That's only after public outcry. When first introduced, WD Red used CMR for some capacities and SMR for other capacities, like Toshiba does as well for e.g. the

That's only after public outcry. When first introduced, WD Red used CMR for some capacities and SMR for other capacities, like Toshiba does as well for e.g. the S300 line [0]. At least they're now documenting the technology they're using [1]. [0] https://www.toshiba-storage.com/products/s300-surveillance-hard-drive-2020/#details https://www.toshiba-storage.com/products/s300-surveillance-h... [1] https://www.westerndigital.com/products/internal-drives/wd-red-hdd#specifications https://www.westerndigital.com/products/internal-drives/wd-r...