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According to this URL this drive claims to use perpendicular recording, so it |
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is probably a PMR drive. |
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https://www.disctech.com/Seagate-ST8000NM0045-8TB-SATA-Hard-Drive |
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This finding is reinforced in this URL: |
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https://www.disctech.com/Seagate-ST8000NM0045-8TB-SATA-Hard-Drive |
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On Sunday, 10 May 2020 07:54:38 BST Dale wrote: |
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> Howdy, |
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> I found a deal. It's open box but it's a good price. I've googled to |
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> try to find out if it is PMR or SMR but I can't find anything that says |
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> one way or another. I did find where it says it has a sustained |
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> throughput of 249MB/Sec which makes me think it is PMR, plus it is a |
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> NAS/SAS drive. Does anyone know for sure if it is a PMR drive? It's a |
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> good price at $150 but I'd like to avoid a SMR drive if at all possible. |
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> Also, I looked at the connector and it looks like a regular SATA |
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> connector for the data and power. However, it does say it is a SAS |
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> drive. I thought SAS had a different connector but maybe I'm wrong |
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> about that. These SAS drives will connect to a regular SATA connector |
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> right? I'm thinking it will but don't need a $150 doorstop. :/ |
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> Thanks to anyone who can share some info. Let's hope that drive isn't |
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> gone before I can find out if it works or not. |
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> Dale |
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> :-) :-) |
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