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Seagate ST31500341AS 1.5TB
Any idea when this will be supported :-) Cliff
The problem does not seem to be limited to just the 1.5 TB drives. For the past year or two, the quality of the 1 TB and the 500 GB drives has decreased significantly as well.
Personally, I've purchased a total of seven 1 TB seagate drives in the last 12 months and 4 of these have developed reallocated sector problems (and one of the warranty replacements developed problems). It may also be of interest to note that I started by buying only the enterprise versions of the drives (NS series) but when 2 of the original 4 drives developed problems I decided there was no point paying more for the enterprise drives since they were no better than the home drives (AS series).
In another case, a friend purchased four 1 TB drives and had 2 of these develop problems.
Most recently another friend purchased a ReadyNAS Duo with two 500 GB drives and one of the two drives started reported reallocated sectors and then completely failed before he got round to replacing it.
This is hardly scientific but based on my direct experiences, I put Seagate reliability at no better than 50% over the first 12 months of operation. Their warranty costs must be killing them. By the way, I did complain loudly at having to replace a replacement drive and got a prepaid shipping label from them for free - I didn't have to pay to return the "replacement".
Can anyone advise on which brands may be more reliable these days as I'm getting pretty sick of Seagate myself.
Personally, I've purchased a total of seven 1 TB seagate drives in the last 12 months and 4 of these have developed reallocated sector problems (and one of the warranty replacements developed problems). It may also be of interest to note that I started by buying only the enterprise versions of the drives (NS series) but when 2 of the original 4 drives developed problems I decided there was no point paying more for the enterprise drives since they were no better than the home drives (AS series).
In another case, a friend purchased four 1 TB drives and had 2 of these develop problems.
Most recently another friend purchased a ReadyNAS Duo with two 500 GB drives and one of the two drives started reported reallocated sectors and then completely failed before he got round to replacing it.
This is hardly scientific but based on my direct experiences, I put Seagate reliability at no better than 50% over the first 12 months of operation. Their warranty costs must be killing them. By the way, I did complain loudly at having to replace a replacement drive and got a prepaid shipping label from them for free - I didn't have to pay to return the "replacement".
Can anyone advise on which brands may be more reliable these days as I'm getting pretty sick of Seagate myself.
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