Hitachi Harddisks Thread (5K3000, 7K3000, 7K2000)

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Thanks for the link.

One small note. The download button on that page appears broken or time limited by the db parameter "tempcode", which appears to have passed a specified time limit
https://apps.tourocloudbackup.com/a...&sharecode=GTFS3RZ6&mute=1&tempcode=364446653

Remove "&tempcode=364446653" to bypass the tempcode time limit, and the download should work.
https://apps.tourocloudbackup.com/api/file/geta?resume=1&sharecode=GTFS3RZ6&mute=1
 
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shanester

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I think the A10 firmware just posted will do it for you.

Is there a A10 firmware for the 7K3000 @ 2TB drive, too ? Anyone ?
Thank you.
I currently have 580 on all of my 0F12117 drives. Can they be directly upgraded to A10? or do they have to be incrementally patched?
I have a ZFS RAIDZ2 pool running on a M1015 controller. One of the drives has faulted. I took the drive out and ran DFT on it and there were no errors. I am trying to determine what the problem might be. Any suggestions for testing?
 

kryptex

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Thank you.
I currently have 580 on all of my 0F12117 drives. Can they be directly upgraded to A10? or do they have to be incrementally patched?
I have a ZFS RAIDZ2 pool running on a M1015 controller. One of the drives has faulted. I took the drive out and ran DFT on it and there were no errors. I am trying to determine what the problem might be. Any suggestions for testing?
I believe it's OK to update directly to A10.
Your RAID problems stem from the relatively old firmware 580. RAID issues have been corrected subsequently in 5C0 and 800. I don't know about A10.
Firmware 800 works perfectly for me, so you might want to try that one first. Anyway, if you update to A10 directly and you don't like it, you can always flash backwards to 800.
 

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I believe it's OK to update directly to A10.
Your RAID problems stem from the relatively old firmware 580. RAID issues have been corrected subsequently in 5C0 and 800. I don't know about A10.
Firmware 800 works perfectly for me, so you might want to try that one first. Anyway, if you update to A10 directly and you don't like it, you can always flash backwards to 800.
Does anyone have a working link to the 800 firmware for the 0F12117? I have seven in a RAID, and I'll be adding two or three more soon. The seven in the RAID were all upgraded to 5C0 last year. I plan on upgrading them all to A10 when I add the new drives, but I'd like to have the well-tested 800 to fall back on in the unlikely event that I encounter issues with A10.
 

kryptex

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I've re-uploaded FW 800 for 5K3000 @ 2TB (model 0F12117) for DOS here:
http://www.freefilehosting.net/5k30002tb0f12117fw800dos

You will also find it among these:
Hitachi Deskstar 5K3000 HDS5C3020ALA632 (0F12117) 2 TB
Firmware 800
https://apps.hitachibackup.com/d/?NR4XX5ZM
Firmware A10
https://apps.tourocloudbackup.com/d/?GTFS3RZ6

Hitachi Deskstar 5K3000 HDS5C3030ALA630 (0F12460) 3 TB
Firmware 800
https://apps.hitachibackup.com/d/?3NX6ZM7R

Hitachi Deskstar 7K3000 HDS723020BLA642 (0F12115) 2TB
Firmware 800
https://apps.hitachibackup.com/d/?PGUSXJVM

Hitachi Deskstar 7K3000 HDS723030ALA640 (0F12450) 3TB
Firmware 800
http://apps.hitachibackup.com/d/?M64D4UQT
 
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fauguy

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I have two Hitachi Deskstar 2TB 7K3000 drives used with AHCI (not RAID now, but may get two more for RAID in a few months)
HDS723020BLA642 (0f12115)

Earlier this summer I updated their firmware (from here) to A800 (shows as MN6OA800).
Is this still the latest firmware, or is the A10 recommended?

I also tried the Hitachi Tools that was listed a few pages back, which made a bootable DVD, but when I run the tool's exe, it run fast and doesn't allow me any input.

