According to this URL this drive claims to use perpendicular recording, so it is probably a PMR drive.
https://www.disctech.com/Seagate-ST8000NM0045-8TB-SATA-Hard-Drive This finding is reinforced in this URL: https://www.disctech.com/Seagate-ST8000NM0045-8TB-SATA-Hard-Drive On Sunday, 10 May 2020 07:54:38 BST Dale wrote: > Howdy, > > I found a deal. It's open box but it's a good price. I've googled to > try to find out if it is PMR or SMR but I can't find anything that says > one way or another. I did find where it says it has a sustained > throughput of 249MB/Sec which makes me think it is PMR, plus it is a > NAS/SAS drive. Does anyone know for sure if it is a PMR drive? It's a > good price at $150 but I'd like to avoid a SMR drive if at all possible. > > Also, I looked at the connector and it looks like a regular SATA > connector for the data and power. However, it does say it is a SAS > drive. I thought SAS had a different connector but maybe I'm wrong > about that. These SAS drives will connect to a regular SATA connector > right? I'm thinking it will but don't need a $150 doorstop. :/ > > Thanks to anyone who can share some info. Let's hope that drive isn't > gone before I can find out if it works or not. > > Dale > > :-) :-)
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