[mythtv-users] Recent Drive Purchase from Newegg -- (10x WD2002FAEX-0)

[Steven Adeff]

On Thu, May 26, 2011 at 12:04 AM, Ben Kamen <bkamen at benjammin.net> wrote:
> I thought I would share with the group since we talk about such large arrays all the time.
>
> For a colleague of mine, I am setting up a RAID for them using the WDC WD2002FAEX-0 drive.
>
> We bought 10 of them from Newegg. They came in a white foam carrier half wrapped in bubble and then placed in a box with a little additional paper wadding **UPSIDE DOWN**.
>
> Not exactly what I would call stellar packing.
>
> 2 of 10 drives DOA.
>   * 1 spins up -- but never reports to the system.
>   * 1 spins up but smart reported 1140 reallocated sectors during raid build -- and was failed out.
>
> I just thought I would share with everyone.
>
>  -Ben

sweet, another email thread beating the dead horse of XYZ hard drive
manufacturer has horrible quality control...


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