Also, the other two manufactures are apparently doing similar -- shipping SMR drives without any indication of what they are. At least one of them released a s

Also, the other two manufactures are apparently doing similar -- shipping SMR drives without any indication of what they are. At least one of them released a statement that said they weren't doing SMR on drives labeled as enterprise san or something similar, but you still take a chance if getting one of the consumer drives (and for home storage, a consumer drive may make sense, as long as it isn't SMR).