On Sat, Jan 4, 2020 at 10:13 PM Ian Zimmerman <i...@very.loosely.org> wrote: > > On 2020-01-02 14:12, Rich Freeman wrote: > > > > Device Model: ST8000AS0003-2HH188 > > > > > > I recall reading about SMR but can't recall the details of what it is. > > > far as I know, this is just a basic 8TB drive. > > > > This is an SMR drive. You should DEFINITELY read up on what they are. > > How do you know? The identfying string doesn't appear in the kernel > source (I did a case-insensitive recursive grep). >
https://www.seagate.com/www-content/product-content/hdd-fam/seagate-archive-hdd/en-us/docs/100827317b.pdf These drives provide the following key features: • 8TB capacity for efficient storage-per-slot. • Affordable efficiencies with 2TB-per-disk Drive Managed SMR-based hard drive technology. ... -- Rich
