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Title: FYI -- 1.5TB Barracuda freezes: Seagate speaks out
Post by: hit_ny on December 08, 2008, 09:34:38 am

One more question to ask ppl having problems with MC  ;D

http://techreport.com/discussions.x/15863

Title: Re: FYI -- 1.5TB Barracuda freezes: Seagate speaks out
Post by: benn600 on December 08, 2008, 11:38:14 am

As I contemplate building a new system I knew 1.5TB drives were unreasonable to consider at this point.  Read the reviews and you'll find all these complaints.  It is amazing that each jump is almost always 50% or 100% more space...so jamming so much may be less reliable (obviously).  I don't think it's time to consider such large drives unless they are in a RAID setup...but unreliability will cause issues in any system, even a RAID setup, with frequent rebuilding and other troubles.

Title: Re: FYI -- 1.5TB Barracuda freezes: Seagate speaks out
Post by: Peter_T on December 08, 2008, 12:00:16 pm

Ouch... I just ordered one last week.  Should arrive today.  It IS going in a RAID system, but it sounds like it will be a headache.   ::)

I should have known 1.5 TB for $140 (CDN) was too good to be true.  Seagate is a half-decent name, though. 

Title: Re: FYI -- 1.5TB Barracuda freezes: Seagate speaks out
Post by: KingSparta on December 08, 2008, 12:50:34 pm

Quote

Seagate is investigating an issue where a small number of Barracuda 7200.11 (1.5TB SATA) hard drives randomly pause or hang

I like how companies use the phrase where a small number of

1. More Than Likely It is not a small number
2. No matter what the small number is it is always large to you (One too many)

Title: Re: FYI -- 1.5TB Barracuda freezes: Seagate speaks out
Post by: benn600 on December 08, 2008, 02:58:54 pm

I read that same phrase and immediately wondered about it because there are a lot of bad reviews.  I think a lot of people are having the trouble based on the reviews on Newegg.

Title: Re: FYI -- 1.5TB Barracuda freezes: Seagate speaks out
Post by: Jonas on December 09, 2008, 06:40:25 am

There's a new firmware version (SD1A) that should fix this.  I've seen some reports from people who have applied it and haven't had any more problems, though you never know if some problems remain, of course...

Title: Re: FYI -- 1.5TB Barracuda freezes: Seagate speaks out
Post by: Peter_T on December 17, 2008, 08:16:58 am

So far so good... I haven't noticed anything out of the ordinary.  I might have it in a good application, though - it's part of my data pool on my WHS.  Mostly used for backups and such and is fully redundant.  (Or so M$ tells me)

Title: Re: FYI -- 1.5TB Barracuda freezes: Seagate speaks out
Post by: Matt on December 17, 2008, 08:48:11 am

I keep thinking of getting one of these.  The firmware mess and average performance is bad.  50% more space and less noise than a Caviar Black is good.

Life is full of tough decisions.