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I haven't tried using this script since upgrading to v6.3 Whatever was contained in the above referenced post is now gone. I see this happen in a lot of the older threads around here. If anyone could detail the necessary steps to take to make the script contained in the 2014-10-15 FastPreclear_FIX.zip in post 1 of this thread work in unRAID v6.3.x I'd be much obliged. Else can/should I simply use the one referenced in post 1 of the Preclear plugin thread? Just to be 'clear' I do NOT want to use the preclear plugin itself. Last time I tried that it wasted 3 days of my time and still seems hopelessly broken. Thanks for any help!

Greatly appreciated, thank you! Thanks also to Yoshiofthewire for the update.

Thank you for keeping this updated. I'm still interested in trying it. I was holding out for the DVR service to be released at a $30/yr price point but it looks like that's still a ways off.

Thanks for the quick reply and info, greatly appreciated. I should have added that based on some recent smart reports for one of my disks I forsee the need for a new data drive in the near future to replace the older failing smaller one. I have been using the 'parity swap' procedure when this has happened before to take advantage of buying a larger drive than anything currently in the array and then using the old parity drive to replace the failed one. I was just thinking of getting some improvement in the new drive I'd use for parity. It's sounding like the WD Red might be a good choice for me given the cost is not a barrier, though I would say that a lot of simultaneous write activity by different users would not be a factor in my case.

Using unRAID 6.3.2 I have a Seagate Archive 8TB ST8000AS0002 as my parity attached to an IBM M1015 pci-e sata controller. I'm considering swapping in a Western Digital Red 8TB WD80EFZX to be the new parity drive and moving the ST8000AS0002 to be a data drive. Should this present any problem in terms of the controller seeing the WD80EFZX as smaller than the ST8000AS0002? A long time ago I seem to remember there was a thing about some like sized drives from different manufacturers being seen by the controller as larger or smaller depending on something (cylinders maybe?). Looking at the the below specs I don't see anything to help me here. Any input appreciated. ST8000AS0002 specs WD80EFZX specs On a related note I'd be interested in any comments on the conditions where the WD80EFZX at considerable extra expense might be preferred. Like many here I don't believe I've seen any performance issues with the ST8000AS0002 but am curious if the WD80EFZX would be a worthwhile upgrade for whatever reason(s).

https://forum.silicondust.com/forum/viewtopic.php?p=289566&sid=7029dd8e5a39a56b722ce3744a83fa82#p289566 ... As mentioned hereviewtopic.php?f=119&t=31745&start=270Basically, nothing has changed in the linux version of the record engine since Nov 7th, 2016SD when they release a new windows installer they do a update the version number only.. but effectively the 20161107 version and any other version since are exactly the same EXCEPT for the version number.

Is this fixed in 6.3.2?

Thanks Rob I appreciate it! I definitely intend to upgrade to v6 and had gathered the notes for that but just hadn't gotten around to it and then had a drive failure. Something tells me I will want to get that taken care of before attempting to upgrade to v6 Thanks for mentioning XFS I had not investigated that option yet as part of the move to v6. I will look for a wiki article or thread about that. --Don

Thanks Rob for the fast reply and great info, greatly appreciated. I will definitely take note of this for future use of Seagate drives with preclear/smartctl.

