On Fri, 31 Mar 2017 16:24:54 -0700 david <[email protected]> dijo: >On 03/31/2017 02:59 PM, John Jason Jordan wrote: >> I know that the 8TB WD in my Synology has a five year warranty, but >> I'll be damned if I can remember which color it is or which model >> number. I just spent the last half hour looking everywhere for the >> purchase details, but all I can determine is that it was not from >> Amazon, and the date must have been early July 2016, because that's >> when I signed up for the Synology forums, and I bought the drive and >> the Synology at the same time. I also remember them both arriving in >> the mail.
>If you have a way to get data directly from the NAS, you can try >smartctl (though I suspect this may not be possible): I finally figured out how to get into the Synology - just put its IP address on my network into a Friefox tab, then the default username and pass are 'admin' and <blank>. Once logged in there was a tab labeled 'Storage' that showed my drive, including its serial number and other features. I was shocked to see that it is 6TB, not 8TB. I could swear that I bought an 8TB, but it really is a 6TB, clearly visible from the first part of the serial number: 'WD6002.' And it's a Red Pro drive, which WD currently warrants for five years, so at least I got that right. And yes, I understand that warranty does not necessarily equal reliability, but replacing failed drives under warranty is very costly for manufacturers, so they probably have better quality control for the drives that they sell with longer warranties. And in any event, length of warranty is the only gauge available to me. There is a greater than zero possibility that I did buy an 8TB drive and the seller shipped me a 6TB instead and I never noticed it. If I ever find the purchase documentation I will certainly check this out. In most states this would count as misrepresentation and statute of limitations is usually two years *from discovery*. On the other hand, it may not be worth the hassle - the price differential between a 6TB and an 8TB is not a huge amount. Now that I know what I have I am thinking of replacing the probably failing 5TB USB 3.0 drive with the 6TB from the Synology in a new USB 3.0 case, then buy a new 8TB for the Synology. One advantage of this is that my rsync command makes a mirror of the 5TB on the Synology disk, so it is all ready to go. Once the new 8TB is in the Synology and partitioned/formatted my rsync command will make it the new backup without effort from me. I like things that are easy. Now I need to investigate USB enclosures. More shopping and figuring stuff out. _______________________________________________ PLUG mailing list [email protected] http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
