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Are NAS-rated drives REALLY worth it?
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WD Blue 8TB is a CMR drive and just as good as any NAS drive. But I'd avoid any consumer grade hard drives 8TB and under:
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You've listed all the 3.5" consumer drives. Though WD Red is listed as a NAS drive.
Barring an unfounded conspiracy, there is no >8TB DM-SMR drive drives. There are >8TB HM-SMR drives in the NAS and Enterprise lines, but they require specialized hardware and software.
In addition for completeness, all consumer 2.5" Seagate and WD drive >500GB are SMR. The 9.5mm Toshiba L200 1TB is CMR, but the 7mm model is SMR.
I know CMR vs SMR but what is HM/DM?
Also, I have a couple of those “Max Digitsl Data” drives, 4 & 10TB. Do you happen to know which those are?
DM is death match. HM is a clothing brand (Hennes & Mauritz)