From owner-freebsd-usb@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Feb 18 06:13:51 2014 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-usb@FreeBSD.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ADH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 2150EF23 for ; Tue, 18 Feb 2014 06:13:51 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mta04.bitpro.no (mta04.bitpro.no [92.42.64.203]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CFFD31110 for ; Tue, 18 Feb 2014 06:13:50 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail.lockless.no (mail.lockless.no [46.29.221.38]) by mta04.bitpro.no (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 6D06910020C; Tue, 18 Feb 2014 07:13:48 +0100 (CET) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by mail.lockless.no (Postfix) with ESMTP id 14CF58F6730; Tue, 18 Feb 2014 07:14:44 +0100 (CET) X-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-new-2.6.4 (20090625) (Debian) at lockless.no Received: from mail.lockless.no ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (mail.lockless.no [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id nbZZTWn0hTkC; Tue, 18 Feb 2014 07:14:42 +0100 (CET) Received: from laptop015.home.selasky.org (cm-176.74.213.204.customer.telag.net [176.74.213.204]) by mail.lockless.no (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id C40278F672F; Tue, 18 Feb 2014 07:14:42 +0100 (CET) Message-ID: <5302FA52.2010009@bitfrost.no> Date: Tue, 18 Feb 2014 07:14:42 +0100 From: Hans Petter Selasky Organization: Bitfrost A/S User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; FreeBSD amd64; rv:24.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/24.1.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Velcro Leaf , "freebsd-usb@FreeBSD.org" Subject: Re: consistent, functional 1TB usb drive? References: <1392702874.11017.YahooMailNeo@web164504.mail.gq1.yahoo.com> In-Reply-To: <1392702874.11017.YahooMailNeo@web164504.mail.gq1.yahoo.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-BeenThere: freebsd-usb@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.17 Precedence: list List-Id: FreeBSD support for USB List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 18 Feb 2014 06:13:51 -0000 On 02/18/14 06:54, Velcro Leaf wrote: > I'm trying to get off tape drives and move to USB drives for backups, however circumstances are making this impossible. > > Does anyone have a suggestion for a known 1TB external USB drive, powered > through the USB cable, that consistently works with FreeBSD, and has for some time? > > I've gone through half a dozen models of such drives and each time I find one that works properly on each of our servers, I try to buy a few more to make a complete cycle. Invariably, however, I can no longer purchase the same model, or I can get the same model, but it is invisibly different at purchase-time (eg, with new firmware that doesn't work with FreeBSD). > > > I've tried to work through the quirks process with you guys, but it hasn't been successful, and eventually I suppose it's not considered enough of a problem to fix, probably because in a few weeks there will be a brand new version that doesn't work, in a different way. > > I know that these drives are all tested with Windows before shipping, and that's why they work with Windows, but is there any plan, on either the hardware or FreeBSD side of things to deal with this issue? I've been working on and off on the problem for about a year, and if anything, things are getting worse. > > -Leif > Hi, Are any of the USB devices you have bought so-called "USB certified", carry a USB logo and are registered by usb.org? If yes, then you can complain about your findings of and force the vendor to comply to the standards involving USB mass storage and SCSI. If no, then you have to contact the vendor about the problems you find. --HPS