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?
OMG, I thought the issue was solved, but that means the 2Tb LM0003 I have may indeed be SMR! I guess this means I’ll try to find some HGST Travelstar 7K1000…
The one in my hand is a 9.5mm ST2000LM003 branded Seagate, PN: HN-M201RAD/D1, rev A, F/W: 2BE10001, 5400 RPM, DP/N: 0TF52W, Made in China on July 2016 Site: DHT MSIP-REM-STX Momentus D
If you want more details, I can check the manufacturer data (hdparm, smart…) or benchmark (ex: with fio on Linux) - anything that doesn’t require putting the drive in the ZFS pool!
If you have other references (someone mentioned Toshiba), I’d be very interested.