- 32MB Cache
- SATA 6.0Gb/s 3TB
Not so happy
02/05/2013
This review is from: Hitachi GST Deskstar 5K3000 HDS5C3030ALA630 (0F12460) 3TB 5700 RPM 32MB Cache SATA 6.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive Bare Drive
Pros:
Large
Cons:
Not very reliable. Won't quite fail, but won't really work either.
Overall Review:
I first purchased one of these drives to replace a aging WD drive that had started to fail. The first drive started throwing random SMART errors that were not consistent or reproducible. I contacted the manufacturer and was told that their diagnostic tools would not work with the 3Tb drive. I looked for other ways to test and make sure it was working properly. It would test good one day and fail the next. Finally in frustration I contacted the manufacturer who replaced the drive under RMA. The second drive had a clicking sound as the head would repeatedly reset itself over and over. I migrated the disk to a NAS as part of a raid array to get a different format on the drive (ext4 vs. NTFS). The tendency of the drive to repeatedly reset the read head did not stop and I would get sometimes 30 sec. to 1 minute pauses while the head was repeatedly reset. Meanwhile the drive would sometimes pass the smart tests sometimes fail (abort the test). I finally pulled the drive and replaced it with WD Red. I'm much happier now.
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- Michelle R.
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