AmbiguousProps@lemmy.today to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 4 months agoWD unveils new high-capacity 32TB SMR and 26TB CMR disk driveswww.techspot.comexternal-linkmessage-square33fedilinkarrow-up114arrow-down10
arrow-up114arrow-down1external-linkWD unveils new high-capacity 32TB SMR and 26TB CMR disk driveswww.techspot.comAmbiguousProps@lemmy.today to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 4 months agomessage-square33fedilink
minus-squareMonkderVierte@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·4 months agoObligatory hint that SMR isn’t suited for RAID systems.
minus-squareEximius@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·edit-24 months agoA better way to word it is: SMR is only suited for archival usage. Large writes, little-to-no random writes.
minus-squareninth_plane@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·4 months agoTape on a platter, basically.
minus-squarelinearchaos@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·4 months agoWonder what happens if you throw them in an unraid BTRFS/jbod configuration with a CMR parity drive.
minus-squareMonkderVierte@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0arrow-down1·4 months 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.
Tape on a platter, basically.
Wonder what happens if you throw them in an unraid BTRFS/jbod configuration with a CMR parity drive.
Slowdown and data corruption?