On 10/05/2020 20:11, Rich Freeman wrote:
I did find a WD Red 8TB drive. It costs a good bit more. It's a good deal but still costs more. I'm going to keep looking. Eventually I'll either spend the money on the drive or find a really good deal. My home directory is at 69% so I got some time left. Of course, my collection is still growing. o_O
In theory the 8TB reds are SMR-free.
I thought I first found it on this list - wasn't it reported that the 1TB and 8TB were still CMR but everything between was now SMR? Pretty naff since the SMR drives all refuse to add to a raid array, despite being advertised as "for NAS and RAID". Under UK law that would be a slam dunk RMA as "unfit for purpose".
Try the "Red Pro", which apparently are still all CMR. To the best of my knowledge the Seagate Ironwolves are still SMR-free, and there's also the Ironwolf Pros.
I've got two Ironwolves, but they're 2018-vintage. I think they're Red equivalents.
Cheers, Wol
