I have been trying to find out some things about the new Samsung drives, specifically the 2TB model MZ-76E2T0B/AM.
Samsung have been extremely unhelpful, and most recently when they deign to answer they are saying that the information I want is confidential.
Clearly this is rubbish, as I am asking (see below) for stuff that is readily available via simple tests. I don't know (or care) exactly what they are trying to conceal, perhaps simply that they don't know the answer themselves. Although simple, the tests will/would take some time and expense so I am hoping that someone here has run them already, or is interested enough and flush enough to do so.
These are the questions I need answers to:
(1) how long do you expect (or specify) a powered-down device to resist data loss.
(2) how long must a device, after such a maximum power outage, be powered up to return to a fully "silvered" state.
(3) and importantly whether this re-silvering will take place within a device that is in standby state (the state where a hard disk would spin down).
Number (3) of course includes the issue of whether a device may be left in standby longer than the period mentioned in (1) above without data loss.
This information is necessary because I wish to deploy such a device in an application where it will be powered down occasionally, and where it will ideally be in standby most of the time.
If anyone can help, I appreciate it very much.
.../Leigh Clayton, Toronto Canada
Samsung have been extremely unhelpful, and most recently when they deign to answer they are saying that the information I want is confidential.
Clearly this is rubbish, as I am asking (see below) for stuff that is readily available via simple tests. I don't know (or care) exactly what they are trying to conceal, perhaps simply that they don't know the answer themselves. Although simple, the tests will/would take some time and expense so I am hoping that someone here has run them already, or is interested enough and flush enough to do so.
These are the questions I need answers to:
(1) how long do you expect (or specify) a powered-down device to resist data loss.
(2) how long must a device, after such a maximum power outage, be powered up to return to a fully "silvered" state.
(3) and importantly whether this re-silvering will take place within a device that is in standby state (the state where a hard disk would spin down).
Number (3) of course includes the issue of whether a device may be left in standby longer than the period mentioned in (1) above without data loss.
This information is necessary because I wish to deploy such a device in an application where it will be powered down occasionally, and where it will ideally be in standby most of the time.
If anyone can help, I appreciate it very much.
.../Leigh Clayton, Toronto Canada