Seagate Archive HDD

[B. Estrade]

Interesting. The write up says it's "drive managed" and the host OS need not be be aware of the on disk SMR. Short of a real testimonial, it seems like it's just be seen as a normal drive.

Brett

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> On Mar 26, 2015, at 5:26 AM, Wojciech Puchar <wojtek at puchar.net> 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?
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