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SMR drives are just round tape! (zerobytes.monster)

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The original post: /r/datahoarder by /u/jinglemebro on 2025-03-02 18:50:44.

I know SMR gets a lot of hate but it seems to me they are a spinning drive equivalent to tape. Everything is written sequential, they have great read speeds for large files, the new HAMR technology looks super stable for long term storag (on the data sheet). The cost per TB is better than CMR and you don't need a tape reader or robot. Is anyone using these as an archive storage volume? Fill it up power it down and put it away?

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