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| From | ray carter <ray@zianet.com> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | comp.sys.raspberry-pi |
| Subject | Re: Raspberry Pi 1Tbyte hard drive kit |
| Date | 2015-09-16 19:23 +0000 |
| Message-ID | <d5ttuaFec29U1@mid.individual.net> (permalink) |
| References | <mssu6a$nvj$1@dont-email.me> <mstrpp$9vn$1@dont-email.me> <mtcaj1$s65$1@dont-email.me> |
On Wed, 16 Sep 2015 18:59:46 +0100, James Harris wrote: > "David Taylor" <david-taylor@blueyonder.co.uk.invalid> wrote in message > news:mstrpp$9vn$1@dont-email.me... >> On 10/09/2015 22:56, James Harris wrote: >>> FYI, there is a Western Digital 1Tbyte hard drive kit for the >>> Raspberry Pi >>> >>> http://liliputing.com/2015/09/wd-pidrive-is-a-1tb-hard-drive-kit-for- the-raspberry-pi.html > > ... > >> Thanks for that, James. I've ordered one as well - "just in case". > > Mine has arrived. If anyone is interested, initial findings follow. > > The new drive is currently sitting underneath the Raspberry Pi going > through a read-only badblocks scan. The first 10% of the 1Tbyte drive > took an hour so I expect the whole scan to take 10 to 15 hours. > > The kit came with a clear instruction sheet and was easy to set up. The > power adapter came with slide-on adapters for UK 3-pin and euro 2-pin > sockets. > > There is a four-way cable which connects USB and power to drive and RPi. > Maybe these are standard but, if not, it might be hard to replace if it > got damaged. > > The drive has a white LED at the back. As with many LEDs these days it > is bright enough that I had to turn it away out of sight. > > I wasn't sure where a USB drive would appear in the device hierarchy but > it showed as /dev/sda. > > In terms of performance, if my calculations are right the 2.5" drive is > running at about 27Mbyte/s and it was about the same in write mode. > While it is scanning the disk the Pi2 CPU is 70% idle and 25% in IO > wait. The other 5 to 10 percent is mainly taken by usb-storage and > badblocks. > > James I've ordered one as well. I'm looking forward to checking usb3 speeds with my main desktop.
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Raspberry Pi 1Tbyte hard drive kit "James Harris" <james.harris.1@gmail.com> - 2015-09-10 22:56 +0100
Re: Raspberry Pi 1Tbyte hard drive kit ray carter <ray@zianet.com> - 2015-09-10 22:24 +0000
Re: Raspberry Pi 1Tbyte hard drive kit mrbrad <lostgonzo@gmail.com> - 2015-09-10 23:36 -0500
Re: Raspberry Pi 1Tbyte hard drive kit mrbrad <lostgonzo@gmail.com> - 2015-09-19 23:23 -0500
Re: Raspberry Pi 1Tbyte hard drive kit rickman <gnuarm@gmail.com> - 2015-09-20 00:42 -0400
Re: Raspberry Pi 1Tbyte hard drive kit mrbrad <lostgonzo@gmail.com> - 2015-09-20 01:56 -0500
Re: Raspberry Pi 1Tbyte hard drive kit mm0fmf <none@mailinator.com> - 2015-09-11 18:13 +0100
Re: Raspberry Pi 1Tbyte hard drive kit "James Harris" <james.harris.1@gmail.com> - 2015-09-11 18:19 +0100
Re: Raspberry Pi 1Tbyte hard drive kit mm0fmf <none@mailinator.com> - 2015-09-11 20:05 +0100
Re: Raspberry Pi 1Tbyte hard drive kit rickman <gnuarm@gmail.com> - 2015-09-11 17:55 -0400
Re: Raspberry Pi 1Tbyte hard drive kit "James Harris" <james.harris.1@gmail.com> - 2015-09-12 00:05 +0100
Re: Raspberry Pi 1Tbyte hard drive kit David Taylor <david-taylor@blueyonder.co.uk.invalid> - 2015-09-12 05:21 +0100
Re: Raspberry Pi 1Tbyte hard drive kit "James Harris" <james.harris.1@gmail.com> - 2015-09-12 11:41 +0100
Re: Raspberry Pi 1Tbyte hard drive kit David Taylor <david-taylor@blueyonder.co.uk.invalid> - 2015-09-12 13:17 +0100
Re: Raspberry Pi 1Tbyte hard drive kit Rob Morley <nospam@ntlworld.com> - 2015-09-12 15:28 +0100
Re: Raspberry Pi 1Tbyte hard drive kit mm0fmf <none@mailinator.com> - 2015-09-12 08:22 +0100
Re: Raspberry Pi 1Tbyte hard drive kit rickman <gnuarm@gmail.com> - 2015-09-12 03:30 -0400
Re: Raspberry Pi 1Tbyte hard drive kit Mike Fleming <{mike}@tauzero.co.uk> - 2015-09-12 09:02 +0100
Re: Raspberry Pi 1Tbyte hard drive kit mm0fmf <none@mailinator.com> - 2015-09-12 09:11 +0100
Re: Raspberry Pi 1Tbyte hard drive kit rickman <gnuarm@gmail.com> - 2015-09-12 04:19 -0400
Re: Raspberry Pi 1Tbyte hard drive kit David Taylor <david-taylor@blueyonder.co.uk.invalid> - 2015-09-11 07:21 +0100
Re: Raspberry Pi 1Tbyte hard drive kit "James Harris" <james.harris.1@gmail.com> - 2015-09-16 18:59 +0100
Re: Raspberry Pi 1Tbyte hard drive kit ray carter <ray@zianet.com> - 2015-09-16 19:23 +0000
Re: Raspberry Pi 1Tbyte hard drive kit rickman <gnuarm@gmail.com> - 2015-09-11 13:30 -0400
Re: Raspberry Pi 1Tbyte hard drive kit "James Harris" <james.harris.1@gmail.com> - 2015-09-16 19:02 +0100
Re: Raspberry Pi 1Tbyte hard drive kit rickman <gnuarm@gmail.com> - 2015-09-16 14:23 -0400
Re: Raspberry Pi 1Tbyte hard drive kit "James Harris" <james.harris.1@gmail.com> - 2015-09-16 19:42 +0100
Re: Raspberry Pi 1Tbyte hard drive kit rickman <gnuarm@gmail.com> - 2015-09-16 15:37 -0400
Re: Raspberry Pi 1Tbyte hard drive kit "James Harris" <james.harris.1@gmail.com> - 2015-09-16 20:54 +0100
Re: Raspberry Pi 1Tbyte hard drive kit rickman <gnuarm@gmail.com> - 2015-09-16 16:41 -0400
Re: Raspberry Pi 1Tbyte hard drive kit Martin Gregorie <martin@address-in-sig.invalid> - 2015-09-16 19:42 +0000
Re: Raspberry Pi 1Tbyte hard drive kit "James Harris" <james.harris.1@gmail.com> - 2015-09-16 21:06 +0100
Re: Raspberry Pi 1Tbyte hard drive kit Martin Gregorie <martin@address-in-sig.invalid> - 2015-09-16 21:19 +0000
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