ylai@lemmy.ml to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 7 months agoAfter 7-Year Hiatus, Western Digital Unveils 6TB 2.5-Inch Hard Driveswww.extremetech.comexternal-linkmessage-square32fedilinkarrow-up10arrow-down10
arrow-up10arrow-down1external-linkAfter 7-Year Hiatus, Western Digital Unveils 6TB 2.5-Inch Hard Driveswww.extremetech.comylai@lemmy.ml to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 7 months agomessage-square32fedilink
minus-squareshiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiit@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·7 months agoFrom the article: UPDATE 5/17, 6 PM: Western Digital has confirmed that the new 2.5-inch T GB HDDs uses 6 SMR platters SMR = shingled magnetic recording https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shingled_magnetic_recording - “continuous writing of large amount of data is noticeably slower than with CMR drives”
minus-squarecatloaf@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·7 months agoThey’re external, you’re not going to be using them for performance anyway.
From the article:
UPDATE 5/17, 6 PM: Western Digital has confirmed that the new 2.5-inch T GB HDDs uses 6 SMR platters
SMR = shingled magnetic recording https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shingled_magnetic_recording - “continuous writing of large amount of data is noticeably slower than with CMR drives”
They’re external, you’re not going to be using them for performance anyway.