WD WD addresses SMR controversy with new Red Plus hard drives

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WD Addresses SMR Controversy With New Red Plus Hard Drives

In response to withering criticism, WD has announced a new line to faster CMR hard drives to complement its slower SMR models.

www.tomshardware.com

 

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WD - WD capitulates (somewhat) ... CMR/SMR

In addition to taking customer and partner feedback seriously, we conduct in-house testing on the WD Red family of drives for compatibility, performance, endurance and other factors. blah, blah, blah... The WD Red Family Here’s a breakdown of our products for NAS use-cases: • Our current...

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Ahh, my post is redundant. Sorry, didn’t see that one. I’m in a cave these days

@SynoMan, remove this post if you wish.