On Tue, Oct 17, 2017 at 1:38 PM, Geoff Winkless <pgsqlad...@geoff.dj> wrote:
> On 17 October 2017 at 11:59, Laurent Laborde <kerdez...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> What's the point of the seagate archive now ? >> Ironwolf, for the same public price, have better performance (obviously) >> and, more surprising, a better MTBF. >> > > I have no real insight into whether Seagate are still pursuing the > product design, but I'm not really surprised that the MTBF is worse: if the > shingled disk must write some tracks twice for each individual track write, > it seems logical that there will be more write stress and therefore > shortened lifespan, no? > I contacted seagate and just got a reply : they don't have strategic information to share about SMR technology at the moment. I guess i saw it coming ^^ -- Laurent "ker2x" Laborde
