On Thursday 21 October 2021 10:09:19 Gene Heskett wrote: > Finally, the answer to my many backup failures that actually explains > it. > > <https://www.truenas.com/community/resources/list-of-known-smr-drives. >141/>
Here is another link with good info and a better explanation of the tech. <https://blocksandfiles.com/2020/04/15/seagate-2-4-and-8tb-barracuda-and-desktop-hdd-smr/> Cheers, Gene Heskett. -- "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." -Ed Howdershelt (Author, 1940) If we desire respect for the law, we must first make the law respectable. - Louis D. Brandeis Genes Web page <http://geneslinuxbox.net:6309/gene>