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HDD Regen and reallocated sectors
Pentium100:
--- Quote from: Sakura90 on May 25, 2012, 05:06:59 PM ---Interesting. Aside the drive I mentioned above, I had a WD Green (EADS) 1.5TB that would pop up "pending" sectors when used regularly. It happened once, I did it a full format and the disappeared.
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Pending sector - this sector was not read correctly the last time, it will be remapped on write, unless it is read correctly before that.
Offline uncorrectable - this sector was not read correctly the last time the drive did an offline test (though some drives start testing themselves if left idle long enough), it will be remapped on write.
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And this is after I bought a WD RE4 (WD1003FBYX) drive. I was a Seagate fan previously, but read that their current drives (both consumer and enterprise grade) are unreliable, so I bought the RE4 as it had good reviews, I hope I did not make a mistake.
kitamesume:
no HDD is reliable now a days, they practically have a 50% chance on failing on you but not on a specific date, some can be DOA while others can last you a year before it fails. pretty much depends on real life luck plus not to get con-ed by sellers branding refurbished as brandnew(i've seen it happen, alot).
vuzedome:
If those numbers keep increasing frequently then it's time to move everything out of there.
Freedom Kira:
--- Quote from: kitamesume on May 25, 2012, 08:53:24 PM ---no HDD is reliable now a days, they practically have a 50% chance on failing on you but not on a specific date, some can be DOA while others can last you a year before it fails. pretty much depends on real life luck plus not to get con-ed by sellers branding refurbished as brandnew(i've seen it happen, alot).
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Every HDD has a 100% chance of failing given infinite time. Your 50% makes no sense. No HDD will last forever.
--- Quote from: Pentium100 on May 25, 2012, 08:44:32 PM ---And this is after I bought a WD RE4 (WD1003FBYX) drive. I was a Seagate fan previously, but read that their current drives (both consumer and enterprise grade) are unreliable, so I bought the RE4 as it had good reviews, I hope I did not make a mistake.
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I've heard very good things about their RE4 drives. Isn't that WD's division of enterprise-grade high-quality drives? And don't they come with some ridiculously long warranty period?
Pentium100:
--- Quote from: Freedom Kira on May 26, 2012, 04:51:49 AM ---I've heard very good things about their RE4 drives. Isn't that WD's division of enterprise-grade high-quality drives? And don't they come with some ridiculously long warranty period?
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Yes, RE4 are enterprise-grade drives - supposedly more reliable (and mores suitable for RAID, though I do not have an array), designed for 24/7 operation and cost 1.5 - 2x as much (I paid 115EUR for a 1TB drive) compared to consumer grade. The warranty is 5 years.
As I do not like downtime, I'd rather pay more at once for a more reliable component than more over time as I'm replacing the cheaper components often.
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