On Fri, Jul 30, 2021 at 12:50 PM antlists <antli...@youngman.org.uk> wrote: > > On 30/07/2021 15:29, Rich Freeman wrote: > > Honestly I feel like the whole SMR thing is a missed opportunity, > > mainly because manufacturers decided to use it as a way to save a few > > bucks instead of as a new technology that can be embraced as long as > > you understand its benefits and limitations. One thing I don't get is > > why it is showing up on all sorts of smaller drives. > > It's showing up on desktops because - PROVIDED THE CACHE IS LARGER THAN > THE AMOUNT OF DOCUMENTS IS ABLE TO GET THROUGH - it performs just fine. > So if you're using a pre-installed OS, and you mostly use your computer > to surf the web, watch youtube videos, etc, you're not going to stress > said cache.
Well, in such a configuration an NVMe or even a SATA SSD would be FAR more desirable. Though, I guess an issue is consumers who buy for the numbers on the specs who don't know better. 4TB is better than 0.25TB, so SMR it is... -- Rich
