Re: Problems with SMR hard drives
>> > If I will use the kernel of Debian Trixie or more recent, do I still
>> > need to worry about SMR drives, or will they just work?
>>
>> They should just work (see
>> https://www.reddit.com/r/DataHoarder/comments/14nz7ow/extensive_testing_smr_results_with_raid_rebuild/
>> for example), but be aware of their performance profile.
>
> But in the context of a RAID array (or any situation similar to a RAID
> array), you *do* need to worry [about accidentally buying one] because
> their performance profile is such that they *don't* just work for that
> use case, not as you would want anyway.
AFAIK their performance for RAID is no worse than for non-RAID uses.
There might be specific RAID uses where they suck more (apparently RAID
as done by ZFS is among them), but according to the above tests it's not
much worse at RAID than at other things.
Stefan
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