New Toshiba Drives DT01ABA300 - info / stats

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Got one of the DT01ABA300 drives today

Before I buy 4 more to expand my Raid Array - Does anyone Have any suggestions on things i should Check?

Does anyone have any other commands they would like to see?

Right now its hooked up via USB - But here are the stats:

[577002.574273] usbcore: registered new interface driver uas
[577002.592068] Initializing USB Mass Storage driver...
[577002.592209] scsi6 : usb-storage 2-3:1.0
[577002.592288] usbcore: registered new interface driver usb-storage
[577002.592290] USB Mass Storage support registered.
[577011.863363] scsi 6:0:0:0: Direct-Access Toshiba External USB 3.0 0201 PQ: 0 ANSI: 6
[577011.870328] sd 6:0:0:0: Attached scsi generic sg2 type 0
[577011.870895] sd 6:0:0:0: [sdb] 732566646 4096-byte logical blocks: (3.00 TB/2.72 TiB)
[577011.873015] sd 6:0:0:0: [sdb] Write Protect is off
[577011.873019] sd 6:0:0:0: [sdb] Mode Sense: 2f 00 00 00
[577011.874117] sd 6:0:0:0: [sdb] Write cache: disabled, read cache: enabled, doesn't support DPO or FUA
[577011.874990] sd 6:0:0:0: [sdb] 732566646 4096-byte logical blocks: (3.00 TB/2.72 TiB)
[577011.897166] sdb: sdb1
[577011.899101] sd 6:0:0:0: [sdb] 732566646 4096-byte logical blocks: (3.00 TB/2.72 TiB)
[577011.901865] sd 6:0:0:0: [sdb] Attached SCSI disk
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sudo fdisk /dev/sdb
Note: sector size is 4096 (not 512)

Command (m for help): p

Disk /dev/sdb: 3000.6 GB, 3000592982016 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 45600 cylinders, total 732566646 sectors
Units = sectors of 1 * 4096 = 4096 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 4096 bytes / 4096 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 4096 bytes / 4096 bytes
Disk identifier: 0x2836f042

Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/sdb1 * 256 732566271 2930264064 7 HPFS/NTFS/exFAT

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sudo hdparm -H /dev/sdb

/dev/sdb:
drive temperature (celsius) is: under -20
drive temperature in range: yes
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sudo hdparm -I /dev/sdb

/dev/sdb:

ATA device, with non-removable media
Model Number: Hitachi HDS5C3030BLE630
Serial Number: MCE921********
Firmware Revision: MZ6OAAB0
Transport: Serial, ATA8-AST, SATA 1.0a, SATA II Extensions, SATA Rev 2.5, SATA Rev 2.6, SATA Rev 3.0; Revision: ATA8-AST T13 Project D1697 Revision 0b
Standards:
Used: unknown (minor revision code 0x0029)
Supported: 8 7 6 5
Likely used: 8
Configuration:
Logical max current
cylinders 16383 16383
heads 16 16
sectors/track 63 63
--
CHS current addressable sectors: 16514064
LBA user addressable sectors: 268435455
LBA48 user addressable sectors: 5860533168
Logical Sector size: 512 bytes
Physical Sector size: 4096 bytes
Logical Sector-0 offset: 0 bytes
device size with M = 1024*1024: 2861588 MBytes
device size with M = 1000*1000: 3000592 MBytes (3000 GB)
cache/buffer size = 22756 KBytes (type=DualPortCache)
Form Factor: 3.5 inch
Nominal Media Rotation Rate: 5940
Capabilities:
LBA, IORDY(can be disabled)
Queue depth: 32
Standby timer values: spec'd by Standard, no device specific minimum
R/W multiple sector transfer: Max = 16 Current = 0
Advanced power management level: 1
DMA: mdma0 mdma1 mdma2 udma0 udma1 udma2 udma3 *udma4 udma5 udma6
Cycle time: min=120ns recommended=120ns
PIO: pio0 pio1 pio2 pio3 pio4
Cycle time: no flow control=120ns IORDY flow control=120ns
Commands/features:
Enabled Supported:
* SMART feature set
Security Mode feature set
* Power Management feature set
* Write cache
* Look-ahead
* Host Protected Area feature set
* WRITE_BUFFER command
* READ_BUFFER command
* NOP cmd
* DOWNLOAD_MICROCODE
* Advanced Power Management feature set
Power-Up In Standby feature set
* SET_FEATURES required to spinup after power up
SET_MAX security extension
* 48-bit Address feature set
* Device Configuration Overlay feature set
* Mandatory FLUSH_CACHE
* FLUSH_CACHE_EXT
* SMART error logging
* SMART self-test
Media Card Pass-Through
* General Purpose Logging feature set
* WRITE_{DMA|MULTIPLE}_FUA_EXT
* 64-bit World wide name
* URG for READ_STREAM[_DMA]_EXT
* URG for WRITE_STREAM[_DMA]_EXT
* WRITE_UNCORRECTABLE_EXT command
* {READ,WRITE}_DMA_EXT_GPL commands
* Segmented DOWNLOAD_MICROCODE
unknown 119[7]
* Gen1 signaling speed (1.5Gb/s)
* Gen2 signaling speed (3.0Gb/s)
* Gen3 signaling speed (6.0Gb/s)
* Native Command Queueing (NCQ)
* Host-initiated interface power management
* Phy event counters
* NCQ priority information
Non-Zero buffer offsets in DMA Setup FIS
DMA Setup Auto-Activate optimization
Device-initiated interface power management
In-order data delivery
* Software settings preservation
* SMART Command Transport (SCT) feature set
* SCT LBA Segment Access (AC2)
* SCT Error Recovery Control (AC3)
* SCT Features Control (AC4)
* SCT Data Tables (AC5)
Security:
Master password revision code = 65534
supported
not enabled
not locked
not frozen
not expired: security count
not supported: enhanced erase
508min for SECURITY ERASE UNIT.
Logical Unit WWN Device Identifier: 5000cca*********
NAA : 5
IEEE OUI : 000cca
Unique ID : *********
Checksum: correct
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lshw -class disk -class storage

