Another shingled turd, Seagate release an external 5TB SMR drive.

[DrunkenBastard]

http://www.anandtech.com/show/10835...ortable-5-tb-the-largest-portable-hdd-to-date

Can't wait to see how horrible the write speeds are. Friends don't let friends go SMR.

 

[LunarMist]

Sh*t on a shingle!

 

[mubs]

is this one shingled too? Blackblaze is using them and is happy.

8TB disks still looking solid, seem to be some of Seagate’s best

 

[CougTek]

No it isn't. To my knowledge, the only shingled 8TB HDD Seagate sells is the ST8000AS0002. The one BackBlaze uses is a standard, unshingled, not helium-filled, consumer model.

 

[LunarMist]

I prefer the heliums, which will replace the airy drives in the future.

 

[LunarMist]

No it isn't. To my knowledge, the only shingled 8TB HDD Seagate sells is the ST8000AS0002. The one BackBlaze uses is a standard, unshingled, not helium-filled, consumer model.

That Seagate is awful. It takes forever to make a backup. I should just throw it away, but it's not worth the wiping effort.