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Three disk failurs within 15 months on same channel
I have now had three disk failures, february -12, october -12 and now june -13, all on channel three. Seagate disks all three. Normally this channel has also been running slightly hotter than the ...
Here's my theory & I'm interested to get feedback from others:
I think that since the floods in Thailand, HD quality has gone way down the tubes. Granted, my IT support biz has been booming, so maybe it's just because I see so many more computers, but I've seen a lot of dead HDs and new disks with reallocated sectors; most of them Seagate.
I don't know if the manufacturers were in such a big rush to get back online after their factories flooded that QC slipped, maybe crap got into the manufacturing equipment, I don't know, but that's my thinking. I have seen a LOT of seagates fail too.
Anyway, here's a recent experience I had:
ReadyNAS Ultra 6 reports a drive with SMART errors, and it eventually dies. I RMA it to Seagate, no big deal.
"New" (refurb) drive arrives. I install it into the ReadyNAS, same channel - 3.
Volume syncs up, within a day or two I start getting alerts of SMART errors on that exact same disk.
"No way" I think to myself.
Within 2-3 days, the disk is dead.
I RMA it to Seagate. Another refurb disk arrives.
Throw it into the same channel, it is DOA - the drive starts beeping as soon as I install it. NO. F-ING WAY. (Granted, it arrived in a really beat-up box)
Try it in each different drive channel, no dice.
The THIRD drive arrives, and FINALLY so far it seems to be good.
Basically, I've had the same experience as you. I blame the drives. I very firmly believe that QC has gone downhill, especially with Seagate. At least their RMA process is fairly streamlined & painless.
I think that since the floods in Thailand, HD quality has gone way down the tubes. Granted, my IT support biz has been booming, so maybe it's just because I see so many more computers, but I've seen a lot of dead HDs and new disks with reallocated sectors; most of them Seagate.
I don't know if the manufacturers were in such a big rush to get back online after their factories flooded that QC slipped, maybe crap got into the manufacturing equipment, I don't know, but that's my thinking. I have seen a LOT of seagates fail too.
Anyway, here's a recent experience I had:
ReadyNAS Ultra 6 reports a drive with SMART errors, and it eventually dies. I RMA it to Seagate, no big deal.
"New" (refurb) drive arrives. I install it into the ReadyNAS, same channel - 3.
Volume syncs up, within a day or two I start getting alerts of SMART errors on that exact same disk.
"No way" I think to myself.
Within 2-3 days, the disk is dead.
I RMA it to Seagate. Another refurb disk arrives.
Throw it into the same channel, it is DOA - the drive starts beeping as soon as I install it. NO. F-ING WAY. (Granted, it arrived in a really beat-up box)
Try it in each different drive channel, no dice.
The THIRD drive arrives, and FINALLY so far it seems to be good.
Basically, I've had the same experience as you. I blame the drives. I very firmly believe that QC has gone downhill, especially with Seagate. At least their RMA process is fairly streamlined & painless.
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