Shingled Magnetic Recording (SMR)

SMR & Drobo: A Cause for Problems /  by Muhammad Amir Ayub

In this video I describe the problems encountered when I inserted SMR (shingled magnetic recording) drives into my Drobo 5N2 and Gen 3.

Maybe this is the cause if your Drobo experiences disconnections/slowdowns/pauses in I/O operations/"good" drives being labelled as failed.

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