*-disk
description: SCSI Disk
product: External USB 3.0
vendor: Toshiba
physical id: 0.0.0
bus info: scsi@6:0.0.0
logical name: /dev/sdb
version: 0201
serial: ******** <-this was way off
size: 2794GiB (3TB)
capabilities: partitioned partitioned:dos
configuration: ansiversion=6 signature=2836f042
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sudo smartctl -d sat -a -i /dev/sdb
smartctl 5.41 2011-06-09 r3365 [x86_64-linux-3.2.0-32-generic] (local build)
Copyright (C) 2002-11 by Bruce Allen, http://smartmontools.sourceforge.net

=== START OF INFORMATION SECTION ===
Device Model: Hitachi HDS5C3030BLE630
Serial Number: MCE921********
LU WWN Device Id: 5 000cca *********
Firmware Version: MZ6OAAB0
User Capacity: 3,000,592,982,016 bytes [3.00 TB]
Sector Sizes: 512 bytes logical, 4096 bytes physical
Device is: Not in smartctl database [for details use: -P showall]
ATA Version is: 8
ATA Standard is: ATA-8-ACS revision 4
Local Time is: Sun Nov 4 14:01:21 2012 CST
SMART support is: Available - device has SMART capability.
SMART support is: Enabled

=== START OF READ SMART DATA SECTION ===
SMART STATUS RETURN: incomplete response, ATA output registers missing
SMART overall-health self-assessment test result: PASSED
Warning: This result is based on an Attribute check.

General SMART Values:
Offline data collection status: (0x80) Offline data collection activity
was never started.
Auto Offline Data Collection: Enabled.
Self-test execution status: ( 0) The previous self-test routine completed
without error or no self-test has ever
been run.
Total time to complete Offline
data collection: (26737) seconds.
Offline data collection
capabilities: (0x5b) SMART execute Offline immediate.
Auto Offline data collection on/off support.
Suspend Offline collection upon new
command.
Offline surface scan supported.
Self-test supported.
No Conveyance Self-test supported.
Selective Self-test supported.
SMART capabilities: (0x0003) Saves SMART data before entering
power-saving mode.
Supports SMART auto save timer.
Error logging capability: (0x01) Error logging supported.
General Purpose Logging supported.
Short self-test routine
recommended polling time: ( 1) minutes.
Extended self-test routine
recommended polling time: ( 255) minutes.
SCT capabilities: (0x003d) SCT Status supported.
SCT Error Recovery Control supported.
SCT Feature Control supported.
SCT Data Table supported.

