New HD.. should I return it?

[farscapesg1]

So, I decided to bite on the Seagate Barracuda LP 1.5TB drive at Fry's for $89.99. Took it home and connected it to my WHS box. No clicking or any other signs of a bad drive, except the following...

Using Active@ Hard Disk Monitor shows a Raw read error rate value of 15288B1 for the RAW value and a Status of 54%. The Health Status for the drive is only 54%. After 14 hours the Seek error rate RAW value is at 323.

Compared to the WD 15EADS I installed about 2 months ago that has 0 for both values... and a health status of 90%

I've noticed in the past that Seagates always seem to to have worse Smart reporting, but these numbers scare me into thinking I should return it...

 

[farscapesg1]

OK.. guess it isn't as much of a concern as I thought. Still thinking about taking it back though...

Apparently Seagate's settings for these are propriatary and don't really provide any information Is it so hard to come up with standards? I know I could run the Seatools software... but I've never trusted "pass/fail" tests. That is like getting a performance review at work where you only had two options, keep or fire, with no feedback on areas of improvement, a job well done, etc. Sorry Seagate... the world isn't black and white

 

[drescherjm]

I would return it if the reallocated sectors count is above 10. As for PASS/FAIL I have at work never been told in advance by smart that a drive is going to die.