Jump to content

Thoughts on HGST/Hitachi Deskstar Drives

babadoctor
By babadoctor
in Storage Devices
 Share
Posted

Should I still have it running 24/7? I have already been running one of their 2tb drives (Hitachi HUA723020ALA641) for... approximately according to smart 3,003 hours. 

 

I know people say HGST/Hitachi are the kings of the hard drive market, but what are your thoughts?

Any bad experiences to say?

I can share with you the smart statistics, if you care.

OFF TOPIC: I suggest every poll from now on to have "**CK EA" option instead of "Other"

Link to comment
Share on other sites
Link to post
Share on other sites
Posted

The HGST/Hitachi drives are some of the most reliable on the market.  I have a number of the 2Tb 7K2000/7K3000 models installed here.  Over 60,000 hours on the 5-platter 2Tb 7K2000s. 

  

	Model Family:     Hitachi Deskstar 7K2000
Device Model:     Hitachi HDS722020ALA330
Serial Number:    <redacted>
LU WWN Device Id: 5 000cca 221c555ab
Firmware Version: JKAOA3MA
User Capacity:    2,000,398,934,016 bytes [2.00 TB]
Sector Size:      512 bytes logical/physical
Rotation Rate:    7200 rpm
Form Factor:      3.5 inches
Device is:        In smartctl database [for details use: -P show]
ATA Version is:   ATA8-ACS T13/1699-D revision 4
SATA Version is:  SATA 2.6, 3.0 Gb/s
Local Time is:    Thu Dec 15 22:58:34 2016 CST
SMART support is: Available - device has SMART capability.
SMART support is: Enabled	=== START OF READ SMART DATA SECTION ===
SMART overall-health self-assessment test result: PASSED	General SMART Values:
Offline data collection status:  (0x84) Offline data collection activity
                                        was suspended by an interrupting command                                                                                                              from host.
                                        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:                (23359) seconds.
Offline data collection
capabilities:                    (0x5b) SMART execute Offline immediate.
                                        Auto Offline data collection on/off supp                                                                                                             ort.
                                        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:        ( 389) 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   099   099   016    Pre-fail  Always       -                                                                                                                    2
  2 Throughput_Performance  0x0005   132   132   054    Pre-fail  Offline      -                                                                                                                    104
  3 Spin_Up_Time            0x0007   145   145   024    Pre-fail  Always       -                                                                                                                    458 (Average 538)
  4 Start_Stop_Count        0x0012   100   100   000    Old_age   Always       -                                                                                                                    302
  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   123   123   020    Pre-fail  Offline      -                                                                                                                    34
  9 Power_On_Hours          0x0012   092   092   000    Old_age   Always       -                                                                                                                    61783
 10 Spin_Retry_Count        0x0013   100   100   060    Pre-fail  Always       -                                                                                                                    0
 12 Power_Cycle_Count       0x0032   100   100   000    Old_age   Always       -                                                                                                                    300
192 Power-Off_Retract_Count 0x0032   099   099   000    Old_age   Always       -                                                                                                                    1407
193 Load_Cycle_Count        0x0012   099   099   000    Old_age   Always       -                                                                                                                    1407
194 Temperature_Celsius     0x0002   181   181   000    Old_age   Always       -                                                                                                                    33 (Min/Max 21/52)
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       -                                                                                                                    6	SMART Error Log Version: 1
ATA Error Count: 6 (device log contains only the most recent five errors)
        CR = Command Register [HEX]
        FR = Features Register [HEX]
        SC = Sector Count Register [HEX]
        SN = Sector Number Register [HEX]
        CL = Cylinder Low Register [HEX]
        CH = Cylinder High Register [HEX]
        DH = Device/Head Register [HEX]
        DC = Device Command Register [HEX]
        ER = Error register [HEX]
        ST = Status register [HEX]
Powered_Up_Time is measured from power on, and printed as
DDd+hh:mm:SS.sss where DD=days, hh=hours, mm=minutes,
SS=sec, and sss=millisec. It "wraps" after 49.710 days.

Link to comment
Share on other sites
Link to post
Share on other sites
Posted
  • Author
6 minutes ago, Mark77 said:

The HGST/Hitachi drives are some of the most reliable on the market.  I have a number of the 2Tb 7K2000/7K3000 models installed here.  Over 60,000 hours on the 5-platter 2Tb 7K2000s. 

 

 

 

Here is mine

http://pastebin.com/wgvE2pbf 

OFF TOPIC: I suggest every poll from now on to have "**CK EA" option instead of "Other"

Link to comment
Share on other sites
Link to post
Share on other sites
Posted
15 minutes ago, babadoctor said:

I know people say HGST/Hitachi are the kings of the hard drive market, but what are your thoughts?

They are. At least reliability-wise.

 

But then again, I have an external 1.5TB WD green I bought in 2008 and no sector errors at all. And that bastard has an immense power-on time

Intel i7 7700K | MSI Z270 Gaming M3 | MSI GTX 1070 Gaming X| Corsair Vengeance LPX 2x8GB DDR4 3000Mhz | Samsung EVO 850 250GB | WD Blue 1TB | Corsair CS650M | Thermalright Macho Rev. A | NZXT S340

CM Storm Quickfire TK [MX Blues] | Zowie FK1 |  Kingston HyperX Cloud

 

Link to comment
Share on other sites
Link to post
Share on other sites
Posted
  • Author
4 minutes ago, Mark77 said:

Wow, just a baby that drive... 

