From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Jul 21 20:21:48 2014 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [8.8.178.115]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ADH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id D967EDF5 for ; Mon, 21 Jul 2014 20:21:48 +0000 (UTC) Received: from na01-bl2-obe.outbound.protection.outlook.com (mail-bl2lp0204.outbound.protection.outlook.com [207.46.163.204]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (Client CN "mail.protection.outlook.com", Issuer "MSIT Machine Auth CA 2" (verified OK)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 99F5A2FB8 for ; Mon, 21 Jul 2014 20:21:47 +0000 (UTC) Received: from [IPv6:2601:2:4780:2fd:3cfa:1b41:db29:34df] (2601:2:4780:2fd:3cfa:1b41:db29:34df) by BN3PR0301MB0833.namprd03.prod.outlook.com (25.160.154.143) with Microsoft SMTP Server (TLS) id 15.0.990.7; Mon, 21 Jul 2014 20:21:38 +0000 Message-ID: <53CD7650.4070403@my.hennepintech.edu> Date: Mon, 21 Jul 2014 15:21:36 -0500 From: Andrew Berg User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.2; WOW64; rv:24.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/24.6.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Subject: Re: FreeBSD NAS hardware suggestions References: <201407211056120131.00800484@smtp.24cl.home> In-Reply-To: <201407211056120131.00800484@smtp.24cl.home> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Originating-IP: [2601:2:4780:2fd:3cfa:1b41:db29:34df] X-ClientProxiedBy: BN3PR0301CA0014.namprd03.prod.outlook.com (25.160.180.152) To BN3PR0301MB0833.namprd03.prod.outlook.com (25.160.154.143) X-Microsoft-Antispam: BCL:0;PCL:0;RULEID: X-Forefront-PRVS: 0279B3DD0D X-Forefront-Antispam-Report: SFV:NSPM; SFS:(6009001)(51704005)(24454002)(189002)(199002)(31966008)(74662001)(23676002)(83072002)(21056001)(85852003)(65816999)(83322001)(77096002)(74502001)(102836001)(42186005)(101416001)(89122001)(107886001)(2351001)(107046002)(88552001)(110136001)(92726001)(92566001)(33656002)(86362001)(80022001)(54356999)(106356001)(65956001)(76482001)(99396002)(75432001)(65806001)(4396001)(105586002)(79102001)(81342001)(81542001)(64126003)(46102001)(77982001)(85306003)(64706001)(50986999)(87266999)(76176999)(87976001)(20776003)(50466002)(47776003)(83506001)(95666004)(3826002); DIR:OUT; SFP:; SCL:1; SRVR:BN3PR0301MB0833; H:[IPv6:2601:2:4780:2fd:3cfa:1b41:db29:34df]; FPR:; MLV:sfv; PTR:InfoNoRecords; MX:1; LANG:en; X-OriginatorOrg: my.hennepintech.edu X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 21 Jul 2014 20:21:48 -0000 On 2014.07.21 09:56, Mike. wrote: > Depending upon where you looked, I wrote one of those early failure > reviews for the WD Red drives, yet I continue to buy them in my ZFS > array. Why?, you might ask. > > The easiest time to replace a failed drive is right at the beginning > when it is new. Both amazon and newegg have a very efficient > return/replace process for early failures. IME, Amazon yes, NewEgg not so much. I ended up buying 2 Reds from one and 3 from another, and had a DOA disk from each. Amazon shipped a replacement next-day *before* I returned the defective one, and provided a return label, all at no charge. NewEgg made me pay to ship the defective disk to them and sent me a replacement via standard shipping a day or two after they received the defective one.