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Hitachi SimpleDrive mini, model HTS545050B9A300
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1 46459 02-25-2010
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No recommendations $104.00 8.0



Description: 500 GB USB HDD

Existing FAT32 partition was deleted, new Linux partition created, formatted with JFS with a label.

A nice feature is a single USB lead with two plugs; if the USB socket supplies enough power only the first plug need be used; if not both can be used.

I have not been able to stop this drive spinning except by unplugging it. Details at http://www.linuxquestions.org/questi...sb-hdd-800105/

A small irritation: "there is no digital version of the printed documentation available" according to Hitachi support on 15 April 2010.
Keywords: 500 GB USB HDD
/sbin/lspci output: Actually devadm info -a -p output.

looking at device '/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:13.5/usb1/1-5/1-5:1.0/host22/target22:0:0/22:0:0:0/block/sdc/sdc1':
KERNEL=="sdc1"
SUBSYSTEM=="block"
DRIVER==""
ATTR{partition}=="1"
ATTR{start}=="63"
ATTR{size}=="976768002"
ATTR{stat}==" 82 954 2654 561 1615 189256 381832 716074 0 5989 716635"

looking at parent device '/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:13.5/usb1/1-5/1-5:1.0/host22/target22:0:0/22:0:0:0/block/sdc':
KERNELS=="sdc"
SUBSYSTEMS=="block"
DRIVERS==""
ATTRS{range}=="16"
ATTRS{ext_range}=="256"
ATTRS{removable}=="0"
ATTRS{ro}=="0"
ATTRS{size}=="976773168"
ATTRS{capability}=="52"
ATTRS{stat}==" 203 1723 6186 1721 1640 189256 382032 716130 0 6980 717851"

looking at parent device '/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:13.5/usb1/1-5/1-5:1.0/host22/target22:0:0/22:0:0:0':
KERNELS=="22:0:0:0"
SUBSYSTEMS=="scsi"
DRIVERS=="sd"
ATTRS{device_blocked}=="0"
ATTRS{type}=="0"
ATTRS{scsi_level}=="3"
ATTRS{vendor}=="Hitachi "
ATTRS{model}=="HTS545050B9A300 "
ATTRS{rev}==" "
ATTRS{state}=="running"
ATTRS{timeout}=="30"
ATTRS{iocounterbits}=="32"
ATTRS{iorequest_cnt}=="0x76e"
ATTRS{iodone_cnt}=="0x76e"
ATTRS{ioerr_cnt}=="0x0"
ATTRS{modalias}=="scsi:t-0x00"
ATTRS{evt_media_change}=="0"
ATTRS{queue_depth}=="1"
ATTRS{queue_type}=="none"
ATTRS{max_sectors}=="240"

looking at parent device '/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:13.5/usb1/1-5/1-5:1.0/host22/target22:0:0':
KERNELS=="target22:0:0"
SUBSYSTEMS=="scsi"
DRIVERS==""

looking at parent device '/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:13.5/usb1/1-5/1-5:1.0/host22':
KERNELS=="host22"
SUBSYSTEMS=="scsi"
DRIVERS==""

looking at parent device '/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:13.5/usb1/1-5/1-5:1.0':
KERNELS=="1-5:1.0"
SUBSYSTEMS=="usb"
DRIVERS=="usb-storage"
ATTRS{bInterfaceNumber}=="00"
ATTRS{bAlternateSetting}==" 0"
ATTRS{bNumEndpoints}=="02"
ATTRS{bInterfaceClass}=="08"
ATTRS{bInterfaceSubClass}=="06"
ATTRS{bInterfaceProtocol}=="50"
ATTRS{modalias}=="usb:v4971pCE21d0000dc00dsc00dp00ic08isc06ip50"
ATTRS{supports_autosuspend}=="0"
ATTRS{interface}=="MSC Bulk-Only Transfer"

looking at parent device '/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:13.5/usb1/1-5':
KERNELS=="1-5"
SUBSYSTEMS=="usb"
DRIVERS=="usb"
ATTRS{configuration}=="USB Mass Storage"
ATTRS{bNumInterfaces}==" 1"
ATTRS{bConfigurationValue}=="1"
ATTRS{bmAttributes}=="c0"
ATTRS{bMaxPower}==" 2mA"
ATTRS{urbnum}=="8560"
ATTRS{idVendor}=="4971"
ATTRS{idProduct}=="ce21"
ATTRS{bcdDevice}=="0000"
ATTRS{bDeviceClass}=="00"
ATTRS{bDeviceSubClass}=="00"
ATTRS{bDeviceProtocol}=="00"
ATTRS{bNumConfigurations}=="1"
ATTRS{bMaxPacketSize0}=="64"
ATTRS{speed}=="480"
ATTRS{busnum}=="1"
ATTRS{devnum}=="20"
ATTRS{version}==" 2.00"
ATTRS{maxchild}=="0"
ATTRS{quirks}=="0x0"
ATTRS{authorized}=="1"
ATTRS{manufacturer}=="Hitachi GST"
ATTRS{product}=="SimpleDrive mini"
ATTRS{serial}==""
[snip non-device-specific info]
Chipset: ?
Connection Type: USB 2.0


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Old 02-25-2010, 05:21 AM   #1
catkin
 
Registered: Dec 2008
Distribution: Slackware 13.37, Debian Squeeze
Posts: 7,978

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Would you recommend the product? no | Price you paid? (in USD): $104.00 | Rating: 8

Kernel (uname -r): Linux CW8 2.6.29.6-smp #2 SMP Mon Aug 17 00:52:54 CDT 2009 i686 AMD Athlon(tm) X2 Dual Core Processor BE-2300 AuthenticAMD GNU/Linux
Distribution: Slackware 13.0 32-bit, later 13.1 64 bit



It works.

Nice in these times of too-smart USB HDDs with virtual read-only CDs and self-repairing mechanisms that prevent partition deletion, creation and formatting.

It doesn't smell or eat a lot and it's not noisy. Just a nice, straightforward sort of a USB HDD.

The price paid was INR 4,800 which today converts to USD 104.

Update 22jun11:

One of my two Hitachi Simple Drive Min1 500 GB drives died after ~12 months and its warranty replacement was ill on arrival and died the first day. The warranty replacement for that arrived today.

Getting it working was a bit of a performance. Based on previous experience (details in this LQ post) it was partitioned with free space at the beginning and end of the drive, this time with 100 MB before and after the partition which was formatted with JFS. Transfer rate was ~1 MBps and the drive clicked heavily after a little under 1 GB had been transferred after which nothing was transferred for ~30 seconds. This was repeated ~1 GB later. Enough!

The partition was reformatted with ext3 after which the transfer rate was better at ~5 MBps but stopped after ~30 seconds and did not resume.

The drive was repartitioned exactly as the oldest and still working model with 132 MB free space before the formatted (rounded to 131.61 MB) and 123 MB after (rounded to 123.38 MB). The partition was formatted with ext3 and worked perfectly with a sustained transfer averaging 20+ MBps.

I have no explanation for this behaviour and have changed from recommending this product to not recommending it.
 




  



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