On 9/24/25 10:38, Nicolas George wrote:
Andy Smith (HE12025-09-24):It's not normally hard in 2025 to tell from specs what is and isn't an SMR drive though.A pointer would be appreciated.
Seagate UK publishes a list of CMR vs. SMR, etc., drives: https://www.seagate.com/gb/en/products/cmr-smr-list/ Here is another SMR HDD and RAID cautionary tale: https://lists.freebsd.org/archives/freebsd-questions/2025-September/006930.html David