SMART Attributes Data Structure revision number: 16
Vendor Specific SMART Attributes with Thresholds:
ID# ATTRIBUTE_NAME FLAG VALUE WORST THRESH TYPE UPDATED WHEN_FAILED RAW_VALUE
1 Raw_Read_Error_Rate 0x000b 100 100 016 Pre-fail Always - 0
2 Throughput_Performance 0x0005 100 100 054 Pre-fail Offline - 0
3 Spin_Up_Time 0x0007 100 100 024 Pre-fail Always - 0
4 Start_Stop_Count 0x0012 100 100 000 Old_age Always - 3
5 Reallocated_Sector_Ct 0x0033 100 100 005 Pre-fail Always - 0
7 Seek_Error_Rate 0x000b 100 100 067 Pre-fail Always - 0
8 Seek_Time_Performance 0x0005 100 100 020 Pre-fail Offline - 0
9 Power_On_Hours 0x0012 100 100 000 Old_age Always - 0
10 Spin_Retry_Count 0x0013 100 100 060 Pre-fail Always - 0
12 Power_Cycle_Count 0x0032 100 100 000 Old_age Always - 3
192 Power-Off_Retract_Count 0x0032 100 100 000 Old_age Always - 5
193 Load_Cycle_Count 0x0012 100 100 000 Old_age Always - 5
194 Temperature_Celsius 0x0002 181 181 000 Old_age Always - 33 (Min/Max 25/33)
196 Reallocated_Event_Count 0x0032 100 100 000 Old_age Always - 0
197 Current_Pending_Sector 0x0022 100 100 000 Old_age Always - 0
198 Offline_Uncorrectable 0x0008 100 100 000 Old_age Offline - 0
199 UDMA_CRC_Error_Count 0x000a 200 200 000 Old_age Always - 0

SMART Error Log Version: 1
No Errors Logged

SMART Self-test log structure revision number 1
No self-tests have been logged. [To run self-tests, use: smartctl -t]


SMART Selective self-test log data structure revision number 1
SPAN MIN_LBA MAX_LBA CURRENT_TEST_STATUS
1 0 0 Not_testing
2 0 0 Not_testing
3 0 0 Not_testing
4 0 0 Not_testing
5 0 0 Not_testing
Selective self-test flags (0x0):
After scanning selected spans, do NOT read-scan remainder of disk.
If Selective self-test is pending on power-up, resume after 0 minute delay.
******************************************
 
Did I read that correctly? It has 4k sectors and its also reports 4k sectors?

Edit: Should not have stopped reading. lol
 
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Sector Sizes: 512 bytes logical, 4096 bytes physical

In other words, 512e.
 
Hit it with badblocks once or twice to see if it lives.
 
You could check TLER/ERC with

smartctl -l scterc

and if it is not set by default, set it with

smartctl -l scterc,70,70

and check if it is still set after powerdown/powerup of the drive.
 
actually had one pricematch at frys to microcenters price... microcenter has them for 129 picked up 4 today.. but.. howd you figure it was that one... i couldnt find anyone mention anywhere what was inside those drives... so i just rolled the dice bought one and ripped it open
 
tivo1 said:
actually had one pricematch at frys to microcenters price... microcenter has them for 129 picked up 4 today.. but.. howd you figure it was that one... i couldnt find anyone mention anywhere what was inside those drives... so i just rolled the dice bought one and ripped it open
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Post #9 by blastingcap on 10/32/12 from that slickdeals thread.

blastingcap mentions he observed Model Number: Hitachi HDS5C3030BLE630, inside of TOSHIBA Canvio Desk 3TB USB 3.0 Black Desktop External Hard Drive HDWC130XK3J1

This is the same Hitachi model listed by output of your smart log. Combine that info with multiple mentions of USB in your logs and it generally matches up against Toshiba's newest USB 3.0 drive brought to market.
 
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Yeah the hard part was trying to find a DT01ABA300 - the stand alone 3.5 in drive...
which were announced back in aug i beleive http://storage.toshiba.eu/cms/en/hdd/computing/product_detail.jsp?productid=452

And still no one is selling the DT01ABA300 bare drives.

No where could i find anyone that opened one up... and hadnt seen anywhere that made the connection that when the drive reports HDS5C3030BLE630 it is actually a DT01ABA300
 
What is the difference between DT01ACA and DT01ABA?

Edit: Nevermind I found the specs :)
 
Buying 5 external drives then ripping them open, losing the warranty in the process, doesn't make sense to me.
 
They are going in my Raid, if they sold them stand alone I would be more than happy to buy them that way...

I busted one getting it open, to check what was actually inside.. But there are no security seals or anything, and now i know where all the different tabs are, so I am going to try and see about opening the others in a non destructive way, so they can be snapped back together.

Additionally I have seen some manufactures that you can put in the information from the physical drive itself and the warranty check comes back in-warranty.. so ya never know.

