Date: Tue, 28 Jun 2022 20:15:21 +0200 From: Ralf Mardorf <ralf-mardorf@riseup.net> To: infoomatic <infoomatic@gmx.at> Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: hardware recommendation Message-ID: <89298009-9622-4E30-AD03-0A35220DA004@riseup.net>
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=EF=BB=BF > On 28. Jun 2022, at 19:40, infoomatic <infoomatic@gmx.at> wrote: > =EF=BB=BF>On 28.06.22 19:21, Robert Huff wrote >> A disk drive on one of my machines is dying. >> I'd like to replace it with a _reliable_ (the old one lasted 10+ >> years at moderate loads) consumer-grade SATA II or higher drive of at >> least 500 gbytes. >=20 > In the light of the link to backblaze, my mail seems quite useless ... I Hi, no, your reply is _not_ useless. 1. All tests and user experiences are useless, since a disk drive product line d= oes change without notice all the times. Exceptions are general pointers suc= h as yours related to CMR vs SMR or HDD vs SSD. > have had great experience with WD red with conventional magnet recording > - be warned my number of disks I can compare is much lower ;-) However, > I would go with a prosumer/enterprise-grade SSD. 2. Your reply is useful for two reasons. 2.1 For backups I=E2=80=99m using Toshiba P300 drives. Those are cheaper than th= e WD red, but the colour is red, too :D. My dealer sells two versions of the= same product line. One with the CMR and the other with the SMR recording te= chnology. Take an educated guess of which version the P300 are I bought. IOW= +1 for CMR. 2.2 In my machine I=E2=80=98m using the cheapest SATA SSDs that are available wi= th vendor software running on Linux. I don=CB=8Bt know how compatible or inc= ompatible the Linux software is with FreeBSD. They last probably longer than= desktop HDDs, since some of mine are already quite old and still healthy. T= oshiba/OCZ/Kioxia currently named Kioxia. A SATA Kioxia 960GB SSD is around 8= 5,- =E2=82=AC. So the second +1 for SSD. Just my 2 Cents, Ralf
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