Hi my storage drive failed recently. I was actually just copying it over to a backup when it broke 
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I don't care so much about the fact that it broke but the way it broke is odd and I'm curious if this is how drives fail normally, and what broke to make this happen.
Funny Symptoms:
I can still get data off of it but it will work for 1 minute then stop transmitting for about 2 minutes, then pick up the transfer again.
It caps out at 70MB/s
I can access everything...as long as I wait for it to transfer
Thoughts on failure modes:
I figure if the head broke, I couldn't use it.
If the platter was corrupting or something there would be sections I cant touch.
So this is the buffer going crazy...seems odd.
And in case anyone is interested it is a WD 1.5TB Green from 2010. I'm not sure if that represents good reliability or bad.
...I don't care so much about the fact that it broke but the way it broke is odd and I'm curious if this is how drives fail normally, and what broke to make this happen.
Funny Symptoms:
I can still get data off of it but it will work for 1 minute then stop transmitting for about 2 minutes, then pick up the transfer again.
It caps out at 70MB/s
I can access everything...as long as I wait for it to transfer
Thoughts on failure modes:
I figure if the head broke, I couldn't use it.
If the platter was corrupting or something there would be sections I cant touch.
So this is the buffer going crazy...seems odd.
And in case anyone is interested it is a WD 1.5TB Green from 2010. I'm not sure if that represents good reliability or bad.
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