Seagate's website shows the EXOS 16TB SAS (12 Gbps) HDDs available as 512e/4kn format (ST16000NM002G) or as native 4kn format (ST16000NM007G). I would prefer the native 4kn, but it cannot be found on any of the US "where to buy" list, or on the German search engine heise.de/preisvergleich/.
So, two questions: (1) Does anyone here know (or know how to find out) if the EXOS 4kn HDDs are actually in existence, and where ?? ( Prior experience with writing to Seagate's customer service has elicited replies from someone who cannot read or write English.)
(2) Alternatively, Seagate's product brief says that the 512e drives can be re-formatted to 4kn, but I am not keen on experimenting. Has anyone here actually used the Seagate utility to reformat these drives ? (And if so, which OS and were there any problems?)
Thanks for any help !
So, two questions: (1) Does anyone here know (or know how to find out) if the EXOS 4kn HDDs are actually in existence, and where ?? ( Prior experience with writing to Seagate's customer service has elicited replies from someone who cannot read or write English.)
(2) Alternatively, Seagate's product brief says that the 512e drives can be re-formatted to 4kn, but I am not keen on experimenting. Has anyone here actually used the Seagate utility to reformat these drives ? (And if so, which OS and were there any problems?)
Thanks for any help !