Re: Used HDs

[Todd Gruhn <tgruhn2%gmail.com@localhost>]

Platters were Al with something sprayed on (Co and Pt)?

Did that get changed?  Heat Al, and it gets bigger.
[of course, if temperature does not go up (hot), then platters dont
 wider]

# sorry -- brain is still broken...

On Sat, Nov 12, 2022 at 3:44 AM Niels Dettenbach <nd%syndicat.com@localhost> wrote:
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> I know from many real-world examples that such drives can very probably still work without any error even if runned 24/7/365 - especially in untouched / non-moved and climatized servermachines.
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> But quality (go defect rates) - even within same model no - seems significantly depend from fabrication…
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> niels.
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> Niels Dettenbach
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> > Am 12.11.2022 um 04:04 schrieb Brad Spencer <brad%anduin.eldar.org@localhost>:
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> > Todd Gruhn <tgruhn2%gmail.com@localhost> writes:
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> >> Western Digital WD2500AAJS 250 GB Caviar Blue Hard Drive
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> >> It was used, and made in 2010. How long do these drives work?
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> >> SCSI drives only lasted for about 5yr to 7ys -- but that was 20yr ago...
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> > Depending on who made the drive, I have run SATA drives for 15+ years
> > nearly 24x7.  As someone else mentioned, run a complete SMART test on it
> > and see what it says.  I have also purchased used drives, mostly
> > enterprise pulls from stuff like decomm'ed Netapp appliances, and have
> > had very few problems with them if the drive is from a good quality
> > line.
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