Thanks for any comments on what look like high numbers to me for the Raw_Read_Error_Rate, Seek_Error_Rate and Hardware_ECC_Recovered compared to other drives I have including a recent WD 6TB Red. I know Reallocated_Sector_Ct and Current_Pending_Sector are key values to check and those look ok. This is one of the newer Seagate 8TB drives cleared using the Unofficial Faster Preclear I want to use this drive as part of a parity swap procedure including a failed drive. Just to be clear I'm familiar with that procedure. Thanks for any comments! ====== The start report: Disk: /dev/sdj smartctl 6.2 2013-07-26 r3841 [i686-linux-3.9.11p-unRAID] (local build) Copyright (C) 2002-13, Bruce Allen, Christian Franke, www.smartmontools.org === START OF INFORMATION SECTION === Device Model: ST8000AS0002-1NA17Z Serial Number: Z8409FV4 LU WWN Device Id: 5 000c50 0872476dc Firmware Version: AR15 User Capacity: 8,001,563,222,016 bytes [8.00 TB] Sector Sizes: 512 bytes logical, 4096 bytes physical Rotation Rate: 5980 rpm Device is: Not in smartctl database [for details use: -P showall] ATA Version is: ACS-2, ACS-3 T13/2161-D revision 3b SATA Version is: SATA 3.1, 6.0 Gb/s (current: 6.0 Gb/s) Local Time is: Mon Jan 11 18:36:49 2016 EST SMART support is: Available - device has SMART capability. SMART support is: Enabled === START OF READ SMART DATA SECTION === SMART overall-health self-assessment test result: PASSED General SMART Values: Offline data collection status: (0x82) Offline data collection activity was completed without error. Auto Offline Data Collection: Enabled. Self-test execution status: ( 0) The previous self-test routine completed without error or no self-test has ever been run. Total time to complete Offline data collection: ( 0) seconds. Offline data collection capabilities: (0x7b) SMART execute Offline immediate. Auto Offline data collection on/off support. Suspend Offline collection upon new command. Offline surface scan supported. Self-test supported. Conveyance Self-test supported. Selective Self-test supported. SMART capabilities: (0x0003) Saves SMART data before entering power-saving mode. Supports SMART auto save timer. Error logging capability: (0x01) Error logging supported. General Purpose Logging supported. Short self-test routine recommended polling time: ( 1) minutes. Extended self-test routine recommended polling time: ( 962) minutes. Conveyance self-test routine recommended polling time: ( 2) minutes. SCT capabilities: (0x30a5) SCT Status supported. SCT Data Table supported. SMART Attributes Data Structure revision number: 10 Vendor Specific SMART Attributes with Thresholds: ID# ATTRIBUTE_NAME FLAG VALUE WORST THRESH TYPE UPDATED WHEN_FAILED RAW_VALUE 1 Raw_Read_Error_Rate 0x000f 100 100 006 Pre-fail Always - 7104 3 Spin_Up_Time 0x0003 099 099 000 Pre-fail Always - 0 4 Start_Stop_Count 0x0032 100 100 020 Old_age Always - 1 5 Reallocated_Sector_Ct 0x0033 100 100 010 Pre-fail Always - 0 7 Seek_Error_Rate 0x000f 100 253 030 Pre-fail Always - 98 9 Power_On_Hours 0x0032 100 100 000 Old_age Always - 0 10 Spin_Retry_Count 0x0013 100 100 097 Pre-fail Always - 0 12 Power_Cycle_Count 0x0032 100 100 020 Old_age Always - 1 183 Runtime_Bad_Block 0x0032 100 100 000 Old_age Always - 0 184 End-to-End_Error 0x0032 100 100 099 Old_age Always - 0 187 Reported_Uncorrect 0x0032 100 100 000 Old_age Always - 0 188 Command_Timeout 0x0032 100 253 000 Old_age Always - 0 189 High_Fly_Writes 0x003a 100 100 000 Old_age Always - 0 190 Airflow_Temperature_Cel 0x0022 076 076 045 Old_age Always - 24 (Min/Max 20/24) 191 G-Sense_Error_Rate 0x0032 100 100 000 Old_age Always - 0 192 