I have 24 drives currently - but a few of them have come up "damaged" with unreadable sectors. I've moved all my data from them, formatted them, and then RMA'd those still under warranty. However, I have a few 3TB drives that are marked damaged but the warranty has expired. In your experience, when should I not risk using them? Note, I will be using them in a 24 drive pool with triple duplication.
In other words, how many sectors are too many sectors bad?
Will using chkdsk /r (overnight because it takes so long) - make this a useable drive again?
I've posted a screen shot of the SMART details for a Seagate marked as damaged.
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I have 24 drives currently - but a few of them have come up "damaged" with unreadable sectors. I've moved all my data from them, formatted them, and then RMA'd those still under warranty. However, I have a few 3TB drives that are marked damaged but the warranty has expired. In your experience, when should I not risk using them? Note, I will be using them in a 24 drive pool with triple duplication.
In other words, how many sectors are too many sectors bad?
Will using chkdsk /r (overnight because it takes so long) - make this a useable drive again?
I've posted a screen shot of the SMART details for a Seagate marked as damaged.
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