>>>>> "Wol" == Wol's lists <antlists@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes: Wol> On 09/04/18 02:46, John Stoffel wrote: >> So I'm currently thinking of: >> >> SEAGATE BARRACUDA PRO ST4000DM006 4TB 7200 RPM 128MB CACHE SATA >> 6.0GB/S 3.5" HARD DRIVE BARE DRIVE Wol> The plain Barracudas certainly don't have SCT/ERC, and I got the Wol> impression that the Pros didn't either. Damn, this is why I'm asking because I'd like to get the right drives. Wol> If you want to go down the Seagate route (I like them), look at Wol> the IronWolf drives. I've bought two 4TB drives - *not* the pro Wol> model, but I can't give you any detailed information because Wol> they're currently in my new system that I need to debug before it Wol> will boot :-( Can I get you to boot a liveCD and get the info that way? Pretty please? :-) Wol> (I get the impression that the basic and pro models differ Wol> basically in build quality and guarantees ...) I suspect it's more the firmware and the testing after production during burnin that determines things like this. More testing and validation for the pro drives... and more "pro" firmware which costs more to validate, etc. But thanks for the input. I've got to move sooner rather than later since one of the drives I have now is generating more and more errors. John -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-raid" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