Power-Off_Retract_Count 0x0032 100 100 000 Old_age Always - 0 193 Load_Cycle_Count 0x0032 100 100 000 Old_age Always - 2 194 Temperature_Celsius 0x0022 024 040 000 Old_age Always - 24 (0 20 0 0 0) 195 Hardware_ECC_Recovered 0x001a 100 100 000 Old_age Always - 7104 197 Current_Pending_Sector 0x0012 100 100 000 Old_age Always - 0 198 Offline_Uncorrectable 0x0010 100 100 000 Old_age Offline - 0 199 UDMA_CRC_Error_Count 0x003e 200 253 000 Old_age Always - 0 240 Head_Flying_Hours 0x0000 100 253 000 Old_age Offline - 146810572111872 241 Total_LBAs_Written 0x0000 100 253 000 Old_age Offline - 0 242 Total_LBAs_Read 0x0000 100 253 000 Old_age Offline - 488 SMART Error Log Version: 1 No Errors Logged SMART Self-test log structure revision number 1 No self-tests have been logged. [To run self-tests, use: smartctl -t] SMART Selective self-test log data structure revision number 1 SPAN MIN_LBA MAX_LBA CURRENT_TEST_STATUS 1 0 0 Not_testing 2 0 0 Not_testing 3 0 0 Not_testing 4 0 0 Not_testing 5 0 0 Not_testing Selective self-test flags (0x0): After scanning selected spans, do NOT read-scan remainder of disk. If Selective self-test is pending on power-up, resume after 0 minute delay. The Finish report: Disk: /dev/sdj smartctl 6.2 2013-07-26 r3841 [i686-linux-3.9.11p-unRAID] (local build) Copyright (C) 2002-13, Bruce Allen, Christian Franke, www.smartmontools.org === START OF INFORMATION SECTION === Device Model: ST8000AS0002-1NA17Z Serial Number: Z8409FV4 LU WWN Device Id: 5 000c50 0872476dc Firmware Version: AR15 User Capacity: 8,001,563,222,016 bytes [8.00 TB] Sector Sizes: 512 bytes logical, 4096 bytes physical Rotation Rate: 5980 rpm Device is: Not in smartctl database [for details use: -P showall] ATA Version is: ACS-2, ACS-3 T13/2161-D revision 3b SATA Version is: SATA 3.1, 6.0 Gb/s (current: 6.0 Gb/s) Local Time is: Wed Jan 13 23:13:00 2016 EST SMART support is: Available - device has SMART capability. SMART support is: Enabled === START OF READ SMART DATA SECTION === SMART overall-health self-assessment test result: PASSED General SMART Values: Offline data collection status: (0x82) Offline data collection activity was completed without error. Auto Offline Data Collection: Enabled. Self-test execution status: ( 0) The previous self-test routine completed without error or no self-test has ever been run. Total time to complete Offline data collection: ( 0) seconds. Offline data collection capabilities: (0x7b) SMART execute Offline immediate. Auto Offline data collection on/off support. Suspend Offline collection upon new command. Offline surface scan supported. Self-test supported. Conveyance Self-test supported. Selective Self-test supported. SMART capabilities: (0x0003) Saves SMART data before entering power-saving mode. Supports SMART auto save timer. Error logging capability: (0x01) Error logging supported. General Purpose Logging supported. Short self-test routine recommended polling time: ( 1) minutes. Extended self-test routine recommended polling time: ( 962) minutes. Conveyance self-test routine recommended polling time: ( 2) minutes. SCT capabilities: (0x30a5) SCT Status supported. SCT Data Table supported. SMART Attributes Data Structure revision number: 10 Vendor Specific SMART Attributes with Thresholds: ID# ATTRIBUTE_NAME FLAG VALUE WORST THRESH TYPE UPDATED WHEN_FAILED RAW_VALUE 1 Raw_Read_Error_Rate 0x000f 119 099 006 Pre-fail Always - 204562656 3 Spin_Up_Time 0x0003 099 099 000 Pre-fail Always - 0 4 Start_Stop_Count 0x0032 100 100 020 Old_age Always - 1 5 Reallocated_Sector_Ct 0x0033 100 100 010 Pre-fail Always - 0 7 Seek_Error_Rate 0x000f 072 060 030 Pre-fail