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From: Andy Smith <andy@strugglers.net>
To: Linux RAID Mailing List <linux-raid@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: SMR or SSD disks?
Date: Sun, 26 Nov 2023 10:37:46 +0000	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <ZWMf+lg/CgRlxKtb@mail.bitfolk.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CAJH6TXh-FB0HaCJGFKHHgzaSqh+cQefPsK45Y_UBTsrcxaa6ww@mail.gmail.com>

Hello,

On Sun, Nov 26, 2023 at 11:18:39AM +0100, Gandalf Corvotempesta wrote:
> i'm doing some maintenance replacing some not-yet-failed HDD with WD RED SSD.
> I've read the warning on the homepage
> https://raid.wiki.kernel.org/index.php/Linux_Raid
> 
> Are SSD drives still subject to SMR ? I've thought that it was related
> only to magnetic drives not on SSD.

SMR is not applicable to flash-based storage. I expect the warning
on the wiki was written at a time when the only drives bearing the
WD Red brand were HDDs, not any SSDs.

Thanks,
Andy

  reply	other threads:[~2023-11-26 10:55 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 14+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2023-11-26 10:18 SMR or SSD disks? Gandalf Corvotempesta
2023-11-26 10:37 ` Andy Smith [this message]
2023-11-26 11:55   ` Hannes Reinecke
2023-11-26 12:22     ` Wols Lists
2023-11-26 22:22       ` Gandalf Corvotempesta
2023-11-26 22:52         ` Roman Mamedov
     [not found]           ` <CAJH6TXi2xc9o95qp_UfyyqSW=H2ssK-ZBvnfP3vpw89umoqD5A@mail.gmail.com>
2023-11-27  8:11             ` Gandalf Corvotempesta
2023-11-27  9:15               ` Reindl Harald
2023-11-27 12:35                 ` Gandalf Corvotempesta
2023-11-27 12:36                   ` Gandalf Corvotempesta
2023-11-27 17:23                     ` Reindl Harald
2023-11-27 18:56                       ` Gandalf Corvotempesta
2023-11-27 17:18                   ` Reindl Harald
2023-11-26 21:17     ` Peter Grandi

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