Seagate Barracuda 7200.11 1.5TB Drives

[seanant]

I RMA'd both of my 1.5TB 7200.11 drives and Seagate is sending me Constellation 2.0TB drives.  I'm still not sure what the root cause is of the failures which seem to happen only when installed as part of an unRAID array.  I want to think these are just defective and don't work well in a NAS environment. Seagate does have a new version of the 1.5 drives with the 7200.14 version.  I refused to try the new version politly and now getting the newer Constellation drives.  This will be the 3rd 1.5 TB drive I've had to replace.  I'm curious if this has happend to anyone else out there?

 

I've also requested supported via the Limetech support link but havent heard anything back. 

 

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[pinion]

I'll have to check the versions I have but I have 3 1.5 TB Seagates and two of them have been RMA'd, one of them has been RMA'd twice. It's been awhile though and they seem to be trouble free now. (Knock on wood)

[StevenD]

I've RMA'd about a dozen Seagate 7200.11 1.5TB drives over the last tree years.  They were all purchased over a three month period from four different vendors.  I stopped buying them when I received two DOA.

 

Ive had problems with these in Windows as well, not just unRAID.

[seanant]

Thanks for the feedback.  I am glad to hear it's not unRAID.  Now I understand why Seagate was quick to send me the newer constellation drives.

[RokleM]

Thanks for the feedback.  I am glad to hear it's not unRAID.  Now I understand why Seagate was quick to send me the newer constellation drives.

Count yourself lucky.  My 1.5T replacement just arrived yesterday, another 1.5T drive (so no upgrade for me).  It's probably hit or miss dependent on stock or age of drive on what you will receive back.

[seanant]

I am no longer accepting anymore 1.5s from them.  Or should i say that's how I feel and that's what I will continue to try to do.