Yeah, I bought it and installed linux on it, then just let it run since then. My power went out sometime 45 days ago, so thats why it restarted... but other than that, its just been running 24/7. Is this okay? Do you do the same thing? What is your usage for that drive like?

OFF TOPIC: I suggest every poll from now on to have "**CK EA" option instead of "Other"

Link to comment
Share on other sites
Link to post
Share on other sites
Posted
  • Author
1 minute ago, brokencross said:

They are. At least reliability-wise.

 

But then again, I have an external 1.5TB WD green I bought in 2008 and no sector errors at all. And that bastard has an immense power-on time

Hrmpf. I hear bad things about WD these days... are the old versions of their hard drives really that good?

OFF TOPIC: I suggest every poll from now on to have "**CK EA" option instead of "Other"

Link to comment
Share on other sites
Link to post
Share on other sites
Posted
1 minute ago, babadoctor said:

Yeah, I bought it and installed linux on it, then just let it run since then. My power went out sometime 45 days ago, so thats why it restarted... but other than that, its just been running 24/7. Is this okay? Do you do the same thing?

Yeah they run on Linux, in RAID. 

Link to comment
Share on other sites
Link to post
Share on other sites
Posted
  • Author
2 minutes ago, Mark77 said:

Yeah they run on Linux, in RAID. 

Thats good to know, if your hard drives really have been running for 6 years, then i should be fine..

OFF TOPIC: I suggest every poll from now on to have "**CK EA" option instead of "Other"

Link to comment
Share on other sites
Link to post
Share on other sites
Posted
Just now, babadoctor said:

Hrmpf. I hear bad things about WD these days... are the old versions of their hard drives really that good?

Hm, WD is pretty reliable in general. Never had a WD drive fail on me.

Even Seagate is upping their game on the larger drives nowadays. But even then I wouldn't buy from them, tbh.

 

Btw, HGST is owned by WD.

 

Let me just turn on my PC and I'll post the smart status of that green.

Intel i7 7700K | MSI Z270 Gaming M3 | MSI GTX 1070 Gaming X| Corsair Vengeance LPX 2x8GB DDR4 3000Mhz | Samsung EVO 850 250GB | WD Blue 1TB | Corsair CS650M | Thermalright Macho Rev. A | NZXT S340

CM Storm Quickfire TK [MX Blues] | Zowie FK1 |  Kingston HyperX Cloud

 

Link to comment
Share on other sites
Link to post
Share on other sites
Posted
  • Author
1 minute ago, brokencross said:

Hm, WD is pretty reliable in general. Never had a WD drive fail on me.

Even Seagate is upping their game on the larger drives nowadays. But even then I wouldn't buy from them, tbh.

 

Btw, HGST is owned by WD.

 

Let me just turn on my PC and I'll post the smart status of that green.

Haha, I recently had a seagate hard drive fail on me...

OFF TOPIC: I suggest every poll from now on to have "**CK EA" option instead of "Other"

Link to comment
Share on other sites
Link to post
Share on other sites
Posted
  • Author

This video:

 

"We shake, heat up, and put them through horrid conditions..."

Man, I just don't want it to die sitting there in my computer cooled to 25c :( 

OFF TOPIC: I suggest every poll from now on to have "**CK EA" option instead of "Other"

Link to comment
Share on other sites
Link to post
Share on other sites
Posted
15 minutes ago, babadoctor said:

Haha, I recently had a seagate hard drive fail on me...

Bet it was a larger drive, uh?

 

EhAYmoJ.png

Intel i7 7700K | MSI Z270 Gaming M3 | MSI GTX 1070 Gaming X| Corsair Vengeance LPX 2x8GB DDR4 3000Mhz | Samsung EVO 850 250GB | WD Blue 1TB | Corsair CS650M | Thermalright Macho Rev. A | NZXT S340

CM Storm Quickfire TK [MX Blues] | Zowie FK1 |  Kingston HyperX Cloud

 

Link to comment
Share on other sites
Link to post
Share on other sites
Posted
18 minutes ago, babadoctor said:

Thats good to know, if your hard drives really have been running for 6 years, then i should be fine..

Well even within a manufacturer's product line, there can be duds.  Seagates have had a bad rep over the past few years, but I have a few Seagates pushing close to 80,000 hours. 

Link to comment
Share on other sites
Link to post
Share on other sites
Posted
  • Author
3 minutes ago, brokencross said:

Bet it was a larger drive, uh?

 

EhAYmoJ.png

 Wow! That is surprisingly good! For a hard drive that has been alive for that long...

And yes, it was a 2tb seagate

OFF TOPIC: I suggest every poll from now on to have "**CK EA" option instead of "Other"

Link to comment
Share on other sites
Link to post
Share on other sites

Create an account or sign in to comment

You need to be a member in order to leave a comment

Create an account

Sign up for a new account in our community. It's easy!

Register a new account

Sign in

Already have an account? Sign in here.

Sign In Now
 Share
Go to topic listing Storage Devices

×