I just received my brand new Segate Exos X20 (actually, two of them, for my new ZFS pool), but I was wondering if it’s genuine: https://i.imgur.com/OHdcjxb.png

Compared to the images online, there isn’t the fancy Exos logo on top (image from web, for comparison).

Also, I read on the web that is more noisy that the average hard drive, so I was expecting to hear a noisy motor, but actually the motor itself is very quiet, I think quieter than the other drives I own, but the drive it’s very noisy when it read or write data (it looks like there is a hamster wheel inside). Is it normal?

Also, not on this unit, but on the other one that I’m testing right now, I noticed a small dent on the enclosure. Should I be worried, or as far it works properly I should be fine? (I’m running a full disk test using f3, feel free to recommend me better tools)

Thank you guys!

  • forkbomb9@alien.topBEnglish
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    1 year ago

    Small dents in the enclosure don’t affect performance, in fact I received a new drive with one and it failed for unrelated reasons. Seagate honored the RMA even with the dent.

    I’d check the s/n on seagate’s site but it might be a white label drive (aka a OEM/rejected drive)

    • 16golfr@alien.topBEnglish
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      1 year ago

      oem/rejected drives are very different…
      rejected drives end up in shucks

    • CheesecakeNo7@alien.topOPBEnglish
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      1 year ago

      I’d check the s/n on seagate’s site but it might be a white label drive (aka a OEM/rejected drive)

      Seagate website says “This product was originally sold as a part of a larger system”, so yes, I guess OEM.