Thanks.
 

hoppel118

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So, just as a followup. The problem I was having is still happening. I managed to finally downgrade the drives to FW 800 (or that is at least what the flash utility said they were when they finished ((I even double checked by putting the drives back in and rebooting and trying to flash them again))).

Unfortunately it didn't work. The drives still act the same way with the controller, so either the firmware flash doesn't set it back to exactly what a 800 FW drive would look like to a controller or there have been hardware changes or something. Now, Hitachi is a corporation, and probably a lazy one, so I would guess the hardware hasn't changed, unless maybe these drives came from a different plant? Unlikely. The more likely answer seems to be that the firmware isn't really identical, there is also a MLC label on the drive that is different between firmware versions and that may have a lot to do with it as well.

Either way I am literally sitting here in limbo with that server, unable to do anything until Areca updates their firmware to get back to compatible with these drives and their new FW... Wonder if that will actually happen.

TT
Hey TerroristTate,

what modell of areca controller with which firmware do you use?
Did you solve your problem?
What is the problem with your hdds downgraded to 800?

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Hey all,

I have got 4 Hitachi Deskstars (HDS5C3030ALA630 - 3TB - 0F12460). One had defect sectors, so that I had to start an rma for this disk. The 3 other disks have the firmware 5C0, while the HDD I got back with the same PN (0F12460) has firmware revision A10. This firmware revision of the new disk is although printed on the label and hdtune confirms.

What should I do?

1. Upgrade the 3 old discs to 800 and downgrade the new one to 800.
2. Upgrade the 3 old discs to A10 and let the new one as it is.

I use an areca controller (modell ARC-1231ML) with firmware 1.49. If I read right the Hitachi firmware A10 isn't compatible with my areca firmware. It's a difficult situation.

Where can I get the A10 for my "old" hitachi disks.

Greetings Hoppel
 
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kryptex

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Hi, Hoppel !

AFAIK there is no A10 firmware for the 3 TB 5K3000 drive yet. You could ask from Hitachi support, though.

If I were you, I would get A10 firmware from Hitachi and update the 3 old discs to A10 and let the new one on A10. I would perform several tests on the Areca and see if everything works OK.
If it doesn't, I would revert the 3 old discs to 800 and let the new one on A10. Do the tests again. If A10 doesn't play well, I would do some tests with only the 3 older discs on FW 800.

If the 3 x 800's work well and the new A10 doesn't comply or not compatible, I would flash the new drive back to 800.

Tell us if it worked.
 
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kryptex

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I really don't know if you loose the warranty by downgrading from A10 to 800... Honestly, I wouldn't do it and I'd only test the other discs on 800. If they work well, then I'd try to add A10 and see if it changes anything.
 
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hoppel118

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Hi, Hoppel !

AFAIK there is no A10 firmware for the 3 TB 5K3000 drive yet. You could ask from Hitachi support, though.

If I were you, I would get A10 firmware from Hitachi and update the 3 old discs to A10 and let the new one on A10. I would perform several tests on the Areca and see if everything works OK.
If it doesn't, I would revert the 3 old discs to 800 and let the new one on A10. Do the tests again. If A10 doesn't play well, I would do some tests with only the 3 older discs on FW 800.

If the 3 x 800's work well and the new A10 doesn't comply or not compatible, I would flash the new drive back to 800.

Tell us if it worked.
Hey guys,

got the A10 firmware for my "HDS5C3030ALA630 - 0F12460".

After backing up all my data, I made an up- and downgrade to all 4 discs (including the new one) to 800, builded a new raid5 and initialized it. After finishing I made some checks, everything worked as it should. Then I degraded the raid5 by the new disc, made the upgrade back to A10 and formatted the disc. After putting it back to the areca the raid rebuild started automatically. When raid state "normal" arrived, I checked again and everthing works as it should. So finally I upgraded all 4 discs to A10. Now it runs without problems for nearly one week.

I don't have problems with the combination of "areca arc-1231ml" and "HDS5C3030ALA630 - 0F12460".

Grretings Hoppel