SMR is fine for most home hoarders. It only affects negatively those who need high write speeds, and those who need to reliably write TBs of data every day. As long as they still have 5y warranty, I'm good.
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My Dad's computer back in the 90's had like 100gb on it. I thought that was so much space and so cool.
Mine only had 25 or 40gb's.
I remember my friend in high school buying a 1 GB drive (not a typo) for $400 at a computer show. Our minds were blown.
I thought my 18TB is biggest
It's no longer HMR time??
I can't touch this.
Seagate announced 30tb+ HAMR early next year in case you want to wait
my body is ready
But your wallet is not.....
Sampling since August, the new 28TB SMR HDD is also ramping, adding to the company’s SMR leadership position and momentum as its 26TB SMR HDD exabyte shipments reached nearly half of its data center exabytes shipped in the first quarter fiscal year 2024.
Awesome, it was about last summer that the 22TB came out, so about time for the 24TB.
As for the "shingled" SMR, I don't get it... you only get an extra 4TB by using SMR, just doesn't seem worth the very significant negatives of SMR just for an extra 4TB.