Re: new harddrive degraded speed

2021-01-21 Thread basti
Am 21.01.21 um 22:01 schrieb David Christensen: > On 2021-01-20 15:21, brainf...@posteo.net wrote: >> i bought a new harddrive >> western digital red plus 6tb >> >> === START OF INFORMATION SECTION === >> Model Family: Western Digital Red >> Device Model: WDC WD60EFRX-68L0BN1 >> Serial N

Re: new harddrive degraded speed

2021-01-21 Thread Stefan Monnier
>> Is it an SMR drive?  Interface speed may not be too critical if it is. > > WD says it is a CMR drive, and that they are separating the Red > designations to make it clear to consumers which are SMR and > which are CMR because people don't like buying SMR by accident, > which surprises WD for som

Re: new harddrive degraded speed

2021-01-21 Thread David Christensen
On 2021-01-20 15:21, brainf...@posteo.net wrote: i bought a new harddrive western digital red plus 6tb === START OF INFORMATION SECTION === Model Family: Western Digital Red Device Model: WDC WD60EFRX-68L0BN1 Serial Number:    WD-WX62D60C9L6X LU WWN Device Id: 5 0014ee 212e6b9ad Firmware

Re: new harddrive degraded speed

2021-01-21 Thread Andrei POPESCU
On Jo, 21 ian 21, 13:12:38, brainf...@posteo.net wrote: > > > On 2021-01-21 12:44 PM, Andrei POPESCU wrote: > > On Jo, 21 ian 21, 12:09:12, Dan Ritter wrote: > > > Mark Allums wrote: > > > > Is it an SMR drive?  Interface speed may not be too critical if it is. > > > > > > WD says it is a CMR dr

Re: new harddrive degraded speed

2021-01-21 Thread brainfart
On 2021-01-21 12:44 PM, Andrei POPESCU wrote: On Jo, 21 ian 21, 12:09:12, Dan Ritter wrote: Mark Allums wrote: > Is it an SMR drive?  Interface speed may not be too critical if it is. WD says it is a CMR drive, and that they are separating the Red designations to make it clear to consumers w

Re: new harddrive degraded speed

2021-01-21 Thread Andrei POPESCU
On Jo, 21 ian 21, 12:09:12, Dan Ritter wrote: > Mark Allums wrote: > > Is it an SMR drive?  Interface speed may not be too critical if it is. > > WD says it is a CMR drive, and that they are separating the Red > designations to make it clear to consumers which are SMR and > which are CMR because

Re: new harddrive degraded speed

2021-01-21 Thread Alexander V. Makartsev
On 21.01.2021 05:36, brainf...@posteo.net wrote: i guess i'm asking what decides how a device is going to connect Both host controller and device controller are negotiating for a highest possible bandwidth. If a host controller supports speeds up to 3.0Gb only, then device controller will ope

Re: new harddrive degraded speed

2021-01-21 Thread Dan Ritter
Mark Allums wrote: > Is it an SMR drive?  Interface speed may not be too critical if it is. WD says it is a CMR drive, and that they are separating the Red designations to make it clear to consumers which are SMR and which are CMR because people don't like buying SMR by accident, which surprises

Re: new harddrive degraded speed

2021-01-21 Thread Mark Allums
On 1/20/21 11:41 PM, Stefan Monnier wrote: i bought a new harddrive western digital red plus 6tb === START OF INFORMATION SECTION === Model Family: Western Digital Red Device Model: WDC WD60EFRX-68L0BN1 Serial Number:WD-WX62D60C9L6X LU WWN Device Id: 5 0014ee 212e6b9ad Firmware Versi

Re: new harddrive degraded speed

2021-01-20 Thread Stefan Monnier
> i bought a new harddrive > western digital red plus 6tb > > === START OF INFORMATION SECTION === > Model Family: Western Digital Red > Device Model: WDC WD60EFRX-68L0BN1 > Serial Number:WD-WX62D60C9L6X > LU WWN Device Id: 5 0014ee 212e6b9ad > Firmware Version: 82.00A82 > User Capacity

Re: new harddrive degraded speed

2021-01-20 Thread brainfart
On 2021-01-20 07:26 PM, Dan Ritter wrote: brainf...@posteo.net wrote: 6tb drive at 3.0 gbs root@hc4:~# hdparm -t /dev/sda /dev/sda: Timing buffered disk reads: 406 MB in 3.01 seconds = 134.83 MB/sec 2tb drive at 6.0 gbs root@hc4:~# hdparm -t /dev/sdb /dev/sdb: Timing buffered disk re

Re: new harddrive degraded speed

2021-01-20 Thread Dan Ritter
brainf...@posteo.net wrote: > > 6tb drive at 3.0 gbs > root@hc4:~# hdparm -t /dev/sda > > /dev/sda: > Timing buffered disk reads: 406 MB in 3.01 seconds = 134.83 MB/sec > > > 2tb drive at 6.0 gbs > root@hc4:~# hdparm -t /dev/sdb > > /dev/sdb: > Timing buffered disk reads: 436 MB in 3.00

Re: new harddrive degraded speed

2021-01-20 Thread brainfart
On 2021-01-20 06:44 PM, Felix Miata wrote: brainf...@posteo.net composed on 2021-01-20 17:21 (UTC-0600): i bought a new harddrive western digital red plus 6tb ... Model Family: Western Digital Red Device Model: WDC WD60EFRX-68L0BN1 ... why is the speed 3.0 gbs i have 4 other driv

Re: new harddrive degraded speed

2021-01-20 Thread Felix Miata
brainf...@posteo.net composed on 2021-01-20 17:21 (UTC-0600): > i bought a new harddrive > western digital red plus 6tb ... > Model Family: Western Digital Red > Device Model: WDC WD60EFRX-68L0BN1 ... > why is the speed 3.0 gbs > i have 4 other drive i have tested with this device and t

Re: new harddrive degraded speed

2021-01-20 Thread brainfart
On 2021-01-20 06:17 PM, deloptes wrote: brainf...@posteo.net wrote: why is the speed 3.0 gbs i have 4 other drive i have tested with this device and they all  use 6.0 gbs check cables, connectors and controller - here 2TB WD20EFRX is on LSI that supports only SATA 2 this device is a od

Re: new harddrive degraded speed

2021-01-20 Thread Dan Ritter
brainf...@posteo.net wrote: > i bought a new harddrive > western digital red plus 6tb > > === START OF INFORMATION SECTION === > Model Family: Western Digital Red > Device Model: WDC WD60EFRX-68L0BN1 > Serial Number:WD-WX62D60C9L6X > LU WWN Device Id: 5 0014ee 212e6b9ad > Firmware Ver

Re: new harddrive degraded speed

2021-01-20 Thread deloptes
brainf...@posteo.net wrote: > why is the speed 3.0 gbs > i have 4 other drive i have tested with this device and they all  use > 6.0 gbs check cables, connectors and controller - here 2TB WD20EFRX is on LSI that supports only SATA 2

new harddrive degraded speed

2021-01-20 Thread brainfart
i bought a new harddrive western digital red plus 6tb === START OF INFORMATION SECTION === Model Family: Western Digital Red Device Model: WDC WD60EFRX-68L0BN1 Serial Number:WD-WX62D60C9L6X LU WWN Device Id: 5 0014ee 212e6b9ad Firmware Version: 82.00A82 User Capacity:6,001,175,126