minus-squareTBT_TBT@alien.topBtoData Hoarder@selfhosted.forum•Do MAMR drives carry an early adopter risk relative to CMR drives?linkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·10 months agoThere is no need to use MAMR for anything up to 24TB, because CMR is possible for those sizes. For 18TB, I would use and have used CMR for years, I have tons of 18TB CMR drives in use. There are 24TB drives incoming ( https://www.seagate.com/content/dam/seagate/en/content-fragments/products/datasheets/exos-x24/exos-x24-DS2080-2307US-en_US.pdf ), everything below that is available. Only above 24TB MAMR or HAMR will probably be necessary, with 28 TB SMR drives on the horizon. linkfedilink
There is no need to use MAMR for anything up to 24TB, because CMR is possible for those sizes. For 18TB, I would use and have used CMR for years, I have tons of 18TB CMR drives in use.
There are 24TB drives incoming ( https://www.seagate.com/content/dam/seagate/en/content-fragments/products/datasheets/exos-x24/exos-x24-DS2080-2307US-en_US.pdf ), everything below that is available. Only above 24TB MAMR or HAMR will probably be necessary, with 28 TB SMR drives on the horizon.