Re: Need Help with crashed RAID5 (that was rebuilding and then had SATA error on another drive)

[Anthony Youngman <antlists@youngman.org.uk>]

On 28/08/16 19:29, Benjammin2068 wrote:
> And this drive (sort of  - but not this sub model -- and that's the replacement that Seagate recommended.) is not going to stay in the array.

If they knew you were using it in a raid, and recommended it, then I 
don't know about your laws but over here in the UK I'd send it back as 
"unfit for purpose". Under SOGA (Sale Of Goods Act) they've sold you a 
pup and it's their problem, not yours.

(UK law assumes the salesman knows more than you, and so long as you 
tell them what you want, that forms part of the contract. Which means if 
they sell you something that does not meet the requirements you told 
them, they have to put matters right - either swap the drive for 
something that is suitable, or give you a refund. They can charge the 
difference if "suitable" means a more expensive drive, but a lot of UK 
shops would swallow the loss if they had recommended the wrong drive.)

Cheers,
Wol