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   bogbody
   

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   The time has come to replace the original 320gig hard drive in my old foxsat with a 1Tb version.
   A look about suggests that only old Seagate pipeline drives (made in 2012/2013) are available.
   Are the WD purple "Survilance" drives suitable?
   I have custom firmware installed so could do 2Tb but 1Tb will be enough space.

   | Fri 8 Jan 2021 9:17:43 #1 |
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   Martin Liddle
   

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   bogbody - 1 hour ago  » 
   Are the WD purple "Survilance" drives suitable?

   I think any modern drive you buy will be SATA III by default. The Foxsat needs a SATA II drive and you need to check that whatever drive you buy can be set to SATA II mode. It used to be done by jumpers but I think some drives require you to use a software utility.

   | Fri 8 Jan 2021 10:34:09 #2 |
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   Yes Sata II ... some drives need to be set every time they power up via a SMART command ......
   I'll look and see

   | Fri 8 Jan 2021 11:03:16 #3 |
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   According to the WD purple drive manual it can be set to 1.5G/s transfer speed.

   Found the manual .. see page 44

   Cant upload/link at the moment.
   Will do later on my pc.

   | Fri 8 Jan 2021 11:16:31 #4 |
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   bogbody - 55 mins ago  » 
   According to the WD purple drive manual it can be set to 1.5G/s transfer speed.

   In which case the drive should be suitable.

   | Fri 8 Jan 2021 12:12:50 #5 |

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