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Subject: Extended SMART test progress stuck at 20% on new 28TB Seagate IronWolf Pro drives

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Hi everyone,

I recently added two brand new 28TB Seagate IronWolf Pro drives (ST28000NT000) to my system and started an extended SMART self-test on both.

The tests have been running for about 24–25 hours now, but the Unraid WebGUI still shows the progress at 20% (and smartctl -c reports 80% of test remaining). The recommended polling time from the firmware is ~2439 minutes (~40.5 hours).

Both drives behave identically and the SMART attributes look clean so far (0 pending sectors, 0 reallocated sectors, 0 uncorrectable errors, power-on hours: ~25h).

Is it normal for these large Seagate drives to stay at "80% remaining" for this long due to non-linear firmware reporting, or could the test be hanging? Should I just let them continue running?

Thanks in advance for your help!

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