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SMR does have a use case outside of tape replacement. It has higher density. Take a look at DropBox MagicPocket - they designed their entire storage system arou
by klysm 7y ago
SMR does have a use case outside of tape replacement. It has higher density. Take a look at DropBox MagicPocket - they designed their entire storage system around SMR technology
- loeg 7y agoIt has marginally higher density; I didn't forget this benefit. The tradeoff is something like 5% more space vs much worse performance and many man-years rewriting filesystems.