Dale wrote: > I didn't know about that until now. I already shutdown my old rig. > Might try that later. It may shed some light on this mess. > > I did send a email to the seller tho. They sell a LOT of drives. I've > seen them show a stock of over 200 drives of a particular model and a > day or so later, sold out. They sell new, a few kinds of used as well. > I tend to buy used but most of the time, the number of power on hours is > in the single digits. The recent drives show 2 hours each. I think if > it is a problem, they will know since they test a lot of drives. Maybe > it is normal but if not, I'm sure they will agree to swap or refund. > They sold out of the 20TB drives shortly after I ordered mine. They > started with right at 200 and sold out in like 2 or 3 days. > > I figure I'll hear back shortly. They been pretty fast to respond to > questions in the past. > > Dale > > :-) :-) >
I got a response. This is what they said. > Thank you for bringing this to our attention. As long as we're not > seeing any I/O errors that would inhibit your ability to use the > drive, everything should be fine. > > This type of link speed negotiation issue can occur with helium-filled > drives, as their spin-up time tends to be slightly longer than that of > traditional drives. Is your system or HBA a bit on the older side? > Most modern toolsets and software account for this extended spin-up > time by allowing a longer delay before attempting speed negotiation, > which typically avoids this issue altogether. > > In summary, this isn't unprecedented behavior when working with older > hardware or software, but at this stage, it doesn’t point to any major > functional problem. I hope this information helps. As I mentioned, it passed all the SMART tests. I'm not sure on the 3GB/sec connection yet tho. I'm pretty sure that mobo is capable of 6GBs/sec tho. When I put it in my main rig, I'll know for sure. What are your thoughts on what they say? It make sense to anyone who knows more about hard drives than me? Now if they can just find that last drive I ordered that is several days late. Thanks. Dale :-) :-)
