is SMR really that bad? I'm looking at a large hard drive now that's cheap. I fucking NEED STORAGE REEEEEE and I'm a poorfag.
What do you want to store in them?
>>107813897this, for large files and archiving purposes it's ok. You don't want it for lots of small files and lots of rewrites (small files forces rewrites) as this limits the lifetime of the drive
>>107813837i wanna say something to you, you cute little fluffy creature but i don't know what to say except that i wanna pet you
>>107813923>>107813897couple terabytes thousands of files. i have a cheap seagate that's been fine as a backup though.
>>107814605what kind of files?
>>107813837>I'm looking at a large hard drive now that's cheap.lmao what
>>107813837No, it's not that bad. It's perfectly ok for storing media.
>>107813837Don't use it in an array and you'll be fine.
>>107813837It's only bad if you do write heavy workloads frequently, which most people don't If your main use is downloading movies and vidya and shit and then playing the games/watching the movies its totally fine.
