got a local lead on two 8TB Seagate Barracuda HDD for $150.00. they sent me these reports, but I don't understand what I'm looking at, but perhaps someone here does?
help needed to interpret CrystalDiskInfo reports
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The app is not set to raw data, which is the only way I know how to read it. nI always check for uncorrectable sector count/G-sensor count/current pending sector count/total power on time and total writes. The lastone only matters really to ssd's
I would ask for a setting change and they picks again, but maybe others can read these values.
google how to change setting for raw values
navigate to Function > Advanced Features > Raw Values and select 10 (DEC)
I would ask for a setting change and they picks again, but maybe others can read these values.
google how to change setting for raw values
navigate to Function > Advanced Features > Raw Values and select 10 (DEC)
I had them run the SeaTools SMART test and they came back as passed / good.
the gent selling these is IT for one of the non-profits here and said he hasn't used his PC in the last 5 months, so is breaking it down and parting it out.
Sounds like a great deal, I would just want to know there is no failed or failing sectors, Seatools is a decent test IME.
you could just ask him to scroll down on those CDinfo to see the uncorrectable sector count, I would prefer raw data myself, but everything I can see I think is ok, but again I use raw data so I cant say for sure and you cant see uncorrectable sector count as it on lower on the page.
406 days powered on is not long as I have a drive with 1984 days or 5.4 years on it and some with more
you could just ask him to scroll down on those CDinfo to see the uncorrectable sector count, I would prefer raw data myself, but everything I can see I think is ok, but again I use raw data so I cant say for sure and you cant see uncorrectable sector count as it on lower on the page.
406 days powered on is not long as I have a drive with 1984 days or 5.4 years on it and some with more
What's the use case for these? They're barracuda drives, not intended for (nor designed for) 24/7 NAS/Server use.
local storage in my PC. I have a DS423+ for our important stuff.
4TB drives are around $150.00, so two 8TB could be quite the catch. also, I've never played around with storage, so want to see what creating RAID arrays or storage pools via Windows is like and get an idea so I can talk about it with more confidence than I can now with what I've read and been told by those with more experience.
@gingerbee hey send pics of the full report. looks okay to me....but most of this is gobledegook to me.
Ya, it all looks good, zero red flags at all. If it were offered to me, I would be fine buying them. As I said, I am no HDD wizard, I don't see any warning signs with those drives.
Uncorrectable sectors = 0 = good
current pending sector count = 0 = good
reported uncorrectable errors = 0 = good
hours/days of use = 9755hrs = 1.1 years.
I don't see anything that would worry me if I were buying them. imho
just not sure what is going on with the raw data for powered on hours, but it states above 9755 hours, friend may not have the 100 correct setting or could just be a newer version of CDinfo, do find it a little odd that both drives have the same powered on hours but you said the drives are in the same PC so that could easily explain this.
I do want to point out that the 8tb seagate cudda's on amazon are 184CAD, those a shingled drives just like those your posting I.e I would want a slightly better price then 150 IMHO
Uncorrectable sectors = 0 = good
current pending sector count = 0 = good
reported uncorrectable errors = 0 = good
hours/days of use = 9755hrs = 1.1 years.
I don't see anything that would worry me if I were buying them. imho
just not sure what is going on with the raw data for powered on hours, but it states above 9755 hours, friend may not have the 100 correct setting or could just be a newer version of CDinfo, do find it a little odd that both drives have the same powered on hours but you said the drives are in the same PC so that could easily explain this.
I do want to point out that the 8tb seagate cudda's on amazon are 184CAD, those a shingled drives just like those your posting I.e I would want a slightly better price then 150 IMHO
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Looks fine to me too.
Maybe @Marzipan should elaborate, because, to me, the 1st post reads as though it's two drives for $150, rather than $150 ea.
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