7 Sep
2012
7 Sep
'12
9:51 a.m.
I hope current-generation ones are better,I just bought a 3TB seagate M01 or M001 drive1TB
per platter.
it was a better choice over the WD green drivesthat have a horrible LCC problem.LLC limit
of 300k and does about 8-10k per day.30 days later oops drive is dead. nice.
Date: Fri, 7 Sep 2012 09:28:48 -0700
From: aek at bitsavers.org
To: cctalk at classiccmp.org
Subject: Re: Hard-drive diagnostic program
On 9/7/12 9:18 AM, John Foust wrote:
I've been seeing some horrible failure rates
on that first gen of 1 TB
(consumer) drives, now that it's about two years out. I had some
fail almost right away, and I RMA'd them, and those failed, too.
1TB 7200.11s are garbage. I have a stack of them that NEVER worked
even after upgrading the firmware.
I am right that SMART doesn't pass-through if
the drive is in an
external USB case?
Correct