[GTALUG] 10TB drive seen as a 2TB drive (twice?)

[Scott Sullivan]

Although I don't have recent testing experince, after the whole 2TB 'thing', the marketing became about the largest drives tested at time of release.

Someone else can look into this further but I think it was not handling Advanced Format Drives (4k sectors) that was the crux of limitation.


On December 30, 2019 8:13:57 a.m. EST, Evan Leibovitch <evan at telly.org> wrote:
>Hi Scott (and everyone else who replied),
>
>As other on the thread have zero'ing in on, it is likely an issue with
>whatever
>> USB/SATA adapter your using. This was a known limitation of early
>> chipsets, and I recall the marketing shift to 'supports larger then
>2TB!'.
>>
>
>Pretty sure that's it. As I look around at what's available, even
>finding
>one now that supports 10TB is not so easy, many top out at 8.
>Since I can't yet put the drive in the chassis I have this enclosure
><https://www.amazon.ca/ORICO-Screw-Less-3-5-inch-External-Enclosure/dp/B00GAML7OK/ref=sr_1_3>
>on order which will be useful later anyway.
>Thanks for the feedback.
>
>Anyone want my existing enclosure? I can bring it to the next meeting.
>You
>all know its limitations, but can't beat the price,
>
>-- 
>Evan Leibovitch, Toronto Canada
>@evanleibovitch or @el56

-- 
Scott Sullivan
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