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Date: Wed, 20 Feb 2013 14:44:08 +0100
From: Nicolas Bercher <nbercher@yahoo.fr>
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Subject: Re: [9fans] [RQ:] SATA HD 2+ TB native recommendations
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On 20/02/2013 10:37, Peter A. Cejchan wrote:
> Hi, folks,
>
> I am about to buy an internal HD for my native Plan9 box.
> I need 2TB or more, can anyone recommend me a model that is tested to work?
> Native, not p9p.
>
> Also, can anyone recommend a hi-res video card, SXGA+ or better, 24-bit
> depth?
> I am aware of the "Supported PC Hardware" page, of course, however, I would
> appreciate your personal experience.
>
> Thanks, best regards,
> ++pac
>

On my side, I use WD Green Caviar 1.5TB HDD although I do not recommend
them for multiple reasons (they report 512B physical blocks size
instead of 4k, they fail or slow down a lot when copying a full disk to
another one, at once).

Nicolas