The original post: /r/datahoarder by /u/LeviAEthan512 on 2024-12-09 03:54:43.

I found one that’s 4 years old and unsurprisingly, all the products (specific SKUs) have been discontinued

I tried searching with a 1 year filter, but can’t find one. I see a lot of people asking if specific drives are SMR or P/CMR though, so I’m guessing there’s no comprehensive list.

I’m currently shopping around for an 8TB, but I will go for 12TB if that’s the only way to get PMR, because it sorta feels like multiples of 6 are PMR and multiples of 4 but not 6 are SMR for some reason. Based on random responses in other posts, so not like I have a big sample size.

So yeah… how do you all find out? I would rather either find a full list, or get a way to confirm individual drives myself, instead of having to ask for each one, which will probably be annoying.

I’m looking to get an external desktop drive, probably from Seagate or WD, but I’m open to other brands. The WD Black D10 has some impressive speeds, but I’m guessing there are drawbacks to that. The cheapest available locally (slightly more expensive than shipping in from America) is the Seagate Expansion series, but it’s only available in 8TB here. otherwise price shoots up for some reason.

I’ll appreciate any advice y’all have to offer