ronwit
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Budget King
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So basically I shucked 8x 18TB WD Elements last January and put them in my Supermicro backplane. Actually I was super nervous about the 3.3V pin issue and the white label vs Red thing. (´・ω・｀)
One year SMART comparison:
- Shucked white-label: 0 reallocated, 1 pending (came that way), 187 load cycle count 312
- Genuine WD Red Pro same batch: 0 reallocated, 0 pending, load cycle 298
Basically no difference. Actually the shucked drive temps are 2C lower somehow? Maybe better airflow in my case
But the warranty void guilt... it never goes away. I have the shells in my closet. (´；ω；｀)
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haroldgsm
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Back when I started in this business, "shucking" meant something involving oysters. Kids these days void warranties to save thirty percent.
I have seen this movie before. Mark my words: your load cycle counts are low because that Supermicro backplane is handling power management properly. The same drives in a cheap NAS with aggressive spindown would look different. Your sample size of eight is not statistically significant, and one year is not "long term."
But the real sin is keeping the shells. Throw them out. The guilt is theater.
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sarahjey
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What does "shucked" mean?? Like you take the drive out of the external case?? And why is the warranty voided if you do that??
Also how do you check SMART data is there a tool or command?? I just got my first server and it has 4x 4TB drives I want to learn!! Thank you everyone!!
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