I am adding that the disk is under daily use for 6 years, and has been formatted 7 times total.
Model Seagate ST500DM002 500GB
LOL.It's a Seagate, so gift it to someone you don't really care for.
I thought Seagates have been performing a lot better recently. I'm basing this off of Backblaze's hard drive reliability data, but it seems brands like WD and their Red drives are struggling far more in terms of reliability.It's a Seagate, so gift it to someone you don't really care for.
I'm sure their data is better than mine, but anecdotally, my experience with many hundreds of repairs over the years is that I've replaced failing Seagate drives more than any other, it's not even close. Part of that is because they are the most common, but for me, it's just not worth the trouble. Any time a spinner is specified, I choose HGST now, I've only seen a handful those fail, and they seem to do so gradually rather than catastrophically. YMMV!I thought Seagates have been performing a lot better recently. I'm basing this off of Backblaze's hard drive reliability data, but it seems brands like WD and their Red drives are struggling far more in terms of reliability.
Check out gsmartcontrol (apt-get or yum depending on distro) or crystaldiskinfo for windows. Is the noise any sort of clicking or is it a hum like a fish tank pump?Sorry for the noob question but what software is that? Id like to test my 3tb WD Black which is quite noisy
Yes, except the 4TB and 8TB models, although the 8TB is cheating since it is basically a 5400rpm Hitachi Ultrastar He8.I thought Seagates have been performing a lot better recently. I'm basing this off of Backblaze's hard drive reliability data, but it seems brands like WD and their Red drives are struggling far more in terms of reliability.
WhoBeDaPlaya said:OP : Your disk is perfectly healthy. Big flags to look for are (raw values!) Realloc count, Current pending count, Realloc event count, UltraDMA CRCs.
If they're non-zero, I trash / retire / eBay the drives (with full disclosure), except for UltraDMA CRCs, which can be caused by a bad host controller / cable.