Is it ok to use Bittorrent on solid state drives (SSD)?
Question: I heard it’s not recommended because of all the writing on the drive? (My friend wants to know) Answer: You don’t download bittorrent data at SSD speeds (usually). ?Why…
Seagate ST2000VN000
ST2000VN000 Seagate 3.5″ hard drive with a storage capacity of 2TB and featuring a SATA interface. All information about the Seagate ST2000VN000 hard disk drive: technical parameters, failure symptoms, frequently…
How to find out what disk drives are installed in a Ubuntu server
Question: I have remote access (including root access) to a Ubuntu 9 server, but can’t inspect it physically or reboot it. I want to find out the manufacturer and model…
Seagate ST2000VM003
ST2000VM003 Seagate 3.5″ hard drive with a storage capacity of 2TB and featuring a SATA interface. All information about the Seagate ST2000VM003 hard disk drive: technical parameters, failure symptoms, frequently…
What is a bare or OEM hard drive?
Question: I am looking for a new internal hard drive for laptop and found the terms like Bare drive and OEM drive. I searched the net and found that bare…
Seagate ST2000NM0033
ST2000NM0033 Seagate 3.5″ hard drive with a storage capacity of 2TB and featuring a SATA interface. All information about the Seagate ST2000NM0033 hard disk drive: technical parameters, failure symptoms, frequently…
Read/WRITE/Verify disk diagnostic tool for Mac OS X?
Question: It seems that there are many tools out there for Mac OS X that test a hard drive for bad blocks by doing a Read/Verify pass. That is, they…
Seagate ST2000NM0011
ST2000NM0011 Seagate 3.5″ hard drive with a storage capacity of 2TB and featuring a SATA interface. All information about the Seagate ST2000NM0011 hard disk drive: technical parameters, failure symptoms, frequently…
LBA and sector size
Question: Does LBA always specify sectors as 512?bytes even if the drive is formatted with 4K?sectors? Because I read that you should format the partition boundaries so that the 4K?clusters…
Seagate ST2000NE0025
ST2000NE0025 Seagate 3.5″ hard drive with a storage capacity of 2TB and featuring a SATA interface. All information about the Seagate ST2000NE0025 hard disk drive: technical parameters, failure symptoms, frequently…