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		noselasd on Oct 30, 2018 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: 15TB HDDs: Western Digital Unveils the Ultrastar D... If I can choose between stuffing 6x15TB or 6x14TB at comparable cost into my NAS, I'd buy the 6x15TB ones.

WrtCdEvrydy on Oct 30, 2018 [–]

Be aware this is an SMR drive, so your writes are going to be heavily limited.

blattimwind on Oct 30, 2018 | [–]

SMR is fine for sequential loads, and anything else is not what these are for.

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