[CentOS] "Enterprise Class Hard Drive" - Scam Warning
John R Pierce
pierce at hogranch.com
Mon Oct 7 18:28:49 UTC 2013
On 10/7/2013 5:59 AM, Eliezer Croitoru wrote:
> I am still wating for WD or SEAGATE representetive of them to describe
> for me the details of how a how a drive was made from 0 to 100.
I'm sure they both consider that information trade secret.
its my understanding that testing done on the factory floor leaves the
counters cleared when the final firmware is installed. Ditto factory
'remanufactured' aka 'refurbished' drives that are tested, and
relabeled, they get cleared after test. last one of these I got, sold
as such, had a different colored label (green instead of silver) and
clearly said remanufactured, I'm pretty sure its SMART data was also
reset. What the OP got appears to be a drive that was returned,
retested and resold somewhere in the distributor-retailer train, NOT by
the factory, hence what people refer to as 'grey market'.
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john r pierce 37N 122W
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