I’m looking for non-shingled spinning 2.5" SATA drives
- due to data storage policies, it must NOT be a SSD but a spinning drive
- due to the use of ZFS, it can’t be a SMR
- 1Tb or more (2Tb would be nice)
- ideally 9.5 mm or thinner (7mm would be preferred for a better airflow, 15 mm would require a 3d-printed cover)
- ideally new (new-old stock and used drives would require a few days of testing to validate the SMART info and the absence of bad sectors)
I’ve heard the WD Blue 2.5" and the Seagate Exos might be valid options:
- WD Blue report from /u/HTWingNut: https://www.reddit.com/r/DataHoarder/comments/1467pi0/til_there_is_a_25_1tb_cmr_drive_from_toshiba_but/jnpeb26/
- Seagate Exos report from /u/Far_Marsupial6303 to /u/MonsieurCellophane who was looking for 4Tb options: https://www.reddit.com/r/DataHoarder/comments/12xawar/25_4tb_nonsmr_hdds/jhjc5fk/
If you know about other options, could you please list them?
JACKPOT!
I happen to have a few sitting in a box, brand new and sealed, but I didn’t know if they were SMR or CMR, so I wasn’t going going to use them.