NETGEAR is aware of a growing number of phone and online scams. To learn how to stay safe click here.
Forum Discussion
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 ...
49C does seem pretty hot. My drives are running 32-41C at the moment (various NAS, including an NV+ v1) - though they are mostly WDC Red and Green drives (with a couple of Seagate ST32000542AS and one ST31500341AS thrown in). Maybe other NV+ owners with similar drives can also share their drive temps. There may also be something not quite right with your fans. Have you ever recalibrated?
The main study I know of for temperature is here: http://static.googleusercontent.com/ext ... ilures.pdf
It does show a significant increase in failures for 3-4 year old drives running at 40-50C, but no significant temperature effects for younger drives. (see figure 5). One challenge with re-certified drives is that you have no idea how old they are. One thing to keep in mind is that this paper was published in 2007, so those drives are 10-year old technology at this point.
I installed a few re-certified drives in my Pro when I was first setting it up to save on cost. My experience was similar - most of them failed in 18-24 months. Now I either deploy the RMA returns somewhere else (a desktop PC or media player), or keep them as emergency spares.
I am thinking that you should perhaps start replacing these drives with cooler models as they fail. Either the WDC Red or perhaps the new Seagate STx000VN000 NAS lines would be reasonable choices. I've been deploying the 3 TB Red drives for about 9 months now, so far my results have been good. Of course that's not long enough to gauge long-term reliability.
The main study I know of for temperature is here: http://static.googleusercontent.com/ext ... ilures.pdf
It does show a significant increase in failures for 3-4 year old drives running at 40-50C, but no significant temperature effects for younger drives. (see figure 5). One challenge with re-certified drives is that you have no idea how old they are. One thing to keep in mind is that this paper was published in 2007, so those drives are 10-year old technology at this point.
I installed a few re-certified drives in my Pro when I was first setting it up to save on cost. My experience was similar - most of them failed in 18-24 months. Now I either deploy the RMA returns somewhere else (a desktop PC or media player), or keep them as emergency spares.
I am thinking that you should perhaps start replacing these drives with cooler models as they fail. Either the WDC Red or perhaps the new Seagate STx000VN000 NAS lines would be reasonable choices. I've been deploying the 3 TB Red drives for about 9 months now, so far my results have been good. Of course that's not long enough to gauge long-term reliability.
NETGEAR Academy
Boost your skills with the Netgear Academy - Get trained, certified and stay ahead with the latest Netgear technology!
Join Us!
