Yes
PSA to anyone reading: do not use Purple drives for anything non-DVR/NVR related
PSA to anyone reading: do not use Purple drives for anything non-DVR/NVR related
wear leveling could mitigate, but the choices are somewhat limited:
NILFS seems to make assumptions based on SSDs, blowing up during its cleaning operation
btrfs or bcachefs could help, but who knows whats going on with those
Actually the Purple only has one distinguishing characteristic. An ATA command to skip bad sectors instead of trying to read/write repeatedly. This is great for an NVR but it's not mandatory to use.
Could you point me at an example of a SMR-based WD Purple drive? Is this just a historical thing? As mentioned in my other comment, the spec sheets [1] say all (current) drives are CMR.
> Actually the Purple only has one distinguishing characteristic. An ATA command to skip bad sectors instead of trying to read/write repeatedly. This is great for an NVR but it's not mandatory to use.
I'd also be interested to see a reference / details for this.
[1] https://products.wdc.com/library/SpecSheet/ENG/product-brief... https://products.wdc.com/library/SpecSheet/ENG/product-brief...
I was a fan of WD HDDs before and I was in the market for some drives for my new NAS a few years ago. When I checked what drives were on the market, I saw WD doing that while Seagate still clearly marked which drives were which.
I swore off WD that day because my time is too valuable for their bullshit. I have no clue if they have amended their marketing, but I don't care since as far as I'm aware Seagate still clearly marks them and the drives I bought from them have all been fine. I'll likely buy Seagate again next time I'm in the market.
Wait what? Isn't NILFS designed for spinning rust?