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What are SMR HDDs (and why you should avoid using them in a NAS)
RPM is often the most important statistic that sets two hard drives apart. Or so you might think, until you encounter SMR and ...
Seagate is now sampling 36TB hard drives based on HAMR technology
Seagate started shipping hard drives with HAMR tech in December 2024, turning a long-awaited technological advancement into a ...
Seagate smashes largest HDD world record with 36TB hard drive and reveals a 60TB model is coming
Seagate added a 36TB Exos M model to its growing family of datacenter hard disk drives, making it the largest hard disk drive ...
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5 tips to help you pick the perfect drives for your NAS
SMR hard drives have become a lot more common in the entry-level HDD sector, and that’s a trend I’m particularly salty about. Thanks to their higher storage density, HDDs leveraging the ...
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Shingled Magnetic Recording Technology and Performance
Shingled Magnetic Recording (SMR) technology is an advanced method used in hard disk drives (HDDs) to increase storage density. By overlapping data tracks like shingles on a roof, SMR allows for ...
Seagate announces first 36-TB hard disk drive
However, Seagate is not yet releasing the Exos M 36 TByte to the retail market. Samples will first be sent to data center operators for qualification and evaluation. The situation ...
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Seagate quietly launched joint world's largest HDD with a 32TB capacity, but it uses a controversial technology
Seagate has launched its largest-ever hard drive, a 32TB model in the Exos ... model ST32000NM003K, which uses Shingled Magnetic Recording (SMR). The latter's overlapped write tracks are the ...