<SNIP> > > > > > > 3.5" gives a lot more platter area. Pi-r-squared and all that. I couldn't > find anything larger than 1TB CMR in a 2.5" package from anyone, and those > were old stock. Seagate doesn't make *any* CMR 2.5" anymore, not even the > 500GB ones. > Even flash devices are going zoned it seems. Simplifies the controller and > lets you cram more storage onto the chips. > > Unfortunately the chassis in question only takes 2.5" or smaller. Otherwise > I would definitely have preferred some 3.5", 12TB CMR surveillance-grade > drives. > > LMP
This sort of problem is why I went the direction of 1TB M.2 internally and a 16TB RAID1 TrueNAS file server externally. I don't think this would work for gamers but for me it's a nice enough solution where all the spinning rust is in another box. - Mark
