 4 1.5Tb Seagate ST31500341AS drives installed (3 x SD17 firmware upgraded to SD1A and 1 x CC1H ) The good news I've seen no signs of stuttering or hanging since expansion. I've just watched a movie while copying other files with no issues. The only issue to date had been one Reallocated Sector on disk four less than 24 hours after expansion. Four days later and I had another reallocated sector (making 2) and then yesterday a third. For those that RMA'd disks, how many reallocated sectors did it take before you RMA'd the disk? For those who purchased through Amazon did you RMA to Amazon or directly with Seagate? The first three disks are holding steady at 0 so hopefully they came from a good batch.

For one of my drives, I got up to something like 32 reallocated sectors within a week to ten days of having first installed the drive. For another drive, I think I had something like 6 or 8 reallocated sectors within the first week. I RMA'd both drives to NewEgg without any fuss. In fact, I'm expecting to receive the replacement drives today, which might be a good thing because a third drive has now developed 2-3 reallocated sectors (and I've had the drives for less than a month). If you search this thread and the other thread on the 1.5TB drives (in the compatibility forum) for my name, you'll find my post that contains the exact number of errors.