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Some WD Red HDDs Allegedly Use SMR, A Big Nono for NAS and R

 
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PostPosted: Thu Apr 16, 2020 9:47 am    Post subject: Some WD Red HDDs Allegedly Use SMR, A Big Nono for NAS and R Reply with quote
users to set up RAID volumes for data redundancy. Data Storage-focused tech publication Blocks & Files alleges that some WD Red HDDs are shipping with shingled magnetic recording (SMR), a physical-layer data recording technique that makes the drive unfit for RAID, and in turn unfit for most serious NAS setups.


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