Wol, et al -- ...and then Wols Lists said... % % On 21/05/20 12:01, David T-G wrote: % > % > ...and then Wols Lists said... % > % ... % > % % > % Seagate Barracudas :-( % > % > Yep. They were good "back in the day" ... % % Still are. Just not for raid.. Oh! Well, that's nice to know. Of course, I had been hoping to move these out to another system after upgrading to larger, but maybe that's not an option :-( They are going to be worlds better than the existing crap drives in there now, though, so here's hoping I can put them to use. % > ... % > % recovery. Plan to replace them with ones that do ASAP! % > % > That would be nice. I actually have wanted for quite some time % > to grow these from 4T to 8T, but budget hasn't permitted. Got any % > particularly-affordable recommendations? % % 8TB WD Reds are still CMR and okay AT THE MOMENT. I wouldn't trust them % though (or make sure you can RMA them if they've changed!) Thanks! % % I haven't heard of Ironwolves using SMR (yet). % % Looking quickly on Amazon % WD Red 8TB £232 % Toshiba N300 8TB £239 % Seagate Ironwolf 8TB £260 % Seagate Ironwolf 8TB Silver £263 (optimised for raid it claims) % WD Red 8TB Pro £270 % Seagate Ironwolf 8TB Pro £360 Ouch. I sure hope they're cheaper over here! Unfortunately, when I was shopping I was looking at ... Barracudas :-/ % % Given that the Red and the N300 are similar in price, I'd go for the % N300. Bear in mind that I *never* see those drives mentioned here, I % really don't know what they're like. Thanks; I'll have a look. % ... % > % > % rebuild, but I would VERY STRONGLY suggest you download lsdrv and get % > % the output. The whole point of this script is to get the information you % > % > You mean the output that is some error and a few lines of traceback? % > Yeah, I saw that, but I don't know how to fix it. Another problem in the % > queue. % % Last time I ran it, it was Python 2.7. I needed to edit the shebang % line. I think Phil's fixed that. I checked and I have 2.7 on this box, so I figure it would work. But I can barely spell Python, much less understand it. Thanks again & HAND :-D -- David T-G See http://justpickone.org/davidtg/email/ See http://justpickone.org/davidtg/tofu.txt
