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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