Folks, On a whim I ran smartctl on my 3 USB disks, guess what??? The Seagate knows nothing, the two WD drives give me all of the info... Go figure...
On Fri, Mar 31, 2017 at 5:17 PM, John Jason Jordan <joh...@gmx.com> wrote: > On Fri, 31 Mar 2017 16:24:54 -0700 > david <dafr+p...@dafr.us> dijo: > > >On 03/31/2017 02:59 PM, John Jason Jordan wrote: > >> I know that the 8TB WD in my Synology has a five year warranty, but > >> I'll be damned if I can remember which color it is or which model > >> number. I just spent the last half hour looking everywhere for the > >> purchase details, but all I can determine is that it was not from > >> Amazon, and the date must have been early July 2016, because that's > >> when I signed up for the Synology forums, and I bought the drive and > >> the Synology at the same time. I also remember them both arriving in > >> the mail. > > >If you have a way to get data directly from the NAS, you can try > >smartctl (though I suspect this may not be possible): > > I finally figured out how to get into the Synology - just put its IP > address on my network into a Friefox tab, then the default username and > pass are 'admin' and <blank>. > > Once logged in there was a tab labeled 'Storage' that showed my drive, > including its serial number and other features. I was shocked to see > that it is 6TB, not 8TB. I could swear that I bought an 8TB, but it > really is a 6TB, clearly visible from the first part of the serial > number: 'WD6002.' And it's a Red Pro drive, which WD currently warrants > for five years, so at least I got that right. And yes, I understand > that warranty does not necessarily equal reliability, but replacing > failed drives under warranty is very costly for manufacturers, so they > probably have better quality control for the drives that they sell with > longer warranties. And in any event, length of warranty is the only > gauge available to me. > > There is a greater than zero possibility that I did buy an 8TB drive > and the seller shipped me a 6TB instead and I never noticed it. If I > ever find the purchase documentation I will certainly check this out. > In most states this would count as misrepresentation and statute of > limitations is usually two years *from discovery*. On the other hand, > it may not be worth the hassle - the price differential between a 6TB > and an 8TB is not a huge amount. > > Now that I know what I have I am thinking of replacing the probably > failing 5TB USB 3.0 drive with the 6TB from the Synology in a new USB > 3.0 case, then buy a new 8TB for the Synology. One advantage of this is > that my rsync command makes a mirror of the 5TB on the Synology disk, > so it is all ready to go. Once the new 8TB is in the Synology and > partitioned/formatted my rsync command will make it the new backup > without effort from me. I like things that are easy. > > Now I need to investigate USB enclosures. More shopping and figuring > stuff out. > _______________________________________________ > PLUG mailing list > PLUG@lists.pdxlinux.org > http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug > -- Chuck Hast -- KP4DJT -- Glass, five thousand years of history and getting better. The only container material that the USDA gives blanket approval on. _______________________________________________ PLUG mailing list PLUG@lists.pdxlinux.org http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
