S.M.A.R.T Data for new drive Help

So with the prices of drives going up and the failure rates seeming going up...(anecdotal only) i found myself in a hard place to getting my storage system updated.

So i had a few drives start showing hideous S.M.A.R.T errors so this forced my hand into get a drive to replace the 3 that were dying. these drives don't get much writing done to them they are mostly music and movies that I have ripped for XBMC.

Below you will find the initial SMART info and the SMART info after a 1pass kill disk. How can I tell if this drive will be reliable for the next 2-3 years? I know there is no such thing but maybe there is something I can do to test the waters. The more I read about this drive the more I regret the purchase…failure after 2-8 months

TLDR:
Should I return the drive for another brand? If so which brand?
What things I can do see if the drive is a DOA/ going to have issues?

Brand New Drive

           Model : Hitachi HDS5C3020ALA632
        Firmware : ML6OA5C0
   Serial Number : ************
       Disk Size : 2000.3 GB (8.4/137.4/2000.3)
     Buffer Size : 26129 KB
     Queue Depth : 32
    # of Sectors : 3907029168
   Rotation Rate : 5940 RPM
       Interface : Serial ATA
   Major Version : ATA8-ACS
   Minor Version : ATA8-ACS version 4
   Transfer Mode : SATA/600
  Power On Hours : 0 hours
  Power On Count : 4 count
     Temparature : 30 C (86 F)
   Health Status : Good
        Features : S.M.A.R.T., APM, 48bit LBA, NCQ
       APM Level : 0000h [OFF]
       AAM Level : ----

-- S.M.A.R.T. --------------------------------------------------------------
ID Cur Wor Thr RawValues(6) Attribute Name
01 100 100 _16 000000000000 Read Error Rate
02 100 100 _54 000000000000 Throughput Performance
03 100 100 _24 000800000000 Spin-Up Time
04 100 100 __0 000000000004 Start/Stop Count
05 100 100 __5 000000000000 Reallocated Sectors Count
07 100 100 _67 000000000000 Seek Error Rate
08 100 100 _20 000000000000 Seek Time Performance
09 100 100 __0 000000000000 Power-On Hours
0A 100 100 _60 000000000000 Spin Retry Count
0C 100 100 __0 000000000004 Power Cycle Count
C0 100 100 __0 000000000004 Power-off Retract Count
C1 100 100 __0 000000000004 Load/Unload Cycle Count
C2 200 200 __0 001E0012001E Temperature
C4 100 100 __0 000000000000 Reallocation Event Count
C5 100 100 __0 000000000000 Current Pending Sector Count
C6 100 100 __0 000000000000 Uncorrectable Sector Count
C7 200 200 __0 000000000000 UltraDMA CRC Error Count

Brand New + Kill drive 1pass 0x0

           Model : Hitachi HDS5C3020ALA632
        Firmware : ML6OA5C0
   Serial Number : ***********
       Disk Size : 2000.3 GB (8.4/137.4/2000.3)
     Buffer Size : 26129 KB
     Queue Depth : 32
    # of Sectors : 3907029168
   Rotation Rate : 5940 RPM
       Interface : Serial ATA
   Major Version : ATA8-ACS
   Minor Version : ATA8-ACS version 4
   Transfer Mode : SATA/600
  Power On Hours : 14 hours
  Power On Count : 4 count
     Temparature : 32 C (89 F)
   Health Status : Good
        Features : S.M.A.R.T., APM, 48bit LBA, NCQ
       APM Level : 0000h [OFF]
       AAM Level : ----

-- S.M.A.R.T. --------------------------------------------------------------
ID Cur Wor Thr RawValues(6) Attribute Name
01 100 100 _16 000000000000 Read Error Rate
02 135 135 _54 000000000060 Throughput Performance
03 100 100 _24 000800000000 Spin-Up Time
04 100 100 __0 000000000004 Start/Stop Count
05 100 100 __5 000000000000 Reallocated Sectors Count
07 100 100 _67 000000000000 Seek Error Rate
08 146 146 _20 00000000001D Seek Time Performance
09 100 100 __0 00000000000E Power-On Hours
0A 100 100 _60 000000000000 Spin Retry Count
0C 100 100 __0 000000000004 Power Cycle Count
C0 100 100 __0 000000000004 Power-off Retract Count
C1 100 100 __0 000000000004 Load/Unload Cycle Count
C2 187 187 __0 002400120020 Temperature
C4 100 100 __0 000000000000 Reallocation Event Count
C5 100 100 __0 000000000000 Current Pending Sector Count
C6 100 100 __0 000000000000 Uncorrectable Sector Count
C7 200 200 __0 000000000000 UltraDMA CRC Error Count

If you had the powers to tell that a drive will be good for the next 2-3 years, then your next stop better be Las Vegas.

SMART is designed to tell possible failure in the future, so I guess all you can do is make sure SMART stays active. You could look into reading SMART attributes and compare the values over time, but IDK if it is worth it(they can be interpret differently). Also, You could occasionally test the drive using the Drive fitness test(Hitachi's diagnostic program) just to make sure everything is okay
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http://en.wikipedia....R.T._attributes

http://www.hitachigs...port/downloads/

Make sure you are running the latest firmware and since we are dealing with mechanical drives, make sure heat and shocks are limited/accounted for.

If you really want to replace the drives, you could look into buying some WD RE4 drives. They are enterprise SATA drives(longer warranty, better tested and should be better parts), but they are more expensive. Note that it has the highest rating on Newegg(though a few mentions of DOA).

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