Hey Levi, This is another angle that you are talking about. I would not worry about it that much if it is seald with the manufacturer stamp on it. what whould be done on the drive?? somebody transfered some data? these counters are there for a reason and I would want the manufactrer to do couple tests and if the seal means that all tests was done on the motor\engine and the electronic board (which are compiled from couple parts\places) I would want them to test the whole drive for me to make sure that the screw is not loose and the hardware can run a full run and is not failing at all. If the testing tools are acurate enoguh to prevent the need for a *RUN* test I do not mind leaving the drive assembled as is and thats it. The drive pin\head should be docked and locked the wole time of delivery of the drive etc.. 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. Eliezer On 10/07/2013 09:24 AM, Birta Levente wrote: > On 07/10/2013 00:49, Eliezer Croitoru wrote: >> On 10/05/2013 02:57 AM, Peter wrote: >>> On 10/05/2013 11:39 AM, Eliezer Croitoru wrote: >>>> Hey, >>>> >>>> I was wondering about enterprise class drives: >>>> Do you really expect the drive to be shipped to you before even a basic >>>> validation test? > > Hello, > > I think any test should nothing to do with these counters. If I buy a > new hard drive I expect to have counters on zero. Because the tests is > made (or should be) by manufacturer after test they can be set these > counters to zero. > > Levi > > >>> >>> I would expect 24 or maybe 48 hours for a burn-in, but not 87 days. >> OK so it is clear now that a new driver should be tested but not be >> *used* :D >> >> Eliezer >>> >>> >>> Peter >>> _______________________________________________ >>> CentOS mailing list >>> CentOS at centos.org >>> http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos >>> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> CentOS mailing list >> CentOS at centos.org >> http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos >> > > > > > _______________________________________________ > CentOS mailing list > CentOS at centos.org > http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos >