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Drive reports 6 bad sectors after moving from old NAS to new NAS.

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  • 6 bad sectors is not a big deal.

    • NEED HELP downloading bulk photos from cellphone

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  • If you are on Android there are sync programs and can connect to a shared folder on your computer.

    You can also try to get a USB drive that can plug directly into your phone.

    • Is it a bad sign if a brand new hard drive makes a lot of noise but otherwise functions fine?

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  • Not necessarily. If it sounds like it's "grinding", that's bad, or "clicking", like "tik tik tik tik" and the computer pauses for a second, that's bad.

    • Checksum for original files came out unreadable

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  • What does that mean?

    • What OS should I use?

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  • I use Ubuntu + ZFS.

    ZFS is cool because it has built in SMB and NFS file sharing, on top of RAID and data integrity features.

    • I know I should be concerned but I would like to know just how concerned I should be.

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  • 100 reallocated sectors is concerning. 100,000? The drive doesn’t even have that many spare sectors to use.

    • Which will last longer, a USB drive or an SD card in a USB drive adapter?

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  • That’s not necessarily true. It all depends on the flash and controller used in the USB drive. There ARE USB drives that are specifically designed for high endurance.

    I have a USB stick that’s literally using an SSD controller internally and SSD quality flash. It’s much more expensive than a normal USB drive.

    I would also argue that (micro)SD cards have very poor write endurance due to a lack of an internal controller.

    • SSD prices are getting cheaper and cheaper. HDDs aren't.

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  • Price per gigabyte is what we should be looking at and not specific models of drives.

    • Does a hard drive like this need special software to work with a Mac/ PC?

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  • SAS is used in enterprise hardware. Consumer hardware won’t have SAS connections without an add-on card.

    You’re better off getting a SATA drive.

    • An Example: HDD Price Development Before Black Friday (Single Sample/ Product Only)

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  • Amazon sales and prime day and Black Friday are all totally bogus except for a few specific loss leader deals. Everything else is on sale based on marked up prices