But the main point is that its the only option available for these drives for now.
 
Aesma said:
Buying 5 external drives then ripping them open, losing the warranty in the process, doesn't make sense to me.
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Which may not be an issue with Toshiba, gotta type in the serial off the drive in the warranty checker, some companies don't care if a drive is sent back bare it depends.

And if it does turn out drive can be sent bare then its significant since its a 3yr warranty AFAIK, same as WD red. Worst case you just keep the enclosures in storage.
 
odditory said:
Which may not be an issue with Toshiba, gotta type in the serial off the drive in the warranty checker, some companies don't care if a drive is sent back bare it depends.

And if it does turn out drive can be sent bare then its significant since its a 3yr warranty AFAIK, same as WD red. Worst case you just keep the enclosures in storage.
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Toshiba lists a 2 year warranty for 3.5" drives. I'm guessing that was a typo, or maybe you know something I don't.

http://storage.toshiba.com/docs/product-datasheets/dt01aca.pdf?sfvrsn=6
http://storage.toshiba.com/docs/services-support-documents/united_states_warranty.pdf?sfvrsn=18



Edit: Looks like you were right

http://us.toshiba.com/computers/storage/desktop/canvio-desk

It boggles my mind that Toshiba externals come with a 3-year warranty vs. a 2-year warranty for sales of internal drives. Price points on externals often show parity with internal pricing. If Toshiba doesn't void warranties for cannibalizing externals, that would be the smart value.
 
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tivo1,

Did you try checking the warranty of the serial (S/N) listed on the bare drive to see if it came up as valid? This would be good info to pass along.
 
tivo1 said:
They are going in my Raid, if they sold them stand alone I would be more than happy to buy them that way...

I busted one getting it open, to check what was actually inside.. But there are no security seals or anything, and now i know where all the different tabs are, so I am going to try and see about opening the others in a non destructive way, so they can be snapped back together.

Additionally I have seen some manufactures that you can put in the information from the physical drive itself and the warranty check comes back in-warranty.. so ya never know.

But the main point is that its the only option available for these drives for now.
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If you would post photos/video that would be good as well, in addition to the serial number validity check.

Externals are often the lower "bins" so to speak, of hard drives and thus more likely to fail. Or so I hear. Would make sense though, considering that most people only sparingly use external drives, rather than internal drives which get used a lot more often by most people.
 
blastingcap said:
If you would post photos/video that would be good as well, in addition to the serial number validity check.

Externals are often the lower "bins" so to speak, of hard drives and thus more likely to fail. Or so I hear. Would make sense though, considering that most people only sparingly use external drives, rather than internal drives which get used a lot more often by most people.
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Why did you delete your post on slickdeals.net? lol

I second blastingcap's request for a guide or video on external disassembly if you're up to it tivo1.
 
Didnt delete anything from slickdeals, i dont have a slickdeals account but do check there far to often.

Right now I am doing a badblocks check on the drives, they are at ~92% with 76 hours and counting (on the third test atleast) I tried to run smrtctl -t long but it wouldnt run I think this is becase the drives are hooked up via USB.

I do plan on taking some pics when i pull the drives apart, Im not sure if i can do a video or not, but i will post up a write-up with where all the tabs are somewhere.

Warranty Info:

Toshiba says to check here for external drives: http://acclaim.toshiba.com/
Went there and checked putting in the S/N on the box and enclosure it couldnt find it,
Putting in the model number said it wasnt in the database.

Warranty Check for Drives Going here: https://myapps.taec.toshiba.com/myapps/admin/jsp/webrma/addRequest1NoLogin.jsp?Action=NEW

Putting in the S/N number listed on the BOX / Enclosure / Drive itself returns:
Out Of Warranty Serial number determined to be sold to a system manufacturer with a unique system warranty and should be returned through the system manufacturer. If you have any questions you may contact Toshiba at 1-877-689-4899. Exp Date: 2015/08/31

Putting in the 12 digit T-S/N listed Only on the Drive returns:
In Warranty In warranty. Exp Date: 2015/07/31

****Date printed on drive is JUL-2012, NOTE that the experation date is indeed 3 years here..****

Odd I couldnt verify warranty info anywhere on any of the links that they had for the SN or Model number listed on the external

This is cool, doesnt apply here but:
Notice: Effective September 1, 2012, Toshiba is changing the warranty coverage on certain mobile 2.5-inch 5400 RPM and 7200 RPM hard disk drive (HDD) products. The warranty period will change from 1 years to a 3 year period. This warranty policy will apply to all designated, mobile 2.5-inch hard drive models purchased as of the new warranty effective date of September 1, 2012. Toshiba 2.5-inch mobile HDDs purchased before this date will be supported under the prior, 1 year warranty term. For full details on Toshiba's warranty coverage, please select the appropriate link below.
 
