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On Thu, Jan 2, 2020 at 7:43 PM Wol <antlists@××××××××××××.uk> wrote: |
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> And yes - the 8TB capacity gave it away - I think the largest "normal" |
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> drives available are 4TB at present ... anything bigger must be shingled. |
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I have several non-SMR drives in the 8-12TB range, shucked from those |
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WD external drives that occasionally are on sale at Best Buy. While |
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the drives inside are white-label people have managed to socially |
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engineer the support team at WD to reveal that they aren't SMR. |
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But, you definitely need to check. |
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Rich |
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