> > On Mon, Jan 31, 2011 at 01:01:32PM +1100, James Harper wrote: > > > The first USB backup completed after about 36 hours and then the > > drive failed completely (won't even spin up) 2 hours later. It's a > > 2TB drive (1TB would have worked with about 2GB to spare!) and cost > > about AUD$235. > > I highly recommend, when you buy a consumer-grade disk, that you test > it before using it. The Linux "badblocks" command is adequate for > this. I've seen as high as 50% failure with a certain model of disks > during the initial badblocks pass. It was kinda shocking. >
I don't think there were any bad blocks, it appeared to be a motor failure. I could hear the motor try and spin up but not quite get there. When I tried it again later it didn't even do that. Bad blocks can definitely be a problem, but it wasn't this problem. James ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Special Offer-- Download ArcSight Logger for FREE (a $49 USD value)! Finally, a world-class log management solution at an even better price-free! Download using promo code Free_Logger_4_Dev2Dev. Offer expires February 28th, so secure your free ArcSight Logger TODAY! http://p.sf.net/sfu/arcsight-sfd2d _______________________________________________ Bacula-users mailing list Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users
