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  1. 05-07-11, 12:15 PM #1
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    Drives on their last legs?

    We've got four of these (Barracuda 7200.12 1 TB) in a NAS in two RAID1 arrays. Just replaced one today out of four as a bit of pre-emptive maintenance. Checked out their SMART values some of the values look a bit iffy. Are they already as good as dead or do we have a few more months on them?

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    dont risk it, i just ran the serial through the warranty tracker and its under warranty. get them to replace the faulty drive mate.
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    Can they be classified as faulty yet?

    They haven't failed yet and I've only just replaced one as a precaution and to introduce a variation into the age of the array.
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    if i get a drive with SMART errors i replace it yes. give it a go.

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    They are AS drives. In a NAS/Array you should only use ES or NS drives.
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    Quote Originally Posted by jabsy View Post
    They are AS drives. In a NAS/Array you should only use ES or NS drives.
    It's from a system that was setup previously by an external 'IT consultant' before my time. I've already started swapping the proper drives in on a schedule, just wanted to see how urgently I need to rotate them out. One of the many things we're working through.
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