[Fed-Talk] Which Seagate 1 TB drives are a problem?
[Fed-Talk] Which Seagate 1 TB drives are a problem?
- Subject: [Fed-Talk] Which Seagate 1 TB drives are a problem?
- From: Michael Kluskens <email@hidden>
- Date: Wed, 17 Oct 2012 10:32:10 -0400
"Apple has determined that certain Seagate 1TB hard drives used in 21.5-inch and 27-inch iMac systems may fail. These systems were sold between October 2009 and July 2011."
Is anyone aware of the range of Seagate drives that is affected by this issue, including those not installed in Apple iMacs. Last time Seagate had a big problem it turned out we had recently purchased 16 of the affected drives and even with the recommended firmware patch they failed at a much higher rate then any other hard drives we had including the 320 GB Seagate hard drives that shipped with 34 Mac Pros we used for a cluster.
Since we can't take advantage of this program, that is returning our iMacs and/or affected drives, does anyone know which SMART parameters to watch for this issue (understanding that a Google study determined that less than 50% of hard drive failures could be predicted using SMART parameters).
Michael
ps. I know someone will point to a DoD authorized provider; however, our security has said we can't use those, mostly because they don't have written DoD documentation and procedures in hand that says we can.
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