Seagate Ironwolf ECC Error Rate

[Siyuan]

Hi folks!

 

I set up my NAS using some Seagate Ironwolf HDDs (ST8000VN0022) almost 2 years ago, recently I started having a LOT of panic errors from FreeNAS saying my pool is degraded because of too many errors, or sometimes takes the drive offline.

 

I managed to export the S.M.A.R.T. data and for both drives the "ECC Error Rate" failed.

 

Now I have also spend the last day using "SeaTools for Windows" utility to use the "Fix all - long" option, and the utility resulted in "success". (Also the S.M.A.R.T. check with the utility resulted "pass" even though there is a "failed" item...)

 

My questions are: 

Could someone tell me what exactly this criteria is, and how serious it is?

And Is this drive safe to use again? I have backup for the data previously on it, so I can even wipe it clean and start over, if that's how this stat can be cleared.

Also I'm still under warranty, so is this something worth/accepted as RMA?

 

I've attached screenshots for the S.M.A.R.T. data.

 

Thanks in advance!

 

[Electronics Wizardy]

Since its less that 2 years old, Id just warranty swap the drive. 

 

Seems to be failing, so there isn't really anything you can do to fix a drive, and drives can't really be fixed(not worth the cost to repair vs replace)