From owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Mar 26 14:23:57 2015 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher AECDH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 8590682F for ; Thu, 26 Mar 2015 14:23:57 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-oi0-x22c.google.com (mail-oi0-x22c.google.com [IPv6:2607:f8b0:4003:c06::22c]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 (128/128 bits)) (Client CN "smtp.gmail.com", Issuer "Google Internet Authority G2" (verified OK)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 445AEF99 for ; Thu, 26 Mar 2015 14:23:57 +0000 (UTC) Received: by oicf142 with SMTP id f142so41017998oic.3 for ; Thu, 26 Mar 2015 07:23:56 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=references:mime-version:in-reply-to:content-type :content-transfer-encoding:message-id:cc:from:subject:date:to; bh=hq9T+cAwStFyhPk1B/N49X4W6Gz711kJCdB862V4Q8c=; b=QXXq4l7UlopCzSs6jLGx/aAgnSs/SHHrWnfYdMBZFEj6yb3y3MwtvWfEFayssWTVWd GOUVeUJmdnIz+jhoEQ0lq4Le3uviL7/ZLh8wKrhi0/uBIY2/7/wjV8J4Gc+ZrTFS2PJ5 IQkdl1b/jZufaeO00s3OoQuDY3DzEE75BZuBTycc4sKId+XX1ApjhWVMByFcS0DWxrWm 0c9Tsh1ajQ1PBN5G0GpIlNE3tIREgKnulFD28XCtzSpRshEr94qz7oxRf0gLKZ8DcOmm TcRkKkTXgpGwo76QHKHGge8+YtzH2EpeVpf22ZpaoZ0SXxDbUjBdFoOThTshkQsyy0/p cvSQ== X-Received: by 10.182.72.200 with SMTP id f8mr11790304obv.51.1427379836574; Thu, 26 Mar 2015 07:23:56 -0700 (PDT) Received: from [21.227.54.213] ([66.87.120.213]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPSA id y6sm4435430oes.9.2015.03.26.07.23.55 (version=TLSv1 cipher=ECDHE-RSA-RC4-SHA bits=128/128); Thu, 26 Mar 2015 07:23:55 -0700 (PDT) References: Mime-Version: 1.0 (1.0) In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Message-Id: X-Mailer: iPhone Mail (12B440) From: "B. Estrade" Subject: Re: Seagate Archive HDD Date: Thu, 26 Mar 2015 09:23:52 -0500 To: Wojciech Puchar Cc: "freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org" X-BeenThere: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18-1 Precedence: list List-Id: Technical Discussions relating to FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 26 Mar 2015 14:23:57 -0000 Sorry for the double reply. "Use As normal" sounds fine as long it's not in a= ny kind of NAS application or RAID configuration - software (eg, ZFS) or oth= erwise, per the article's caveats further down. Brett > On Mar 26, 2015, at 5:26 AM, Wojciech Puchar wrote: >=20 > http://www.storagereview.com/seagate_archive_hdd_review_8tb >=20 > i want to buy 2 such drives for backup server. >=20 > This drives use shingled recording. >=20 > Are anyone using them and can confirm they are compatible on software leve= l with other disks? I understand average random write time would be 5-10 tim= es slower than normal drive because of the need of rewrite few full tracks w= orth of data, but otherwise will then be compatible and can i use it as usua= l? > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-hackers > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-hackers-unsubscribe@freebsd.org"=