Seagate Archive HDD

[Wojciech Puchar]

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
>
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