22TB Seagate disk presented, but it is SMR

[EAZ1964]

Seagate: We Are Shipping 22TB HDDs

Because only 'interested parties' can manage SMR hard drives.

www.tomshardware.com

As it is SMR it will surely be on the incompatibility list, so beware.

 

[Samir]

I think these are 'host managed smr' which is completely different than what we've dealt with as consumers. I don't see that tech flowing into the mainstream. Usually the top size drives are also the top performance, and smr is a cost savings tech, not performance.