3TB Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 ST3000DM001

[mk]

External came from Leon.

Key here is current limiting.
If not done then shorted component will grill the board.

Burned board can be replaced of course but it needs some settings from the old one.

Generally my take is that all moving while used stuff with mechanical drive should be treated like socks.
And backup accordingly.

[Yw-slayer]

I bought a sweet 6TB HGST Deskstar NAS drive and have now stuck it in the server. I had to disconnect the BD drive but it's not like that's actually been used for ages anyway.

Now when one of the 3TB drives kicks the bucket apparently the array will be rebuilt faster with the 6TB drive.

[Leon]

External drive works on my work computer, so I was able to retrieve everything from it, and put it onto my new WD drive.

[Yw-slayer]

One of the 3TB drives in the RAID array has died. Time to get another 6TB drive and stock that in.

[Yw-slayer]

What a surprise. A third one is now in its death throes.

This really may be the worst drive ever, save perhaps for the old Deathstars.

[Yw-slayer]

Windows Storage Spaces in Parity Mode is great. Pull out the defective drive while the computer is running (to make sure it's the defective drive), no problems. Shut down. Replace with new drive. Turn on computer. Add new drive to the pool and remove old drive from it. Array rebuilds. Worth the performance hit on writing.

[Yw-slayer]

Fourth one starting to die. After it goes then I'll only have one left.

[CBG]Worst. Drive. Ever?[/CBG]

[thesameguy]

Seems like all things of a certain type having lived a certain life should fail at the same time, does it not? It's not a random failure, which sucks, but rather a known lifespan, which is good.

[Yw-slayer]

A substandard known lifespan.

[thesameguy]

How long have you been running them? Isn't that a three or five year old model?