Whew... I have 6 of the ST3000DM008-2DM166 in a RAID array. And to be honest, they were only so-so, so I'm not actually relieved that mine are newer/different. I had a couple of failures over the years. I started with 5.
gone
gone
Still ok, >36k hours
gone
Now a hot spare, >36k hours, 8 Reallocated Sectors
1 out of 5 is still in mainline operation, one is my hot spare.
3 out of 5 failed and got sent back to Seagate for a refurb
1 of my replacement drives had an "unexpected sense" that I guess corrected itself after a rebuild.
Whew... I have 6 of the ST3000DM008-2DM166 in a RAID array. And to be honest, they were only so-so, so I'm not actually relieved that mine are newer/different. I had a couple of failures over the years. I started with 5.
1 out of 5 is still in mainline operation, one is my hot spare.
3 out of 5 failed and got sent back to Seagate for a refurb
1 of my replacement drives had an "unexpected sense" that I guess corrected itself after a rebuild.
4.1 years of operation
I'm definitely not thrilled.