Always - 16240967 9 Power_On_Hours 0x0032 100 100 000 Old_age Always - 52 10 Spin_Retry_Count 0x0013 100 100 097 Pre-fail Always - 0 12 Power_Cycle_Count 0x0032 100 100 020 Old_age Always - 1 183 Runtime_Bad_Block 0x0032 100 100 000 Old_age Always - 0 184 End-to-End_Error 0x0032 100 100 099 Old_age Always - 0 187 Reported_Uncorrect 0x0032 100 100 000 Old_age Always - 0 188 Command_Timeout 0x0032 100 063 000 Old_age Always - 1503 189 High_Fly_Writes 0x003a 081 081 000 Old_age Always - 19 190 Airflow_Temperature_Cel 0x0022 072 070 045 Old_age Always - 28 (Min/Max 20/30) 191 G-Sense_Error_Rate 0x0032 100 100 000 Old_age Always - 0 192 Power-Off_Retract_Count 0x0032 100 100 000 Old_age Always - 2 193 Load_Cycle_Count 0x0032 100 100 000 Old_age Always - 4 194 Temperature_Celsius 0x0022 028 040 000 Old_age Always - 28 (0 20 0 0 0) 195 Hardware_ECC_Recovered 0x001a 119 099 000 Old_age Always - 204562656 197 Current_Pending_Sector 0x0012 100 100 000 Old_age Always - 0 198 Offline_Uncorrectable 0x0010 100 100 000 Old_age Offline - 0 199 UDMA_CRC_Error_Count 0x003e 200 200 000 Old_age Always - 0 240 Head_Flying_Hours 0x0000 100 253 000 Old_age Offline - 24678882082868 241 Total_LBAs_Written 0x0000 100 253 000 Old_age Offline - 15628118912 242 Total_LBAs_Read 0x0000 100 253 000 Old_age Offline - 32051898463 SMART Error Log Version: 1 No Errors Logged SMART Self-test log structure revision number 1 No self-tests have been logged. [To run self-tests, use: smartctl -t] SMART Selective self-test log data structure revision number 1 SPAN MIN_LBA MAX_LBA CURRENT_TEST_STATUS 1 0 0 Not_testing 2 0 0 Not_testing 3 0 0 Not_testing 4 0 0 Not_testing 5 0 0 Not_testing Selective self-test flags (0x0): After scanning selected spans, do NOT read-scan remainder of disk. If Selective self-test is pending on power-up, resume after 0 minute delay. The RPT report: ========================================================================1.15b == invoked as: ./preclear_bjp.sh -f -A /dev/sdj == ST8000AS0002-1NA17Z Z8409FV4 == Disk /dev/sdj has been successfully precleared == with a starting sector of 1 == Ran 1 cycle == == Using :Read block size = 8388608 Bytes == Last Cycle's Pre Read Time : 17:28:23 (127 MB/s) == Last Cycle's Zeroing time : 15:28:54 (143 MB/s) == Last Cycle's Post Read Time : 19:37:49 (113 MB/s) == Last Cycle's Total Time : 52:36:12 == == Total Elapsed Time 52:36:12 == == Disk Start Temperature: 24C == == Current Disk Temperature: 28C, == ============================================================================ ** Changed attributes in files: /tmp/smart_start_sdj /tmp/smart_finish_sdj ATTRIBUTE NEW_VAL OLD_VAL FAILURE_THRESHOLD STATUS RAW_VALUE Raw_Read_Error_Rate = 119 100 6 ok 204562656 Seek_Error_Rate = 72 100 30 ok 16240967 Spin_Retry_Count = 100 100 97 near_thresh 0 End-to-End_Error = 100 100 99 near_thresh 0 High_Fly_Writes = 81 100 0 ok 19 Airflow_Temperature_Cel = 72 76 45 ok 28 Temperature_Celsius = 28 24 0 ok 28 Hardware_ECC_Recovered = 119 100 0 ok 204562656 No SMART attributes are FAILING_NOW 0 sectors were pending re-allocation before the start of the preclear. 0 sectors were pending re-allocation after pre-read in cycle 1 of 1. 0 sectors were pending re-allocation after zero of disk in cycle 1 of 1. 0 sectors are pending re-allocation at the end of the preclear, the number of sectors pending re-allocation did not change. 0 sectors had been re-allocated before the start of the preclear. 0 sectors are re-allocated at the end of the preclear, the number of sectors re-allocated did not change. ============================================================================

