NaTT Posted May 20, 2010 Share Posted May 20, 2010 as money permits I put bigger HDD in place of the smallest ones in my system, I've run out of space and ports for additional drives. Do I replace a Samsung that's running 2 degrees hotter (37) than most other disks or the one remaining Western Digital in my system leaving the list "neat" being then all Sammy disks!!! (I tend to buy spinpoints) Quote Link to comment
Joe L. Posted May 20, 2010 Share Posted May 20, 2010 as money permits I put bigger HDD in place of the smallest ones in my system, I've run out of space and ports for additional drives. Do I replace a Samsung that's running 2 degrees hotter (37) than most other disks or the one remaining Western Digital in my system leaving the list "neat" being then all Sammy disks!!! (I tend to buy spinpoints) I'd replace the smallest drive, as it gains you the most additional space. Quote Link to comment
NaTT Posted May 20, 2010 Author Share Posted May 20, 2010 should have said "which of my 4 remaining 500GB drives should I replace first" Quote Link to comment
WeeboTech Posted May 20, 2010 Share Posted May 20, 2010 should have said "which of my 4 remaining 500GB drives should I replace first" Look at the smartlogs and check running hours. choose the oldest one or the one with the most reallocated or pending sectors. if I remember correctly, there was a tool you could download that would give the the estimated health and duration of use for the drive. It's somewhere on the forum. I cannot remember the name of the tool. Quote Link to comment
WeeboTech Posted May 20, 2010 Share Posted May 20, 2010 Now I remember - http://www.hdsentinel.com/ Example: root@Atlas /boot/bin #./hdsentinel Hard Disk Sentinel for LINUX console 0.03 © 2008-2009 [email protected] Start with -r [reportfile] to save data to report, -h for help Examining hard disk configuration ... HDD Device 0: /dev/sda HDD Model ID : ST31000340AS HDD Serial No: 5QJ0BH1D HDD Revision : SD15 HDD Size : 953870 MB Interface : S-ATA II Temperature : 23 °C Health : 94 % Performance : 100 % Power on time: 707 days, 9 hours Est. lifetime: 987 days HDD Device 6: /dev/sdf HDD Model ID : MAXTOR STM3500630AS HDD Serial No: 5QG04QSP HDD Revision : 3.AAE HDD Size : 476940 MB Interface : S-ATA II Temperature : 47 °C Health : 100 % Performance : 100 % Power on time: 11368 days, 9 hours Est. lifetime: more than 100 days HDD Device 7: /dev/sdg HDD Model ID : Maxtor 4G160J8 HDD Serial No: G805DR5E HDD Revision : GAK819K0 HDD Size : 156334 MB Interface : JMicron USB/ATA Temperature : Unknown °C Health : 30 % Performance : 83 % Power on time: 1578 days, 21 hours, 22 minutes Est. lifetime: 30 days Quote Link to comment
NaTT Posted May 20, 2010 Author Share Posted May 20, 2010 cracking! I'll try that. Thanks. Quote Link to comment
Msan Posted May 20, 2010 Share Posted May 20, 2010 HDD Device 7: /dev/sdg HDD Model ID : Maxtor 4G160J8 HDD Serial No: G805DR5E HDD Revision : GAK819K0 HDD Size : 156334 MB Interface : JMicron USB/ATA Temperature : Unknown °C Health : 30 % Performance : 83 % Power on time: 1578 days, 21 hours, 22 minutes Est. lifetime: 30 days Time to replace that one 'eh? Quote Link to comment
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