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Clock'd 0Ne · **Reply #15 on:** December 29, 2011, 14:39:18 PM

Re: Flooding - HDD prices

Reply #15 on: December 29, 2011, 14:39:18 PM

The version I've been running is v5.0 beta13 and it seems perfectly stable on 3Tb drives, there is a newer version available too. I still need to get around to writing up my unRAID setup guide, best get cracking while I've got some time off. I've nearly filled 3TB so I'm about to preclear my old 2TB drive to add to the array.

Clock'd 0Ne · **Reply #16 on:** January 24, 2012, 00:43:10 AM

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Reply #16 on: January 24, 2012, 00:43:10 AM

Well, looks like my gamble has come around to bite me on the arse, one of the HDDs is reporting read/write errors, doesn't spin up properly and seems to be at death's door, so that's £100 down the drain as I can't RMA it

I need to get a replacement too and the cheapest are still around £140 (if you can find stock!)

The only good thing to come out of it is that I have more material for my unRAID guide to show what to do when your parity drive hoses itself...

I've switched the array offline until I can do further diagnosis on the drive or find a replacement. Thankfully its served its purpose, touchwood no data loss unless the other one craps itself - which it won't if I leave the array offline - anyone got recommendations on the best 3Tb model to go for?

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Russell · **Reply #17 on:** January 24, 2012, 08:53:19 AM

Re: Flooding - HDD prices

Reply #17 on: January 24, 2012, 08:53:19 AM

Unlucky!

Did you have much stuff on the array? Its technically still there but if there's lots it'll take quite a while to rebuild once you get a drive.

I haven't really looked too hard recently as I can't afford them but I'll try and have a look around later and see if I can see anything. What was the drive you had that failed?

Clock'd 0Ne · **Reply #18 on:** January 24, 2012, 09:11:21 AM

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Reply #18 on: January 24, 2012, 09:11:21 AM

It was a Seagate.

I can still access the data fine, the parity drive which is the one that failed isn't striped or anything with the unRAID data drives, thats what makes it so good

I can swap the drive whenever I want, but I won't use the other drives until I can rebuild the parity safely otherwise I'm not protected from another drive failure and statistically thats a little more likely given that I bought both these Seagate externals together.

Having just noticed I got a reply one of the guys on the Lime Tech forum who has had a look at the SMART data I provided for the drive, he seems to think the drive should be fine, so I'm attempting a parity rebuild and we'll see how it goes...

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Clock'd 0Ne · **Reply #19 on:** January 24, 2012, 20:20:33 PM

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Reply #19 on: January 24, 2012, 20:20:33 PM

So it took about 9 hours to rebuild the parity drive

But it seems to be working fine - no errors reported - and the SMART logs obtained from unRAID appear to indicate that the drive is fine according to some of the guys on their forums. False alarm I guess! But I'll be keeping a close eye on it.

addictweb · **Reply #20 on:** January 24, 2012, 20:26:16 PM

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Reply #20 on: January 24, 2012, 20:26:16 PM

http://www.hotukdeals.com/deals/hitachi-xl3000-3tb-external-desktop-hard-drive-store-comet-83-99-1126686

3Tb externals apparently £83.99 instore at some currys stores at the moment.

I'm also waiting for the prices to come back down, fingers crossed we get back to the £25 terabyte soon.

Russell · **Reply #21 on:** January 24, 2012, 20:46:53 PM

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Reply #21 on: January 24, 2012, 20:46:53 PM

Quote from: Clock'd 0Ne on January 24, 2012, 20:20:33 PM

So it took about 9 hours to rebuild the parity drive

But it seems to be working fine - no errors reported - and the SMART logs obtained from unRAID appear to indicate that the drive is fine according to some of the guys on their forums. False alarm I guess! But I'll be keeping a close eye on it.

Bet that's a huge sigh of relief, 9 hours well spent if its a false alarm and you got some info for a guide

Quote from: sexytw on January 24, 2012, 20:26:16 PM

http://www.hotukdeals.com/deals/hitachi-xl3000-3tb-external-desktop-hard-drive-store-comet-83-99-1126686

3Tb externals apparently £83.99 instore at some currys stores at the moment.

I'm also waiting for the prices to come back down, fingers crossed we get back to the £25 terabyte soon.

I know where I'm going tomorrow lunch time, I want an external drive for leaving at work with a backup of all my photos/music/junk and guess who got £50 from quidco last week

Just have to buy it without the parents knowing, they've given me money to keep me going this month

Russell · **Reply #22 on:** January 24, 2012, 20:50:27 PM

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Reply #22 on: January 24, 2012, 20:50:27 PM

Until I read this from the thread on hotukdeals

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Called Comet, spoke to helpful guy who checked the system and he said pretty much no stores in the North have them, discontinued item. Gutted!

bugger!

matt5cott · **Reply #23 on:** February 09, 2012, 12:49:46 PM

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Reply #23 on: February 09, 2012, 12:49:46 PM

3 months and the prices are still sky high, this officially sucks

I could do with some more space

Russell · **Reply #24 on:** February 09, 2012, 13:12:17 PM

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Reply #24 on: February 09, 2012, 13:12:17 PM

They're getting better though, hopefully give it another 2 months and we might be nearly there hope so I still need some hard drives for my microserver!

Serious · **Reply #25 on:** February 09, 2012, 13:13:29 PM

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Reply #25 on: February 09, 2012, 13:13:29 PM

Don't expect prices to come down overnight, there was a lot of damage, plus Western Digital and Seagate are both affected. WD had to shut down up to 75% of it's production lines. Prices should be starting to drop slightly but it might be next year before the hike levels out.

Russell · **Reply #26 on:** February 09, 2012, 13:32:00 PM

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Reply #26 on: February 09, 2012, 13:32:00 PM

They're not that far off though, in my not so scientific research (ie checking one website

) 2tb are around £90-100 and 3tb are around £140 ish. They've both got about £30-40 to come down yet but they're getting there.

Binary Shadow · **Reply #27 on:** February 09, 2012, 14:52:45 PM

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Reply #27 on: February 09, 2012, 14:52:45 PM

Pfft were just spoilt, go back to paying £1 per GB then you can complain

matt5cott · **Reply #28 on:** February 09, 2012, 15:40:09 PM

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Reply #28 on: February 09, 2012, 15:40:09 PM

15th June 2011

1 x 2TB Samsung HD204UI Spinpoint F4 SATA-II 3.5" Hard Drive @ 57.35GBP

I want cheaper damnit!

M3ta7h3ad · **Reply #29 on:** February 09, 2012, 20:58:11 PM

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Reply #29 on: February 09, 2012, 20:58:11 PM

Quote from: matt5cott on February 09, 2012, 15:40:09 PM

15th June 2011

1 x 2TB Samsung HD204UI Spinpoint F4 SATA-II 3.5" Hard Drive @ 57.35GBP

I want cheaper damnit!

I need more space! I would buy like 5 drives if they were that price. I want to get my damn freenas box back up and running.

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