It's a refurb and what happened to the oth .5TB?
64MB cache, but no ratings off of Newegg yet. $130 new from http://www.mwave.com...riteria=AA78237 whoever those guys are. (buyer beware)
Another New Egg "Deal" WD25EZRS 2.5TB SATA 3.0Gb/s $119
Started By jazzerjay, Apr 27 2012 07:24 AM
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Posted 27 April 2012 - 07:24 AM
http://www.newegg.co...igital WD25EZRS
It's a refurb and what happened to the oth .5TB? 64MB cache, but no ratings off of Newegg yet.
$130 new from http://www.mwave.com...riteria=AA78237 whoever those guys are. (buyer beware)
It's a refurb and what happened to the oth .5TB?
64MB cache, but no ratings off of Newegg yet. $130 new from http://www.mwave.com...riteria=AA78237 whoever those guys are. (buyer beware)
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Posted 27 April 2012 - 07:39 AM
Maybe it used to be a 3TB and they just did the math with the bad blocks!
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Posted 27 April 2012 - 07:58 AM
This is the first time I see a 2.5TB drive. It's referbished so it's not a new platter density.
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Posted 27 April 2012 - 08:04 AM
Maybe they cut the size to 2.5TB in order to increase the number of spare sectors to qualify the drive for resale.
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Posted 27 April 2012 - 08:06 AM
Maybe they cut the size to 2.5TB in order to increase the number of spare sectors to qualify the drive for resale.
I know that typically when we get a replacement drive from a drive manufacturer, it's more than likely a refurb, and I'm OK with that. I'm just not so cool with buying one.
Maybe it used to be a 3TB and they just did the math with the bad blocks!
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Right. I think it was PCDOC that said once you get a bad block on a drive, it's only a matter of time. (I could be misquoting completely)
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Posted 27 April 2012 - 08:16 AM
Maybe it's really a 3TB drive and .5TB doesn't work!! 
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Posted 27 April 2012 - 08:19 AM
Right. I think it was PCDOC that said once you get a bad block on a drive, it's only a matter of time. (I could be misquoting completely)
I do recall someone saying something like that. I have to respectfully disagree. IMHO, one bad block does not necessarily indicate further issues. I have found that regular maintenance of drives will halt 'bad block cascade failure syndrome' at least 95% of the time (I'm being conservative; I actually think the percentage is much closer to 100%).
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Posted 27 April 2012 - 10:58 AM
Maybe we need a write up of detecting, repairing, and maintenance. I have a drive in a NAS box right now that has some SMART errors. Reporting some bad blocks.
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Posted 27 April 2012 - 11:39 AM
Well, pretty much all the regulars here know I use SpinRite for drive repair and maintenance. It has served me extremely well.
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Posted 27 April 2012 - 11:48 AM
The platters have a capacity of 667GB. Times 4 would approximate 2.5 TB.
Probably produced to get rid of 667GB platter back stock?? Who knows. Otherwise legit.
Probably produced to get rid of 667GB platter back stock?? Who knows. Otherwise legit.
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Posted 27 April 2012 - 11:53 AM
667GB, marked down from 1000GB 
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Posted 27 April 2012 - 11:55 AM
I do recall someone saying something like that. I have to respectfully disagree. IMHO, one bad block does not necessarily indicate further issues. I have found that regular maintenance of drives will halt 'bad block cascade failure syndrome' at least 95% of the time (I'm being conservative; I actually think the percentage is much closer to 100%).
I've had hard drives' sectors marked bad in the past and the drive continued to work for years. (Who here remembers Norton Disk Doctor?) Anyway, I absolutely agree with you as mileage can vary. Heck I've got a 72GB SAS drive sitting on my desk right now that needs some further testing before I call out support to replace it. The darn thing keeps failing and most of the HP hardware I'm putting it in reports errors but nothing specific.
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Posted 27 April 2012 - 12:01 PM
I've had hard drives' sectors marked bad in the past and the drive continued to work for years. (Who here remembers Norton Disk Doctor?) Anyway, I absolutely agree with you as mileage can vary. Heck I've got a 72GB SAS drive sitting on my desk right now that needs some further testing before I call out support to replace it. The darn thing keeps failing and most of the HP hardware I'm putting it in reports errors but nothing specific.
Have you used SpinRite on it? If not, I would try it on Level 4. If that doesn't work, it could be that the drive either needs a firmware update or the controller board itself is failing.
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Posted 01 May 2012 - 08:51 PM
I do recall someone saying something like that. I have to respectfully disagree. IMHO, one bad block does not necessarily indicate further issues. I have found that regular maintenance of drives will halt 'bad block cascade failure syndrome' at least 95% of the time (I'm being conservative; I actually think the percentage is much closer to 100%).
I agree with you. I have two drives that had bad blocks, one has 12 and the other has 8, going on two years now and nothing has changed.
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