Western Digital has been in hot water for months over its attempt to sell SMR hard drives into the WD Red product family. Red drives are explicitly intended for NAS (Network Attached Storage) devices, ...
Recently a number of the companies that produce hard drives have begun shipping models that use SMR (Shingled Magnetic Recording) technology rather than CMR (Conventional Magnetic Recording). And some ...
What just happened? Following controversy and multiple lawsuits over selling slower SMR disks under its Red family of NAS drives, Western Digital has announced that it's adding a new 'Red Plus' tier ...