I searched previous threads and saw some posts with results like I have and they look to be maybe acceptable but I'd appreciate comments as I didn't see what look like high numbers to me for the Raw_Read_Error_Rate, Seek_Error_Rate and Hardware_ECC_Recovered specifically addressed in previous posts. These numbers are definitely higher than I've seen with my other drives including a recent WD 6 TB Red etc. I know Reallocated_Sector_Ct and Current_Pending_Sector are key values to check and those look ok but I seem to remember maybe needing to be concerned about a high Seek_Error_Rate . This is one of the newer Seagate 8TB drives cleared using the Unofficial Faster Preclear]http://lime-technology.com/forum/index.php?topic=32564.0/]Unofficial Faster Preclear I want to use this drive as part of a parity swap procedure including a failed drive. Just to be clear I'm familiar with that procedure. Thanks for any comments! ====== The start report: Disk: /dev/sdj smartctl 6.2 2013-07-26 r3841 [i686-linux-3.9.11p-unRAID] (local build) Copyright (C) 2002-13, Bruce Allen, Christian Franke, www.smartmontools.org === START OF INFORMATION SECTION === Device Model: ST8000AS0002-1NA17Z Serial Number: Z8409FV4 LU WWN Device Id: 5 000c50 0872476dc Firmware Version: AR15 User Capacity: 8,001,563,222,016 bytes [8.00 TB] Sector Sizes: 512 bytes logical, 4096 bytes physical Rotation Rate: 5980 rpm Device is: Not in smartctl database [for details use: -P showall] ATA Version is: ACS-2, ACS-3 T13/2161-D revision 3b SATA Version is: SATA 3.1, 6.0 Gb/s (current: 6.0 Gb/s) Local Time is: Mon Jan 11 18:36:49 2016 EST SMART support is: Available - device has SMART capability. SMART support is: Enabled === START OF READ SMART DATA SECTION === SMART overall-health self-assessment test result: PASSED General SMART Values: Offline data collection status: (0x82) Offline data collection activity was completed without error. Auto Offline Data Collection: Enabled. Self-test execution status: ( 0) The previous self-test routine completed without error or no self-test has ever been run. Total time to complete Offline data collection: ( 0) seconds. Offline data collection capabilities: (0x7b) SMART execute Offline immediate. Auto Offline data collection on/off support. Suspend Offline collection upon new command. Offline surface scan supported. Self-test supported. Conveyance Self-test supported. Selective Self-test supported. SMART capabilities: (0x0003) Saves SMART data before entering power-saving mode. Supports SMART auto save timer. Error logging capability: (0x01) Error logging supported. General Purpose Logging supported. Short self-test routine recommended polling time: ( 1) minutes. Extended self-test routine recommended polling time: ( 962) minutes. Conveyance self-test routine recommended polling time: ( 2) minutes. SCT capabilities: (0x30a5) SCT Status supported. SCT Data Table supported. SMART Attributes Data Structure revision number: 10 Vendor Specific SMART Attributes with Thresholds: ID# ATTRIBUTE_NAME FLAG VALUE WORST THRESH TYPE UPDATED WHEN_FAILED RAW_VALUE 1 Raw_Read_Error_Rate 0x000f 100 100 006 Pre-fail Always - 7104 3 Spin_Up_Time 0x0003 099 099 000 Pre-fail Always - 0 4 Start_Stop_Count 0x0032 100 100 020 Old_age Always - 1 5 Reallocated_Sector_Ct 0x0033 100 100 010 Pre-fail Always - 0 7 Seek_Error_Rate 0x000f 100 253 030 Pre-fail Always - 98 9 Power_On_Hours 0x0032 100 100 000 Old_age Always - 0 10 Spin_Retry_Count 0x0013 100 100 097 Pre-fail Always - 0 12 Power_Cycle_Count 0x0032 100 100 020 Old_age Always - 1 183 Runtime_Bad_Block 0x0032 100 100 000 Old_age Always - 0 184 End-to-End_Error 0x0032 100 100 099 Old_age Always - 0 187 Reported_Uncorrect 0x0032 100 100 000 Old_age Always - 0 188 Command_Timeout 