From owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Mar 26 22:56:18 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 432ECD78 for ; Thu, 26 Mar 2015 22:56:18 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-qc0-x233.google.com (mail-qc0-x233.google.com [IPv6:2607:f8b0:400d:c01::233]) (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 EB9A284B for ; Thu, 26 Mar 2015 22:56:17 +0000 (UTC) Received: by qcay5 with SMTP id y5so3510102qca.1 for ; Thu, 26 Mar 2015 15:56:17 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:sender:in-reply-to:references:from:date:message-id :subject:to:cc:content-type; bh=4IWZlgqnIKLFljLKznPJkbsd+VathOKUYWD99mSTQWE=; b=e1L18CtryRxnSZ407Tq9NPa7YxgB0PDHjp7wYMv8nHl/cs4jbmmu/Gj4xWMy2m5k+4 5uuVbS7j27X4zrM2vkR7XGFTL2QXy6KV8QvoC2jYOic7qqclzKgCXGOK9adrnb54M65Z fOk5rKK3bJbg+ftJAxjtYru4ANxf4+5m32YGvfmpnflTXdPO2jXPpTQqp+MSkUoNp/OP WjNaTXFn7ELM+N9rqfldR1oAcxwg5a7aVEo1VoSZkys749KOZDJ1Nvf6DrpMEN24NK3I nxIMKtNH+UOL6SeDL6ehMvi6e+kKNyBLaUFGnon1EunEoF8V0maO6uEsBZiLidg/EdWK B4gg== X-Received: by 10.229.65.8 with SMTP id g8mr21843066qci.15.1427410577056; Thu, 26 Mar 2015 15:56:17 -0700 (PDT) MIME-Version: 1.0 Sender: mozolevsky@gmail.com Received: by 10.140.91.112 with HTTP; Thu, 26 Mar 2015 15:55:36 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: References: From: Igor Mozolevsky Date: Thu, 26 Mar 2015 22:55:36 +0000 X-Google-Sender-Auth: f9x8meWl2OMew2t7-896FrSyiow Message-ID: Subject: Re: Seagate Archive HDD To: Wojciech Puchar Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.18-1 Cc: Hackers freeBSD 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 22:56:18 -0000 On 26 March 2015 at 10:26, Wojciech Puchar wrote: > > 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 fu= ll > tracks worth of data, but otherwise will then be compatible and can i use > it as usual? I suspect so, but the drives are designed to be used as "tape-on-disk" backup (hence "archive"), i. e. long sequential writes. Using these drives for anything else seems as insane as using the "video recording"-grade drives for data, in my opinion=E2=80=A6 --=20 Igor M.