From owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Mar 26 19:39:56 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 B83425F5 for ; Thu, 26 Mar 2015 19:39:56 +0000 (UTC) Received: from puchar.net (puchar.net [188.252.31.250]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (Client CN "puchar.net", Issuer "puchar.net" (not verified)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 25464D97 for ; Thu, 26 Mar 2015 19:39:55 +0000 (UTC) Received: Received: from 127.0.0.1 (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by puchar.net (8.14.9/8.14.9) with ESMTP id t2QJdp8W091756 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 bits=256 verify=NO); Thu, 26 Mar 2015 20:39:51 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from wojtek@puchar.net) Received: from laptop.wojtek.intra (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by laptop.wojtek.intra (8.14.9/8.14.9) with ESMTP id t2QJdlx5000880; Thu, 26 Mar 2015 20:39:48 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from wojtek@puchar.net) Received: from localhost (wojtek@localhost) by laptop.wojtek.intra (8.14.9/8.14.9/Submit) with ESMTP id t2QJdgif000877; Thu, 26 Mar 2015 20:39:42 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from wojtek@puchar.net) X-Authentication-Warning: laptop.wojtek.intra: wojtek owned process doing -bs Date: Thu, 26 Mar 2015 20:39:42 +0100 (CET) From: Wojciech Puchar X-X-Sender: wojtek@laptop.wojtek.intra To: Matthew West Subject: Re: Seagate Archive HDD In-Reply-To: <20150326180549.GA145@zeeb.org> Message-ID: References: <20150326180549.GA145@zeeb.org> User-Agent: Alpine 2.20 (BSF 67 2015-01-07) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed X-Greylist: Sender IP whitelisted, not delayed by milter-greylist-4.4.3 (puchar.net [10.0.1.1]); Thu, 26 Mar 2015 20:39:51 +0100 (CET) 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 19:39:56 -0000 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 > > _______________________________________________ > 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" > >