Originally Posted By: mlord
I paid the USD$30 ransom for a hassle-free RMA with 2-way shipping included. The replacement Seagate 8TB drive arrived today via UPS, and has been inserted into the system's backup array


That turns out to have been US$30 wasted. The replacement drive has already developed numerous bad sectors -- I guess they must've just reformatted somebody else's failed drive and shipped it to me.

So.. off to the local shop again later today for another WD Red drive.

Cheers