On 22/08/2020 19:50, Chris Murphy wrote:
How can you tell? From the spec, I can't find anything that indicates
it. Let alone which of three varieties it is.
https://www.seagate.com/www-content/product-content/barracuda-fam/barracuda-new/en-us/docs/100805918d.pdf
Simple.
Seagate now say that all the BarraCuda range are SMR. And this is a
BarraCuda, not a Barracuda. (What's the difference, you say? The capital C.)
I've been digging, and I think if you want an old-fashioned CMR desktop
drive you need the BarraCuda Pro or FireCuda. But at least - like the WD
Reds or Red Pluses, there is at least an official naming convention that
tells you what's what.
https://www.seagate.com/gb/en/internal-hard-drives/cmr-smr-list/
This is linked to on the wiki timeout problem page, as is the official
WD statement.
Cheers,
Wol
