AmbiguousProps@lemmy.today to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 18 days agoWD unveils new high-capacity 32TB SMR and 26TB CMR disk driveswww.techspot.comexternal-linkmessage-square23fedilinkarrow-up18arrow-down10
arrow-up18arrow-down1external-linkWD unveils new high-capacity 32TB SMR and 26TB CMR disk driveswww.techspot.comAmbiguousProps@lemmy.today to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 18 days agomessage-square23fedilink
minus-squareMonkderVierte@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·17 days agoObligatory hint that SMR isn’t suited for RAID systems.
minus-squareEximius@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·edit-217 days agoA better way to word it is: SMR is only suited for archival usage. Large writes, little-to-no random writes.
minus-squarelinearchaos@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·17 days agoWonder what happens if you throw them in an unraid BTRFS/jbod configuration with a CMR parity drive.
minus-squareMonkderVierte@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0arrow-down1·17 days agoSlowdown and data corruption?
Obligatory hint that SMR isn’t suited for RAID systems.
A better way to word it is: SMR is only suited for archival usage. Large writes, little-to-no random writes.
Wonder what happens if you throw them in an unraid BTRFS/jbod configuration with a CMR parity drive.
Slowdown and data corruption?