Thomas Anderson wrote: > Here are the results, of my smartctl test: > > I am trying to parse them myself, to see if I can learn anything. But, > immediate glance > > and queries did not reveal anything that could help me determine if the > drive is good or not. > > > smartctl 6.6 2017-11-05 r4594 [x86_64-linux-4.19.0-18-amd64] (local build) > Copyright (C) 2002-17, Bruce Allen, Christian Franke, www.smartmontools.org > > === START OF INFORMATION SECTION === > Device Model: ST8000DM004-2CX188
You should be able to return this drive without proving that it is defective; this is one of Seagates' SMR drives that they did not disclose were SMR. -dsr-
