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SMR drives are not "fast" for writes. They run at slightly less than the same speed as non-SMR drives do for sequential writes (opening zones has a cost). The
by bcrl 6y ago
SMR drives are not "fast" for writes. They run at slightly less than the same speed as non-SMR drives do for sequential writes (opening zones has a cost). They are unpredictable and often slow for everything else. SMR drives are somewhat like the first generation of SSD controllers: they lots of glass jaws that nobody ever expects when garbage collection begins to kick in.
- tinus_hn 6y ago> they lots of glass jaws that nobody ever expects Looks like autocorrect got involved here
- bcrl 6y agoI've been having pretty bad luck with autocarrot lately (yes, my phone has learned that word). The word "the" has come out as all kinds of weird things that barely resemble what I meant to type on my phone. It seems partially age related, as it seems to happen more often the older I get.