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They suggest moving to Red Pros if performance is a concern, but it's not clear from the post if the Red Pros are also SMR-based platters. I have a couple of ne
by glitchc 7y ago
They suggest moving to Red Pros if performance is a concern, but it's not clear from the post if the Red Pros are also SMR-based platters. I have a couple of new ones (soon to be) integrated into a NAS. Anyone know if they are SMR or CMR?
- kstrauser 7y agoThe problem is that they're believed to be CMR right now, but they could change that this afternoon and wouldn't tell you.
- organsnyder 7y agoYep. Given this response, I have no desire to buy any Western Digital product—of any type, for any purpose—ever again. They knowingly sold a drive that would obviously be inadequate for its advertised use-case. Who knows what other false advertising they might also be doing.
- kstrauser 7y ago"We never said that it didn't have sandpaper on the heads! If you want a drive without sandpaper, consider upgrading to our Pro line."
- donmcronald 7y ago"Perhaps your workload is more suited to our "WD Red Pro Elite Plus" lineup." Western Digital, circa 2025
- glitchc 7y agoThanks to all. That’s frankly terrifying. If it weren’t for COVID I would send them back post-haste.