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Exos X16 - 12TB Enterprise HDD
CMR recording
Helium sealed-drive design
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The drive works but I have some concerns, as it sometimes seems to take a few tries to calibrate when powering up. The other Exos (an X18) always gets it right on the first try. The drive performs well, with sequential reads/writes around 250MB/s peak. Random 4K reads are about 0.8MB/s, not exactly spectacular. On the other hand, Random 4K writes are over 13MB/s, faster than any other HD I've seen. As far as noise, it seems about the same as the WD/HGST helium drives.
Mine came with outdated firmware. You can get the update from Seagate's site by putting in your serial number. The download takes forever because it's close to dial-up speeds. It comes with a cross-platform command-line utility. I booted to a live Linux session to do the update. Instructions are included. Be careful, the commands are case-sensitive.
This drive has TLER (Time-Limited Error Recovery) which is usually intended for RAID setups. I think it's probably fine to leave this enabled, even when used on its own. The default timer appears to be 10 seconds. If the drive can't sort things out in that period, I doubt more time is going to make much of a difference. You can disable (or adjust) it with smartmontools (also included with GSmartControl). However, the setting must be reapplied after every power cycle. Here is the command:
smartctl -l scterc,0,0 /dev/sdX (Replace sdX with the designation of your drive. Also, this IS case-sensitive.)
This drive does not support conventional APM (Advanced Power Management). However, it does have power-saving features. It has multiple modes, including one that parks the heads and another that reduces the spindle speed. These are enabled by default and too aggressive for my tastes. You can use the SeaChest utility to adjust or disable these. Here are the commands for the Windows version:
SeaChest_PowerControl_x64_windows -s
SeaChest_PowerControl_x64_windows -d PDx --showEPCSettings
SeaChest_PowerControl_x64_windows -d PDx --EPCfeature disable
SeaChest_PowerControl_x64_windows -d PDx --powerBalanceFeature info
SeaChest_PowerControl_x64_windows -d PDx --powerBalanceFeature disable
Use the first command to determine the "handle" of your drive. For the subsequent commands, replace the "PDx" with your drive's handle. The second and forth commands display the current status of those features. The third and fifth commands disable the respective features. These settings DO appear to persist through power cycles.
For anyone wondering, the Exos X18 I got from them had a manufacture date less than six months ago. It had 0 power-on hours and obviously had NOT been tested after the SMART data was reset. Its firmware is up to date and I have not noticed any issue with it yet.
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x18 is slightly faster, but also uses slightly more power. In a home setting in a NAS, the speed benefit won't be realized in any real world situation.
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Hardly what I'd call distracting or annoying.
Hardly what I'd call distracting or annoying.
I have 14tb in a workstation, and it isn't loud. The loudest is an old 6TB Ironwolf in the same case.
I converted the drive to GPT from MBR but my Win10 Pro machine is still only seeing it as 936GB and not 12TB.
I've looked at the drive via multiple programs (Disk Management, AOMEI Partittion assistance, CrystalDisk, and DiskCheckup and all see only 936GB without ability to expand it to 12TB.
Opinions on what's wrong here?? I already have 3+ TB GPT drives on this computer so don't know the issue.
Doing a full wipe data now.....will see if that allows me to see the full drive capacity.
If you're asking about what software is used to clear SMART info, that depends on the drive. For Seagate, you can typically send an N1 command directly over a serial console. You can also use something like SeDiv, WDMarvel, or SHTR.
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I converted the drive to GPT from MBR but my Win10 Pro machine is still only seeing it as 936GB and not 12TB.
I've looked at the drive via multiple programs (Disk Management, AOMEI Partittion assistance, CrystalDisk, and DiskCheckup and all see only 936GB without ability to expand it to 12TB.
Opinions on what's wrong here?? I already have 3+ TB GPT drives on this computer so don't know the issue.
Doing a full wipe data now.....will see if that allows me to see the full drive capacity.
Your controller inside your dock may not be able to address drives beyond a certain size.
If you have access to a desktop, connect it directly and see if you can format it there.
Your dock >>may<< see it afterwards.
I'd download Seatools and run a short and long test as well while it is connected directly to the computer.
One of my docks can not deal with drives over 8TB, the other one can. Both are old and date back to when docks were a new innovation.
I am sure I can thank UPS for kicking it around....
Contacted their support to see if I can get a replacement.
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