Elecom SGD-NYU USB 3.0 External Hard Drives

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VENGEANCE

2017-01-25 09:00

well this is exactly a seagate expansion drive ..and the cover looks exactly the same

#5384944

Raplapla

2017-01-25 15:21

If they are silent it means they are SSDs… But it’s not written, so I guess they are not SSDs, and not silent… It doesn’t even say if they are 2.5" or 3.5". And HDDs that don’t work on Linux, really? That’s a joke.

#5384955

Agent-A01

2017-01-25 15:50

And HDDs that don’t work on Linux, really? That’s a joke.

Of course an unformatted HDD over a simple usb interface supports linux. They just don't list linux due to such a small user base. Linux is so vague/generic so they definitely aren't going to list every distro as it would confuse most people.

#5384962

Raplapla

2017-01-25 16:25

Linux is so vague/generic so they definitely aren't going to list every distro as it would confuse most people.

There would be no point doing that since hardware support is in Linux itself (the kernel).

#5385058

DLD

2017-01-25 23:05

No type C port, now, in the year 2017? Lame... When I made an attempt at finding more details about this product, I got confusing info all over the Internet. Lame x2.

#5385073

PrMinisterGR

2017-01-26 00:13

Of course an unformatted HDD over a simple usb interface supports linux. They just don't list linux due to such a small user base. Linux is so vague/generic so they definitely aren't going to list every distro as it would confuse most people.

It's not at all vague/generic. In fact, everything you need to support an external drive is already baked in the Linux kernel itself and it's distro-independent. People in companies listing specs should have known better.

There would be no point doing that since hardware support is in Linux itself (the kernel).

Exactly.

#5385081

DLD

2017-01-26 01:13

@Ministers and agents: -the Linux user base certainly cannot be estimated as "small". And most certainly not as small to be dismissed as insignificant -if it is "vague/generic" in terms of the number of "distros", it still shouldn't prevent Elecom to MENTION Linux (simply: Linux, not any particular distro). AND the UNIX, too! But, the BigBadBill is using a strategy known as "money talks", right? "I'll pay you too keep silent about it...to avoid mentioning it"

#5385082

Agent-A01

2017-01-26 01:15

There would be no point doing that since hardware support is in Linux itself (the kernel).

It's not at all vague/generic. In fact, everything you need to support an external drive is already baked in the Linux kernel itself and it's distro-independent. People in companies listing specs should have known better.

You two misunderstood my meaning. Using the word Linux alone is a vague term due to lack of specifics. They aren't going to list Ubuntu support only because other people would ask why it doesn't support X distro and they certainly aren't going to list every distro.

#5385251

Broken Haiku

2017-01-26 14:06

It doesn't even mention if it runs BOT or UASP. Probably means it runs BOT, so no thanks.

#5387068

bananaforscale

2017-01-31 19:17

No type C port, now, in the year 2017? Lame... When I made an attempt at finding more details about this product, I got confusing info all over the Internet. Lame x2.

Yeah, a type C port would be cool. I can tell you that the 4TB unit is PMR, the drive is 15mm thick and power usage is quoted as 5 V@850 mA. (I may have bought a couple and made a stripeset for storage purposes because it was cheaper than any PMR 8TB drive.) I did benchmark the drives before I removed them from their cases, basically what you'd expect from a mechanical drive.