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>From: Wols Lists <antlists@××××××××××××.uk> |
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>Sent: Friday, March 4, 2022 1:51 PM |
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>To: gentoo-user@l.g.o |
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>Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] planning a new machine : comments welcome |
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>On 04/03/2022 21:18, Laurence Perkins wrote: |
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>> I’d probably wait another year for all the bugs to work their way out |
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>> of the system before trying it on purpose, but if you have |
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>> non-critical systems to play with, well, the SMR drives are rather a |
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>> lot cheaper… I got a few for one of my server chassis because they |
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>> can cram 5TB of storage into a 2.5” drive that fits in the bay for only $120. |
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>But are they? |
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>Okay, this is a 3.5", but I paid £180 I think for 8TB in a decent CMR package (Toshiba N300). It was a backup drive, I was open to SMR, but didn't think they were value for money. |
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>Cheers, |
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>Wol |
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3.5" gives a lot more platter area. Pi-r-squared and all that. I couldn't find anything larger than 1TB CMR in a 2.5" package from anyone, and those were old stock. Seagate doesn't make *any* CMR 2.5" anymore, not even the 500GB ones.
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Even flash devices are going zoned it seems. Simplifies the controller and lets you cram more storage onto the chips.
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Unfortunately the chassis in question only takes 2.5" or smaller. Otherwise I would definitely have preferred some 3.5", 12TB CMR surveillance-grade drives.
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