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From: Rich Freeman <rich0@g.o>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Seagate ST8000NM0065 PMR or SMR plus NAS SAS SATA question
Date: Fri, 22 May 2020 23:32:08
Message-Id: CAGfcS_nh1FAJB1-ktHVa4ORi29xA2z8euTYxShiTZ609V0QX_A@mail.gmail.com
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] Seagate ST8000NM0065 PMR or SMR plus NAS SAS SATA question by antlists
1 On Fri, May 22, 2020 at 5:40 PM antlists <antlists@××××××××××××.uk> wrote:
2 >
3 > On 22/05/2020 19:23, Rich Freeman wrote:
4 > > A big problem with drive-managed SMR is that it basically has to
5 > > assume the OS is dumb, which means most writes are in-place with no
6 > > trims, assuming the drive even supports trim.
7 >
8 > I think the problem with the current WD Reds is, in part, that the ATA-4
9 > spec is required to support trim, but the ATA-3 spec is the current
10 > version. Whoops ...
11 >
12
13 Probably was thought up by the same genius who added the 3.3V reset
14 pin to the SATA standard.
15
16 --
17 Rich

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Re: [gentoo-user] Seagate ST8000NM0065 PMR or SMR plus NAS SAS SATA question Michael <confabulate@××××××××.com>