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How about TLER?

Also would the 3TB 7200RPM drives be right at home in a Norco 4224? Looking to switch from WD to something more reliable and faster.
 
tivo1 said:
Didnt delete anything from slickdeals, i dont have a slickdeals account but do check there far to often.
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I was referring to blastingcap's post. He deleted his post on slickdeals. I didn't realize he was a member here, but responded to his post. ;)


tivo1 said:
Didnt delete anything from slickdeals, i dont have a slickdeals account but do check there far to often.

Right now I am doing a badblocks check on the drives, they are at ~92% with 76 hours and counting (on the third test atleast) I tried to run smrtctl -t long but it wouldnt run I think this is becase the drives are hooked up via USB.

I do plan on taking some pics when i pull the drives apart, Im not sure if i can do a video or not, but i will post up a write-up with where all the tabs are somewhere.

Warranty Info:

Warranty Check for Drives Going here:
https://myapps.taec.toshiba.com/myapps/admin/jsp/webrma/addRequest1NoLogin.jsp?Action=NEW

Putting in the S/N number listed on the BOX / Enclosure / Drive itself returns:
Out Of Warranty Serial number determined to be sold to a system manufacturer with a unique system warranty and should be returned through the system manufacturer. If you have any questions you may contact Toshiba at 1-877-689-4899. Exp Date: 2015/08/31

Putting in the 12 digit T-S/N listed Only on the Drive returns:
In Warranty In warranty. Exp Date: 2015/07/31

****Date printed on drive is JUL-2012, NOTE that the experation date is indeed 3 years here..****

Odd I couldnt verify warranty info anywhere on any of the links that they had for the SN or Model number listed on the external
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T-S/N on the drive is what counts
(pic shamelessly borrowed from Odditory's post over at servethehome.com)

nyuDB.png


This is the link where you check warranties on 3.5" drives
https://myapps.taec.toshiba.com/myapps/admin/jsp/webrma/addRequest1NoLogin.jsp?Action=NEW

Based on your post, it appears that Toshiba isn't tracking warranty info by a unique external enclosure id rather they are just tracking the serial on the drive itself. This is potentially good news.

However,there's no sure way to tell if Toshiba will honor an RMA for drives submitted without an enclosure, unless one of us takes a risk and sends in an RMA. Toshiba may record how Hitachi internal drives are allocated to what products (OEM, retail, external, etc) before they are sold. Tracking/recording this info for Toshiba externals would be as easy as inserting a T-S/N unique id in a Toshiba internal database and adding a column "external drive" with boolean data type. Only Toshiba knows, and we won't without someone playing the role of guinea pig.
 
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Philmatic said:
How about TLER?

Also would the 3TB 7200RPM drives be right at home in a Norco 4224? Looking to switch from WD to something more reliable and faster.
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Take a look at some of the other Toshiba threads. That topic and its relevancy has been answered.
 
1010: I know the T-S/N is what counts... My main point there was that you can not see the T-S/N until you open the drive, you can only get the S/N... So there is not a way to check if the enclosure is in warranty.

Philmatic: Im hoping thats all good... If you know specifcially how to check i can, but the hitachi drives these are based on worked just fine. For home, im not really sure why you would need faster... Im pretty sure my 5700 rpm hitachis in raid 6 are around 500mbs read/write
 
1010 said:
However,there's no sure way to tell if Toshiba will honor an RMA for drives submitted without an enclosure, unless one of us takes a risk and sends in an RMA. Toshiba may record how Hitachi internal drives are allocated to what products (OEM, retail, external, etc) before they are sold. Tracking/recording this info for Toshiba externals would be as easy as inserting a T-S/N unique id in a Toshiba internal database and adding a column "external drive" with boolean data type. Only Toshiba knows, and we won't without someone playing the role of guinea pig.
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Well, I can answer the question, as I tried doing it with a Canvio 3TB. They will email you telling you the drive is not being covered under warranty, as it has been "modified" from its original condition and will offer you to send it back for $9.99 billed to your credit card or will be happy to dispose of it with proper environmental yadda yadda at no cost.
 
mwroobel said:
Well, I can answer the question, as I tried doing it with a Canvio 3TB. They will email you telling you the drive is not being covered under warranty, as it has been "modified" from its original condition and will offer you to send it back for $9.99 billed to your credit card or will be happy to dispose of it with proper environmental yadda yadda at no cost.
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Thanks mwroobel.


