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Here is a list of known SMR drives [1]. The newer WD##EFAX ones are SMR but if your drive is a few years old then it's probably a WD40EFRX which is NOT a SMR d

Here is a list of known SMR drives [1]. The newer WD##EFAX ones are SMR but if your drive is a few years old then it's probably a WD40EFRX which is NOT a SMR drive. [1] https://www.ixsystems.com/community/resources/list-of-known-smr-drives.141/ https://www.ixsystems.com/community/resources/list-of-known-...

d4rti 6y ago
Thanks, it's the EFRX.
phire 6y ago
Except only the EFAX drives with 6TB or less capacity. The 8TB and larger drives use the exact same WD##EFAX model number, but aren't SMR.
nonninz 6y ago
Looks like my RAID NAS at home is safe (from this at least) then. Thank you :)