0x0032 100 253 000 Old_age Always - 0 189 High_Fly_Writes 0x003a 100 100 000 Old_age Always - 0 190 Airflow_Temperature_Cel 0x0022 076 076 045 Old_age Always - 24 (Min/Max 20/24) 191 G-Sense_Error_Rate 0x0032 100 100 000 Old_age Always - 0 192 Power-Off_Retract_Count 0x0032 100 100 000 Old_age Always - 0 193 Load_Cycle_Count 0x0032 100 100 000 Old_age Always - 2 194 Temperature_Celsius 0x0022 024 040 000 Old_age Always - 24 (0 20 0 0 0) 195 Hardware_ECC_Recovered 0x001a 100 100 000 Old_age Always - 7104 197 Current_Pending_Sector 0x0012 100 100 000 Old_age Always - 0 198 Offline_Uncorrectable 0x0010 100 100 000 Old_age Offline - 0 199 UDMA_CRC_Error_Count 0x003e 200 253 000 Old_age Always - 0 240 Head_Flying_Hours 0x0000 100 253 000 Old_age Offline - 146810572111872 241 Total_LBAs_Written 0x0000 100 253 000 Old_age Offline - 0 242 Total_LBAs_Read 0x0000 100 253 000 Old_age Offline - 488 SMART Error Log Version: 1 No Errors Logged SMART Self-test log structure revision number 1 No self-tests have been logged. [To run self-tests, use: smartctl -t] SMART Selective self-test log data structure revision number 1 SPAN MIN_LBA MAX_LBA CURRENT_TEST_STATUS 1 0 0 Not_testing 2 0 0 Not_testing 3 0 0 Not_testing 4 0 0 Not_testing 5 0 0 Not_testing Selective self-test flags (0x0): After scanning selected spans, do NOT read-scan remainder of disk. If Selective self-test is pending on power-up, resume after 0 minute delay. The Finish report: Disk: /dev/sdj smartctl 6.2 2013-07-26 r3841 [i686-linux-3.9.11p-unRAID] (local build) Copyright (C) 2002-13, Bruce Allen, Christian Franke, www.smartmontools.org === START OF INFORMATION SECTION === Device Model: ST8000AS0002-1NA17Z Serial Number: Z8409FV4 LU WWN Device Id: 5 000c50 0872476dc Firmware Version: AR15 User Capacity: 8,001,563,222,016 bytes [8.00 TB] Sector Sizes: 512 bytes logical, 4096 bytes physical Rotation Rate: 5980 rpm Device is: Not in smartctl database [for details use: -P showall] ATA Version is: ACS-2, ACS-3 T13/2161-D revision 3b SATA Version is: SATA 3.1, 6.0 Gb/s (current: 6.0 Gb/s) Local Time is: Wed Jan 13 23:13:00 2016 EST SMART support is: Available - device has SMART capability. SMART support is: Enabled === START OF READ SMART DATA SECTION === SMART overall-health self-assessment test result: PASSED General SMART Values: Offline data collection status: (0x82) Offline data collection activity was completed without error. Auto Offline Data Collection: Enabled. Self-test execution status: ( 0) The previous self-test routine completed without error or no self-test has ever been run. Total time to complete Offline data collection: ( 0) seconds. Offline data collection capabilities: (0x7b) SMART execute Offline immediate. Auto Offline data collection on/off support. Suspend Offline collection upon new command. Offline surface scan supported. Self-test supported. Conveyance Self-test supported. Selective Self-test supported. SMART capabilities: (0x0003) Saves SMART data before entering power-saving mode. Supports SMART auto save timer. Error logging capability: (0x01) Error logging supported. General Purpose Logging supported. Short self-test routine recommended polling time: ( 1) minutes. Extended self-test routine recommended polling time: ( 962) minutes. Conveyance self-test routine recommended polling time: ( 2) minutes. SCT capabilities: (0x30a5) SCT Status supported. SCT Data Table supported. SMART Attributes Data Structure revision number: 10 Vendor Specific SMART Attributes with Thresholds: ID# ATTRIBUTE_NAME FLAG VALUE WORST THRESH TYPE UPDATED WHEN_FAILED RAW_VALUE 1 Raw_Read_Error_Rate 0x000f 119 099 006 Pre-fail Always - 204562656 3 Spin_Up_Time 0x0003 099 099 000 Pre-fail Always - 0 4 Start_Stop_Count 0x0032 100 100 020 Old_age