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

[Evan Leibovitch]

Resolved.

$20 and a drive to CC (closest to me is the one near Vaughan Mills) for the
new enclosure solved the problem. All now looks as it should.
It was a bit of a zoo there, but obviously worth it. And the new enclosure
doesn't need screws or tools, which is a bonus.

Thanks to all who helped.

As mentioned, the old case is available to anyone who wants it (and can
pick it up at the next meeting).

- Evan


On Mon, 30 Dec 2019 at 08:35, Scott Sullivan <scott at revident.net> wrote:

> 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
>


-- 
Evan Leibovitch, Toronto Canada
@evanleibovitch or @el56
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