 Re: Seagate 7200.11 High Failure Rate
Tony wrote:
> I have gotten 5 drives and 4 of them failed within an hour. Yes, the warranty replacements gotten directly from
> Seagate failed just like the orginal 2 new ones purchased from an online retailer.
Then the system you were installing them in was killing them.
> One of the original warranty replacements is still working,
All that proves is that what killed the others doesnt kill all drives.
> though I'm not really using it yet other than loading Windows and testing configs. The model is ST3320613AS. Has
> anyone the inside scoop on what the problem with these drives is/are
The system you are putting them in is killing them.
> and whether or not it affects all 7200.11 drives or just the 320 GB model?
Its cant be either of those. If they were all failing at
anything like that rate, the sellers would know about that.
> (Aside: I bought the original 2 drives for a desktop RAID 0 setup but there's no way I'd use these drives in anything
> less than a RAID 1 setup now because of their proven unreliability).
Its the unreliability of the system you put them in thats proven.
And if you want a high reliability, they need to be in separate systems.
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