NoTouch Ramp Load technology Low power consumption Tested for compatibility Upgrading your drive is easy The Western Digital® advantage Recording Technology PMR, also known as conventional magnetic recording (CMR), works by aligning the poles of the magnetic elements, which represent bits of data, perpendicularly to the surface of the disk. Magnetic tracks are written side-by-side, without overlapping. SMR offers larger drive capacity than the traditional PMR because SMR technology achieves greater areal density.
Which WD Blue drives are CMR? All drives are CMR type apart from 2TB and 6TB (EZAZ) drives in the 3.5inch range. In the 2.5inch range, all drives are CMR apart from 1TB and 2TB (SPZX) Which WD Purple drives are CMR? All Purple drives are CMR type. Which WD Gold drives are CMR? All Gold drives are CMR type of drives. Which WD Green drives are CMR? All Green drives are CMR type of drives. Which WD Black drives are CMR? All drives are CMR type except 1TB in the 2.5-inch range. Which WD Red drives are CMR? All drives are CMR except non-plus version in capacity 2TB, 3TB, 4TB, 6TB (EFAX).
ModelSeriesCapacityTypePlatterWD10EFRXRed1TBCMR3.5inchUK USAWD20EFRX WD20EFZX Red2TBCMR3.5inchUK USAWD20EFAXRed2TBSMR3.5inchUK USAWD30EFRXWD30EFZX Red3TBCMR3.5inchUK USAWD30EFAXRed3TBSMR3.5inchUK USAWD40EFRXWD40EFZX Red4TBCMR3.5inchUK USAWD40EFAXRed4TBSMR3.5inchUK USAWD60EFRXWD60EFZX Red6TBCMR3.5inchUK USAWD60EFAXRed6TBSMR3.5inchUK USAWD80EFAXWD80EFZX Red8TBCMR3.5inchUK USAWD100EFAXRed10TBCMR3.5inchUK USAWD101EFAXRed10TBCMR3.5inchUK USAWD120EFAXRed12TBCMR3.5inchUK USAWD140EFFXWD140EFGX Red14TBCMR3.5inchUK USAWD20EZAZWD20EZBX Blue2TBSMR3.5inchUK USAwd20ezrzBlue2TBCMR3.5inchUK USAWD60EZAZBlue6TBSMR3.5inchUK USAWD40EZRZWDBH2D0040HNC Blue4TBCMR3.5inchUK USAWD40EZAZBlue4TBSMR3.5inchUK USAWD30EZRZBlue3TBCMR3.5inchUK USAWD30EZAZBlue3TBSMR3.5inchUK USAwd10ezexwd10ezrz WD10JUCT Blue1TBCMRUK USAWD10SPZXBlue1TBSMR2.5inchUK USAWD20SPZXBlue2TBSMR2.5inchUK USAwd5000azrzwd5000azlx WD5000LPVT Blue500GBCMR3.5inchUK USAWD10SPSXBlack1TBSMR2.5inchUK USAWD5000LPSXBlack500GBSMR2.5inchUK USAWD5000LPLXWD3200LPLX WD2500LPLX WD101FZBX WD8001FZBX WD6003FZBX WD4005FZBX WD2003FZEX WD1003FZEX WD5003AZEX WDBA3A0050BBK WDBA3A0040BBK WDBA2W0020BBK Black500GB320GB 250GB 10TB 8TB 6TB 4TB 2TB 1TB 500GB 5TB 4TB 2TB CMR2.5inch2.5inch 2.5inch 3.5inch 3.5inch 3.5inch 3.5inch 3.5inch 3.5inch 3.5inch UK USAWD2002FFSXRed Pro2TBCMR3.5inchUK USAWD4003FFBXWD4002FFWX Red Pro4TBCMR3.5inchUK USAWD6003FFBXRed Pro6TBCMR3.5inchUK USAWD8003FFBXRed Pro8TBCMR3.5inchUK USAWD101KFBXRed Pro10TBCMR3.5inchUK USAWD102KFBXRed Pro10TBCMR3.5inchUK USAWD121KFBXRed Pro12TBCMR3.5inchUK