I guess that answers a lingering question.

- Submitting bare drives for RMA originating from a Toshiba external enclosure results in a rejected RMA and a void warranty.
- Removing drives from the external enclosure, reassemble enclosure when submitting for RMA may work (if no security seals are broken), but proceed at your own risk.

Hope we won't have to wait long for OEM DT01ABA300 to appear
 
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well there are no security seals anywhere on the enclosues.. just a ton of tabs
 
After about 200 hours
I have three drives that have completed with 0 errors (im sure this would have been faster on an internal bus but i wanted to test these before i ripped the enclosures open)

sudo badblocks -svw -c 4096 -b 4096 /dev/sdb >tosh3tbbb2
Checking for bad blocks in read-write mode
From block 0 to 732566645
Testing with pattern 0xaa: done
Reading and comparing: done
Testing with pattern 0x55: done
Reading and comparing: done
Testing with pattern 0xff: done
Reading and comparing: done
Testing with pattern 0x00: done
Reading and comparing: done
Pass completed, 0 bad blocks found. (0/0/0 errors)
 
Yea i have two more drives that should be finishing tmo with the badblocks test
Ill take some pics then

I can get it open without breaking most all of the tabs on the outer layer, but the inside has some that i see no way of getting too... i have no idea how the factory would even do it...

Any place i can host some pics without haveing to create an account.
 
http://imgur.com/a/OSydS


MkKoth.jpg

1) Start with this corner the two white lines indicate where the first two tabe are

T1wUph.jpg

2) you will apply presure here on the 'vents' - push in

VNbQF.jpg

3) once you can fit a tool inside work your way down the drive on the side with the connectors to release all tabe, pulling up gently here may help

K8R0Wh.jpg

4) do the same with the side, once you have the first tab depressed, you can use a tool and gently slide the tool from the longer vents to the smaller ones

QPt5Q.jpg

5) work the side with the connectors in the same fashion toward the smaller end

JoJsC.jpg

6) you should have 6 tabs that loosened now, you can leave your tool in or remove it at this point. - Now you want to push in (towards the drive) on the vents

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7) use two hands, and gently pull the enclosure apart from the vent ends with slowly while pressting in on the piece with the vent

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8) once you get a small gap your set to work on the long side without the vents

AJklGh.jpg

9) there should be enough of a crack between the two halfs where number 1 points (right by the blue led light) - use your tools to enter here, then slide it down as 2 indicates

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10) at this point you can work/wiggle the two halfs apart... Note i havent been able to get the 8 tabs inside to not break, my guess is at the factory they have the same problem should they open the enclosure... the Green circle in the front is the one tab that remained on the inner locks. The red circle shows a broken one - and the white circles show where these 'inner tabs' attach to each other

mDrLth.jpg

11) a close of view of where all the outer tabs lie
 
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there ya go, im not sure why but the images dont show up, even though i put them in as img
 
Excellent work tivo1, took your time and effort for the benefit of others. Very much appreciated.
 
must be some setting in my profile im missing somwhere... ---yup there they are it was in the usercp

if anyone figures out the 'inner tabs', i'd like to know..

I should be adding them to the array, expanding, and growing the fs, starting tmo.. doot
 
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so far so good... just got done adding 5 of these to my raid6 with 5 of the old hitachis... took 2-3 days to expand the array, seconds to grow the fs... and now im copying some data...

df /dev/sdc
Filesystem 1K-blocks Used Available Use% Mounted on
/dev/sdc 23435323392 7149128976 16286194416 31% /mnt/array0

df -h /dev/sdc
Filesystem Size Used Avail Use% Mounted on
/dev/sdc 22T 6.7T 16T 31% /mnt/array0
 
tivo1 said:
so far so good... just got done adding 5 of these to my raid6 with 5 of the old hitachis... took 2-3 days to expand the array, seconds to grow the fs... and now im copying some data...

df /dev/sdc
Filesystem 1K-blocks Used Available Use% Mounted on
/dev/sdc 23435323392 7149128976 16286194416 31% /mnt/array0

df -h /dev/sdc
Filesystem Size Used Avail Use% Mounted on
/dev/sdc 22T 6.7T 16T 31% /mnt/array0
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I really wish Toshiba would hurry up and sell bare drives of DT01ABA100. :(
 
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