Dale <rdalek1...@gmail.com> wrote: > Bill Kenworthy wrote: > > On 19/12/15 08:01, Dale wrote: > >> Howdy, > >> > >> I finally got a new 3TB hard drive. I got one on sale for under $100. > >> Anyway, I put it in, did the LVM thing and set up my backup script, very > >> basic as it is. A little bit ago, I noticed a sound. It's not a click > >> or a metallic type sound. It sounds like the heads are doing random > >> reads/writes and the heads are moving but doing so noisily. Thing is, > >> there is no drive activity according to gkrellm or iotop. All the > >> drives should be basically idle. I even went to single user mode to be > >> sure nothing in KDE was doing some index thingy or something. Still, > >> nothing showed that there should be any drive activity, including the > >> hard drive light on the case. > >> > >> <<<< SNIP >>>> > >> The last SMART test I ran showed no problems but I have a fresh one > >> running as I type on all drives. Will update if it shows anything. > >> > >> Thoughts? > >> > >> Dale > >> > >> :-) :-) > >> > >> > > Mechanics trick - place a largish screwdriver end on each hard drive > > case in turn and the handle end to your ear. You can hear difference in > > sound quite clearly. > > > > BillK > > > > > > > > > > That would likely work. I've also used a water hose to do that on > cars. I'm not sure how well that will work since the drives are only > like a inch apart. With the screwdriver I might even be able to feel > it. It's not very loud but I can hear it. One reason I can hear it so > well, the fans on my case are very quiet. In a quiet room, I can't hear > the fans. I can hear this drive noise even with the TV at a reasonable > level. With no TV, I can hear it pretty well. My water hose trick > wouldn't likely work but your screwdriver idea might work in more than > one way. > > I also found this after the reply from Ian. > > https://www.backblaze.com/blog/3tb-hard-drive-failure/ > > No wonder they had it on sale. Heck, why didn't they just say it was a > good door stop instead of a hard drive???
I always try to get something a bit better than consumer drives, at least the equivalent of Western Digital Red which now has a longer warranty -- notice that a lot of drives have only ONE year warranties now? Doesn't that make you feel warm and fuzzy? -- Your life is like a penny. You're going to lose it. The question is: How do you spend it? John Covici cov...@ccs.covici.com