Date: Sun, 17 Dec 2017 19:49:29 +0800 From: Erich Dollansky <freebsd.ed.lists@sumeritec.com> To: Stari Karp <starikarp@yandex.com>, FreeBSD Questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: hd firecuda Message-ID: <20171217194929.428c0808.freebsd.ed.lists@sumeritec.com> In-Reply-To: <1513509495.32624.1.camel@yandex.com> References: <1513447749.62024.1.camel@yandex.com> <20171217112428.150d8041.freebsd.ed.lists@sumeritec.com> <1513509495.32624.1.camel@yandex.com>
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Hi, On Sun, 17 Dec 2017 06:18:15 -0500 Stari Karp <starikarp@yandex.com> wrote: > On Sun, 2017-12-17 at 11:24 +0800, Erich Dollansky wrote: > > Hi, > > > > On Sat, 16 Dec 2017 13:09:09 -0500 > > Stari Karp <starikarp@yandex.com> wrote: > > > > > Hi! > > > > > > I am running FreeBSD on iMac 11,1 and my hard drive is going down. > > > I > > > am looking for the new one. First I look for the same one which > > > is 80$ and I found Seagate 2.0TB FireCuda Solid State Hybrid drive > > > which > > > is less expensive than SSD drive and for me will be good choice: > > > Specifications: > > > https://eshop.macsales.com/item/Seagate/ST2000DX002 / > > > > > > I do not know if will be problem with FreeBSD. On computer is the > > > only > > > OS FreeBSD. > > > > > > > I write this on a machine running FreeBSD 10 with a FireCuda 2TB > > drive, > > but the 2.5" version. The drive works but its behaviour was not what > > I > > expected. > > > > The SSD part is too small from my point of view. The drive is really > > fast when working on a project for which all fits into the 8GB SSD > > memory my drive has. It becomes a totally different story when > > compiling > > the kernel or installing large ports. Even a simple 'exit' from a > > shell > > can take a minute when the shell I want to return was moved to the > > swap partition. Yes, this one minute is sixty seconds. The same is > > true > > when writing large amounts of data to the drive. The drive becomes > > slow, very, very slow. > > > > When the data to be read are not in the SSD part, the drive behaves > > like a normal HD when you are not writing large data sets at the > > same moment of time. > > > > This is also my second drive. The first one died after less than > > 15TB of data had been transferred. Of course, Seagate exchanged it > > for free. > > > > Both drives showed the same behaviour. > > > > With other words, it is a double sided sword. > > > > Erich > > Thank you. I have bad experience with Seagate, this is my second HD. I > decided for 1TB or 2 TB > Western Digital > 1.0TB WD Black Hard Disk Drive > 3.5-Inch | SATA 6.0Gb/s | 7200RPM | 64MB Cache > https://eshop.macsales.com/item/Western%20Digital/WD1003FZEX/ > > I do not like invest in SSD drive because iMac 1,1 is old and who > knows how long will be good and the next one will be PC. > drives can easily be changed. Anyway, you will not have surprises with this disk. Just a normal 1TB. It will deliver just what you expect. Erich
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