From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Wols Lists Subject: Re: When do you replace old hard drives in a raid6? Date: Tue, 8 Mar 2016 22:01:54 +0000 Message-ID: <56DF4BD2.3050009@youngman.org.uk> References: <56DB465E.9010703@gmail.com> <56DCCB55.1060906@turmel.org> <56DD26DC.8020701@aei.mpg.de> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: In-Reply-To: <56DD26DC.8020701@aei.mpg.de> Sender: linux-raid-owner@vger.kernel.org To: Linux Raid List-Id: linux-raid.ids On 07/03/16 06:59, Carsten Aulbert wrote: > It really depends a lot on the drive type and manufacturer (for example > see the various reports by Backblaze). I've seen it reported that Seagate Barracudas (I remembered it because that's what I've got) have a bit of a design fault. I think the air filter has a tendency to leak, and that could be why they fail so quick once they go - they get dust into them. Cheers, Wol