Rich Freeman <ri...@gentoo.org> wrote:
> On Wed, Jun 25, 2014 at 6:55 AM, thegeezer <thegee...@thegeezer.net> wrote:
> > On 06/25/2014 11:05 AM, Dale wrote:
> >
> >
> > I got a drive picked out at Newegg. $$$$$$$$
> >
> > http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822148844
> >
> >
> > slightly offtopic - i notice that the drive has a 2year limited warranty
> >
> > has anyone managed to get anything from hard drive warranties ?
>
> Yes. Most manufacturers have a hard drive warranty tool online. Just
> give it your serial number and it will tell you if you're eligible,
> and how to go about it. I know Seagate wants you to run their own
> testing util (which just does a SMART test and spits out a validation
> code which you write down).
>
> I've gotten the same sorts of errors several times now on my RAID and
> when it happens I just go through the warranty process, select advance
> replacement, swap out the drive, then return the old drive in their
> packaging.
>
> Typically costs me $10 for HD replacement (I have to pay return shipping
> only).
>
> Typically drives tend to die for me about a year after I buy them -
> alarmingly often, actually. Anybody who doesn't run smartmon or its
> equivalent is insane, as is anybody who doesn't at least run RAID,
> though anything valuable should be backed up.
Is it not true that you cannot run raid on consumer drives because of
timing errors?
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