> On 30 Mar 2020, at 09:40, antlists <antlists@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > On 29/03/2020 23:35, Roman Mamedov wrote: >> On Sun, 29 Mar 2020 23:31:35 +0100 >> antlists <antlists@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: >>> On 29/03/2020 18:45, crowston.name wrote: >>>> === START OF INFORMATION SECTION === >>>> Device Model: ST3000DM001-1CH166 >>>> Serial Number: Z1F50Y21 >>>> Firmware Version: CC29 >>> >>> Seagate Barracuda :-( Not suitable as a raid drive. >> Not suitable as a ...drive. >> That model is literally the only hard drive in the world to get its own >> Wikipedia article[1] for its awful reliability. > Well, I've got two of them, and they've been very reliable. Bear in mind that that batch was just after the floods that disrupted production, I suspect that quality slipped because demand was excessive. Later production seems to have been fine. Barracudas generally are just crap for raid. I had 4 of them in an array, they are what made me decide that RAID5 was no longer a viable RAID level, two of them failed, within an hour of each other. Even a hot spare would not have recovered in that time. Matt.
