Seagate Archive HDD

[Mehmet Erol Sanliturk]

On Thu, Mar 26, 2015 at 12:39 PM, Wojciech Puchar <wojtek at puchar.net> wrote:

> thanks for all info. I don't use any RAIDs, just multiple separate drives
> with one UFS filesystem on each (+geli encryption but it doesn't matter).
>
> I will buy them tomorrow
>
> On Thu, 26 Mar 2015, Matthew West wrote:
>
>  Hi Wojciech,
>>
>> On Thu, Mar 26, 2015 at 11:26:27AM +0100, Wojciech Puchar wrote:
>>
>>> http://www.storagereview.com/seagate_archive_hdd_review_8tb
>>>
>>> i want to buy 2 such drives for backup server.
>>>
>>> This drives use shingled recording.
>>>
>>> Are anyone using them and can confirm they are compatible on software
>>> level with other disks? I understand average random write time would be
>>> 5-10 times slower than normal drive because of the need of rewrite few
>>> full tracks worth of data, but otherwise will then be compatible and can
>>> i
>>> use it as usual?
>>>
>>
>> I don't have access to these drives myself, but I've been following a
>> thread about them here:
>>
>>  http://www.reddit.com/r/DataHoarder/comments/2zy0uj/
>> just_installed_2x8tb_seagate_archives/
>>
>> It does seem that the drives should simply appear as a standard SATA
>> drive to the OS.
>>
>> Obviously, running them in any configuration other than standalone (ie,
>> in a RAID, etc.) has some nasty caveats.
>>
>> Another interesting write-up here:
>>
>>  http://www.technikaffe.de/anleitung-263-seagate_archive_
>> hdd_v2_mit_8tb_im_test
>>
>> Matthew
>>
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There is a customer review in the following page :


http://www.amazon.com/Seagate-Archive-HDD-ST8000AS0002-drive/dp/B00QX0ZGO6



Mehmet Erol Sanliturk