February 14, 201313 yr http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=22-236-344 Because I have to pay stupid UK prices, it's going to be $195 per drive, but, hey, that's what I get for being British. Has anyone used them? It has a 3 year warranty and I'll run it through a few clear disk checks (Probably 3ish?). Also, if I do get them, considering they're "Red" and "Meant to run 24/7", what spin-down time should I use? I would say an hour myself, but, then again, "They're meant to run 24/7" (Which I still don't believe running 24/7 is better than idling).
February 14, 201313 yr spin-down is as much about power and heat as it is wear and tear. Set your spin-down timer based on your typical usage to avoid excesive cycling and don't worry too much about total power on time. That advice is valid even for non-reds. A typical PC OS drive, which is rarely a "red" drive-type logs a ton of spinning time compared to what I conside your typical unraid media store system that is loaded with media and only spun up even the evening to stream for a few hour. Of course if there are people who's servers are working nearly all day torrenting, serving, running VM's etc. But I'm not talknig about them.
February 21, 201313 yr I've used the 1TB version and they worked great aside from one-of-four being defective (bad sectors).
February 22, 201313 yr Author I've used the 1TB version and they worked great aside from one-of-four being defective (bad sectors). Well, I've already got them. Doing tests on them as we speak (Type? And you may not see this until they're done, so, "As I type"):- Hopefully they're not filled with bad sectors, although the postage was a bit dodgy (Box had a huge mark on it as if it had been dropped).
February 22, 201313 yr I also have two of them. I have not had any issues with mine. This is the way mine were shipped to me. This is two drives rubber banded together. I was not very happy. I ran 5 preclears on them and there were no issues. They are in my system working great.
February 22, 201313 yr Author I also have two of them. I have not had any issues with mine. This is the way mine were shipped to me. This is two drives rubber banded together. I was not very happy. I ran 5 preclears on them and there were no issues. They are in my system working great. Pretty much same here but there was a huge indent on one side and a huge outdent(?) on the opposite side, so, not really sure what caused that, anyway, I'm only running 3 preclears since I do need the space sooner rather than later:- Let's hope, /fingers crossed. If they fail, they have a three year warranty anyway, let's just hope more than two don't fail at once.
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