Phil O'Keefe Posted December 13, 2014 Share Posted December 13, 2014 There's got to be a catch, right? Well, there is... they're not very fast. Still, for backup and archiving purposes, these new "shingled magnetic recording" (SMR) drives may turn out to be very useful. http://techcrunch.com/2014/12/10/new-shingled-hard-drives-hold-terabytes-for-pennies-a-gig/ [video=youtube;3UFUfv9n420] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Nijyo Posted December 16, 2014 Members Share Posted December 16, 2014 There's got to be a catch, right? Well, there is... they're not very fast. Still, for backup and archiving purposes, these new "shingled magnetic recording" (SMR) drives may turn out to be very useful. http://techcrunch.com/2014/12/10/new-shingled-hard-drives-hold-terabytes-for-pennies-a-gig/ [video=youtube;3UFUfv9n420] Could be. I'd wait and see what the practical failure rates are on these before using them, though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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