It's A Digital Disease!

The original post: /r/datahoarder by /u/Curious_Wanshi_tong on 2025-02-24 09:45:42.

Looking to buy a 6tb WD blue. The cmr model cost £25 more than the smr model, a significant percentage increase from both already being expensive.

This drive will be a back up but also daily use drive. It will hold back up items but also games, videos, large audio files etc. that will be frequently exchange (meaning downloading and deleting) daily.

I already have a 4tb smr HDD that’s slower than my SSDs, but I don’t mind the wait time most likely because it’s my expectation that hard drives are meant to be “slow” when performing large tasks. I usually just watch videos or do another task while waiting so it genuinely doesn’t bother me.

I see people passionately prefer cmr than smr, is it right for my intended use or smr will do just fine?