271 bad sectors.....RMA?

[Wyxe]

I have 2 Western Digital Green EADS 1TB drives. I purchased them about a year ago. 1 has 271 bad sectors, the other has 171 bad sectors. I've been watching them, and they don't seem to be getting any worse. The WD hard drive utility says they are fine so I guess that many bad sectors falls "within tolerance". I have two other different sized WD green drives on the same controller that are perfectly healthy.
My question is....Does this justify an RMA with WD?
if yes, do you think I can ask to replace the two 1TB drives with 1 2TB drive?

Thanks!

 

[bigdogchris]

They pass a SMART test with Lifeguard tools?

 

[Wyxe]

They pass a SMART test with Lifeguard tools?

SMART data is "unaccessible" when using DLG. I just checked and they pass the quick test. I wasn't aware of the bad sectors until I installed and ran Home Server SMART for WHS. Odd that I can access SMART data through Home Server SMART, but not through Data Lifeguard Tools. These drives are on the Marvell controller of my Intel BX2. Device manager lists it as a SCSI controller though no raid is being implemented. I might move them to an intel controller to see if the bad sectors still show up.

 

[Tau]

RMA it if it has 1 bad sector.... Unless you dont value your data.

 

[rflcptr]

RMA it.