Always - 1 5 Reallocated_Sector_Ct 0x0033 100 100 010 Pre-fail Always - 0 7 Seek_Error_Rate 0x000f 072 060 030 Pre-fail Always - 16240967 9 Power_On_Hours 0x0032 100 100 000 Old_age Always - 52 10 Spin_Retry_Count 0x0013 100 100 097 Pre-fail Always - 0 12 Power_Cycle_Count 0x0032 100 100 020 Old_age Always - 1 183 Runtime_Bad_Block 0x0032 100 100 000 Old_age Always - 0 184 End-to-End_Error 0x0032 100 100 099 Old_age Always - 0 187 Reported_Uncorrect 0x0032 100 100 000 Old_age Always - 0 188 Command_Timeout 0x0032 100 063 000 Old_age Always - 1503 189 High_Fly_Writes 0x003a 081 081 000 Old_age Always - 19 190 Airflow_Temperature_Cel 0x0022 072 070 045 Old_age Always - 28 (Min/Max 20/30) 191 G-Sense_Error_Rate 0x0032 100 100 000 Old_age Always - 0 192 Power-Off_Retract_Count 0x0032 100 100 000 Old_age Always - 2 193 Load_Cycle_Count 0x0032 100 100 000 Old_age Always - 4 194 Temperature_Celsius 0x0022 028 040 000 Old_age Always - 28 (0 20 0 0 0) 195 Hardware_ECC_Recovered 0x001a 119 099 000 Old_age Always - 204562656 197 Current_Pending_Sector 0x0012 100 100 000 Old_age Always - 0 198 Offline_Uncorrectable 0x0010 100 100 000 Old_age Offline - 0 199 UDMA_CRC_Error_Count 0x003e 200 200 000 Old_age Always - 0 240 Head_Flying_Hours 0x0000 100 253 000 Old_age Offline - 24678882082868 241 Total_LBAs_Written 0x0000 100 253 000 Old_age Offline - 15628118912 242 Total_LBAs_Read 0x0000 100 253 000 Old_age Offline - 32051898463 SMART Error Log Version: 1 No Errors Logged SMART Self-test log structure revision number 1 No self-tests have been logged. [To run self-tests, use: smartctl -t] SMART Selective self-test log data structure revision number 1 SPAN MIN_LBA MAX_LBA CURRENT_TEST_STATUS 1 0 0 Not_testing 2 0 0 Not_testing 3 0 0 Not_testing 4 0 0 Not_testing 5 0 0 Not_testing Selective self-test flags (0x0): After scanning selected spans, do NOT read-scan remainder of disk. If Selective self-test is pending on power-up, resume after 0 minute delay. The RPT report: ========================================================================1.15b == invoked as: ./preclear_bjp.sh -f -A /dev/sdj == ST8000AS0002-1NA17Z Z8409FV4 == Disk /dev/sdj has been successfully precleared == with a starting sector of 1 == Ran 1 cycle == == Using :Read block size = 8388608 Bytes == Last Cycle's Pre Read Time : 17:28:23 (127 MB/s) == Last Cycle's Zeroing time : 15:28:54 (143 MB/s) == Last Cycle's Post Read Time : 19:37:49 (113 MB/s) == Last Cycle's Total Time : 52:36:12 == == Total Elapsed Time 52:36:12 == == Disk Start Temperature: 24C == == Current Disk Temperature: 28C, == ============================================================================ ** Changed attributes in files: /tmp/smart_start_sdj /tmp/smart_finish_sdj ATTRIBUTE NEW_VAL OLD_VAL FAILURE_THRESHOLD STATUS RAW_VALUE Raw_Read_Error_Rate = 119 100 6 ok 204562656 Seek_Error_Rate = 72 100 30 ok 16240967 Spin_Retry_Count = 100 100 97 near_thresh 0 End-to-End_Error = 100 100 99 near_thresh 0 High_Fly_Writes = 81 100 0 ok 19 Airflow_Temperature_Cel = 72 76 45 ok 28 Temperature_Celsius = 28 24 0 ok 28 Hardware_ECC_Recovered = 119 100 0 ok 204562656 No SMART attributes are FAILING_NOW 0 sectors were pending re-allocation before the start of the preclear. 0 sectors were pending re-allocation after pre-read in cycle 1 of 1. 0 sectors were pending re-allocation after zero of disk in cycle 1 of 1. 0 sectors are pending re-allocation at the end of the preclear, the number of sectors pending re-allocation did not change. 0 sectors had been re-allocated before the start of the preclear. 0 sectors are re-allocated at the end of the preclear, the number of sectors re-allocated did not change. ============================================================================

Thanks Weeb, greatly appreciated!

Yep, I too was fairly horrified when I received the package, heard the insides jostling around and opened it to find the blister pack surrounded by only a few packing pillows. I had better luck and my packing pillows were still inflated and the blister pack 'looks' fine, but as you say who knows about the drive. I'm going to go ahead and run a preclear on it and see where it's at. If it has problems does anybody have any experience RMA'ing a drive to tigerdirect after opening it etc?

For the WD60EFRX if you can take advantage of the tigerdirect paypal checkout deal and don't need to pay tax the $235 price is hard to beat. See below thread for more on that. http://lime-technology.com/forum/index.php?topic=36479.0

I just checked out using paypal and upon return to tigerdirect for final approval the $25 credit was applied/subtracted from the total.

Thanks, greatly appreciated!

http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=9149259&CatId=4357 So merely matching the lowest price these have gone for over the past month or so. Black Friday has been a bit of a disappointment for me so far. I do need to buy one of these asap though. The question is pull the trigger today or wait to see if cyber monday brings a better deal and risk missing out?

Thank you for taking the time to do this, extremely helpful!

Awesome, thanks downloadski and StevenD, appreciated!

Wow this is a huge deal to me (I have a SuperMicro C2SEE). Can confirm/deny PWMCONFIG doesn't/does work with SuperMicro C2SEE on unraid v5? I'll start a different thread about it.

Ok. The way I read your september 4 post was that I would get one from this round, but after Bob. Guess I misunderstood. No biggie. I can wait.

Just saw your post tonight. Thank you! Apologies for the bitchfest, my angst got the better of me.... No hurry on delivery of the card, was only worried I wasn't on the list. PM or email me if you need anything. --Don

Given the above and the fact that I have a confirmed paypal transaction (charge to my account) August 14 For $75 to the email address per your instructions via PM the same day and have not received a package let alone replies to my inquiries I'm a bit concerned. Per my previous post I PM'd you August 14 02:22:57 PM in reply to your PM of 02:02:17 PM the same day with instructions to send paypal funds to [email protected]. My PM confirmed the order and the paypal transaction to the email address you specified. I'll followup this post with another PM including the details of the paypal confirmation to the email address per your instructions to give you a chance to reply to me privately. I understand your position but please understand mine. PM via this website is the only option you've left buyers other than posting publicly in the forums. The fact that you have more PMs than you have enough time to reply to leaves me few options in this particular situation. I figure you won't remember a previous communication from June when I replied in the affirmative to your offer with the information you requested and then never heard from you. If you let me down, it will be the second time. The difference is this time I have a bill from paypal for $75 and no card. Please make good on this deal. Based on everything you've said in public I still have faith. --Don Don Lindbergh [email protected]

Thanks for the post seanant. I'm sure I'm among many that very much appreciate your generosity of offering a great deal to individual fellow unraid users with the hugely additional benefit of flashing the units. I PM'd you Aug 30 regarding the status of my order from the Aug 14th and haven't heard back yet but understand you're busy. As long as I get my card I'll be happy.

Thanks for the followup. Not good signs for a vendor to purchase this card from, at any price.