From: Benjammin2068 <benjammin2068@gmail.com>
To: linux-raid@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Need Help with crashed RAID5 (that was rebuilding and then had SATA error on another drive)
Date: Sun, 28 Aug 2016 20:23:51 -0500 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <57C38EA7.7030000@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <5c02d44b-eb51-4388-eab4-6715760ee6be@youngman.org.uk>
On 08/28/2016 02:20 PM, Anthony Youngman wrote:
> On 28/08/16 19:29, Benjammin2068 wrote:
>> And this drive (sort of - but not this sub model -- and that's the replacement that Seagate recommended.) is not going to stay in the array.
>
> If they knew you were using it in a raid, and recommended it, then I don't know about your laws but over here in the UK I'd send it back as "unfit for purpose". Under SOGA (Sale Of Goods Act) they've sold you a pup and it's their problem, not yours.
>
> (UK law assumes the salesman knows more than you, and so long as you tell them what you want, that forms part of the contract. Which means if they sell you something that does not meet the requirements you told them, they have to put matters right - either swap the drive for something that is suitable, or give you a refund. They can charge the difference if "suitable" means a more expensive drive, but a lot of UK shops would swallow the loss if they had recommended the wrong drive.)
>
In the US.
I'll have to look at my receipt. The recommendation was went I purchase the *last* drive.. not this current set. But I copied and pasted part numbers. So I'll have to look to see what's up.
Like I said, I can find a use for them elsewhere. It's not a huge deal.
-Ben
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Thread overview: 25+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2016-08-22 21:51 Need Help with crashed RAID5 (that was rebuilding and then had SATA error on another drive) Ben Kamen
2016-08-22 23:06 ` Adam Goryachev
2016-08-23 11:36 ` Wols Lists
2016-08-23 15:44 ` Ben
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2016-08-26 1:20 ` Ben
2016-08-26 2:22 ` Phil Turmel
2016-08-26 2:54 ` Benjammin2068
2016-08-26 12:38 ` Phil Turmel
2016-08-26 18:07 ` Wols Lists
2016-08-28 18:29 ` Benjammin2068
2016-08-28 19:20 ` Anthony Youngman
2016-08-29 1:23 ` Benjammin2068 [this message]
2016-08-28 23:54 ` Adam Goryachev
2016-08-29 1:25 ` Benjammin2068
2016-08-29 11:19 ` Wols Lists
2016-09-18 17:13 ` Best tool to partition Drives with new sector geometry - (WAS: Need Help with crashed RAID5 (that was rebuilding and then had SATA error on another drive)) Benjammin2068
2016-09-18 17:50 ` Chris Murphy
2016-09-18 18:41 ` Benjammin2068
2016-09-18 19:17 ` Wols Lists
2016-09-18 19:58 ` Benjammin2068
2016-09-18 21:21 ` Wols Lists
2016-09-18 21:29 ` Benjammin2068
2016-09-19 6:25 ` Wols Lists
2016-09-19 16:17 ` Benjammin2068
2016-09-18 18:08 ` Benjammin2068
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