Leosghost
msg:4029410 | 8:33 pm on Nov 21, 2009 (gmt 0) |
Seagate st3250824as is for sale new all over the web at around $60.oo just use your favourite search engine ..term = "Seagate st3250824as"
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lammert
msg:4029458 | 11:58 pm on Nov 21, 2009 (gmt 0) |
You can replace bad RAID drives with a drive with at least the same size. There is no need to exactly match the same model number.
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Wlauzon
msg:4029504 | 4:58 am on Nov 22, 2009 (gmt 0) |
I have seen those drives listed, but would prefer not to buy another one - this is the 3rd one to go out of that exact model in 3 years. Nearly all seem to be "refurbished" - Seagate says they stopped making them in 2007. So I will just get an upgraded and/or newer model and plug it in, looks like the worst that can happen is that it not work.
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J_RaD
msg:4029621 | 2:38 pm on Nov 22, 2009 (gmt 0) |
same size. but if you seem to be having problems with those drivers in your RAID, why not rebuild your RAID with new bigger drives? Drives arn't expensive
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BillyS
msg:4029637 | 3:19 pm on Nov 22, 2009 (gmt 0) |
Any size, you're just limited by the smallest drive (you waste storage).
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kaled
msg:4030009 | 12:28 pm on Nov 23, 2009 (gmt 0) |
Given the nature of the question, you are clearly relying upon another of these drives exclusively even though you know them to be unreliable! I would say, as a matter of urgency, ditch it. Opinions and experiences will always differ, but Seagate have never (to my knowledge) had a reputation for good reliability. I would tend to recommend Hitachi, Maxtor, IBM and Fujitsu, roughly in that order, but I don't really follow hardware developments these days. <oops>Just did a quick check, apparently, Seagate bought Maxtor, Hitachi bought IBM's hard drive business and Toshiba bought Fujitsu's hard drive business.</oops> Kaled.
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Wlauzon
msg:4030110 | 3:13 pm on Nov 23, 2009 (gmt 0) |
From what I gather, I could just buy a pair of upgraded drives, replace the bad one, let it rebuild, and then do the same for the other one.
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J_RaD
msg:4030260 | 6:54 pm on Nov 23, 2009 (gmt 0) |
or just ghost the drives and not have to wait for a rebuild.
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