Utilizing Seagate 7200.12 drives in an MSA20

February 2, 2011

About a year ago, I upgraded an MSA20 with non-HP drives. 1TB drives (7200.11 series) made by Seagate to be precise. Here one year later, the first drives start to fail. Looking for replacements we had a hard time finding the 7200.11 series drives. We then bought some 1TB 7200.12 drives.

And they work just fine……

Same model number, just different firmware as seen from the MSA20 (CC46 vs CC38):

physicaldrive 1:7

Box: 1

Bay: 7

Status: OK

Drive Type: Data Drive

Interface Type: SATA

Size: 1000.2 GB

Firmware Revision: CC46

Serial Number:Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â  9VPB04V3

Model: Seagate ST31000528AS

SATA NCQ Capable: False
physicaldrive 1:8

Box: 1

Bay: 8

Status: OK

Drive Type: Data Drive

Interface Type: SATA

Size: 1000.2 GB

Firmware Revision: CC38

Serial Number:Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â  9VP4D1F1

Model: Seagate ST31000528AS

SATA NCQ Capable: False

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