[CentOS] "Enterprise Class Hard Drive" - Scam Warning

[aurfalien]

On Oct 2, 2013, at 11:21 AM, Steve Brooks wrote:

>> On Wed, Oct 02, 2013 at 05:24:54PM +0100, Steve Brooks wrote:
>> 
>>>   9 Power_On_Hours          0x0032   098   097   000    Old_age   -   2106
>>>  12 Power_Cycle_Count       0x0032   100   100   000    Old_age   -     80
>> 
>>> replaced with new drives. Wow... I was also told by the online retailer
>>> this is known as a grey import and is not that uncommon..
>> 
>> Grey imports would not have been running for 87 days and power cycled 80
>> times in that period.
>> 
>> If the retailer doesn't refund your money then you need to escalate.
>> 
>> And name the retailer...
> 
> 
> The retailer is certainly willing to refund and the manufacturer is 
> also willing to replace.. The worrying part is that the drives that were 
> replaced under warranty should *not* find there way back onto the shelves 
> re-packaged as new enterprise class drives..
> 
> Steve

Wow, I'm of the belief that for every 1 that gets caught, 3 get away.

This news is alarming but not surprising.

SMART testing batches of 40 drives is a PITA but a good idea.

I better get krakin :)

- aurf