An in depth compare between the various harddisk options for your NAS, and which is best. Also a quick dive into PMR/CMR vs SMR, how this works under the hood, and why you should avoid SMR for anything other than archive. I use Synology as an example, but its just as valid for QNAP or any other NAS vendor, or even do it yourself NAS options.

Follow on watching. comparison of drive manufacturers failure rates : https://youtu.be/ipBVdCAJ9AY
AFR Analysis of 230,000 10Tb-16Tb Disks : https://youtu.be/IgJ6YolLxYE

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