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What storage manufacturer do you swear to and why?
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this post was submitted on 28 Feb 2024
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When buying disks do some research for the exact model to ensure they are not SMR drives if you plan on using them in RAID. Some manufacturers will not tell you if they are SMR drives and this can do anything from tank write performance to make the RAID reject the drive entirely.
See: https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2020/04/caveat-emptor-smr-disks-are-being-submarined-into-unexpected-channels/
2 of my 6 disks are failing thanks to WD's EFAX line
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