USAWD141KFGXRed Pro14TBCMR3.5inchUK USAWD161KFGXWD160EMFZ Red Pro16TBCMR3.5inchUK USAWD181KFGXRed Pro18TBCMR3.5inchUK USAUK USAWD1005FBYZGold1TBCMR3.5inchUK USAWD2005FBYZGold2TBCMR3.5inchUK USAWD4002FYYZGold4TBCMR3.5inchUK USAWD4003FRYZGold4TBCMR3.5inchUK USAWD6002FRYZGold6TBCMR3.5inchUK USAWD6003FRYZGold6TBCMR3.5inchUK USAWD8003FRYZGold8TBCMR3.5inchUK USAWD8004FRYZGold8TBCMR3.5inchUK USAWD101KRYZGold10TBCMR3.5inchUK USAWD102KRYZGold10TBCMR3.5inchUK USAWD121KRYZGold12TBCMR3.5inchUK USAWD121KRYZGold12TBCMR3.5inchUK USAWD141KRYZGold14TBCMR3.5inchUK USAWD30EZRXCAVIAR GREEN3TBCMR (PMR)3.5inchUK USAWD10PURZPurple1TBCMR3.5inchUK USAWD8001PURPWD101PURP WD121PURP WD141PURP WD181PURP Purple PRO8TB10TB 12TB 14TB 18TB CMR3.5inchUK USAWD20PURZPurple2TBCMR3.5inchUK USAWD30PURZPurple3TBCMR3.5inchUK USAWD40PURZPurple4TBCMR3.5inchUK USAWD60PURZPurple6TBCMR3.5inchUK USAWD82PURZPurple8TBCMR3.5inchUK USAWD101PURZPurple10TBCMR3.5inchUK USAWD102PURZPurple10TBCMR3.5inchUK USAWD121PURZPurple12TBCMR3.5inchUK USAWD140PURZPurple14TBCMR3.5inchUK USAWD180PURZPurple18TBCMR3.5inchUK USAall modelsUltrastar DC HC310 – 0B36039 WD HGSTalls sizesCMR3.5inchHGST – 3.5″ DC HC600 Series 14TB, 15TB and 20TB Ultrastar HM-SMR
WD80EZAZ just like other versions above 6TB size are CMR drives.
DC HC600 Series Ultrastar 14TB & 15TB Host-Managed SMR HDD
SATA HSH7214xxALE6M0 SAS HSH7214xxAL52M0
TOSHIBA CMR/ SMR drive list Click to access CloudFest2021_File1_Toshiba_CF2021_Toshiba%20Brochure_Storage.pdf MG06ACA800E Toshiba 8TB Enterprise 3.5- CMR – The MG08 and MG07 Conventional Magnetic Recording (CMR) HDDs use a helium-sealed design
SMR in some video surveillance HDDs: P300 6TB, P300 4TB, DT02 6TB, DT02 4TB, DT02-V 6TB and DT02-V 4TB. Certain notebook PC, game consoles, and external consumer drives also use SMR: L200 2TB, L200 1TB, MQ04 2TB and MQ04 1TB.
Desktop PC P300 CMR (500 GB- 3 TB): SMR (2 TB-6 TB):
Toshiba – 3.5″ HDWD240UZSVA 4TB P300 Desktop DM-SMR
MQ04 2.5-inch mobile generation SMR, L200 Laptop PC Hard Drive Series, 9.5mm 2TB and 7mm 1TB branded models. DT02 3.5-inch desktop generation all utilise drive managed SMR, and include the 4/6TB models of the P300 Series branded consumer drives.” other desktop drives
Surveillance S300 Recording Technology CMR: SMR:
S300 Surveillance Hard Drive Part number Capacity Color
S300 Pro Surveillance Hard Drive 6TB – CMR 8TB – CMR 10TB – CMR HDWT31AUZSVA (Bulk) 10 TB -CMR
MD03ACA400R – CMR ?
Also known SMR :
Seagate List St6000vn001 CMR And other IronWolf capacity drives are all CMR ST33000651NS CMR And other Seagate Constellation capacity drives are all CMR
kc872399 CMR EXOS 7E8 CMR WD80EFEXOS 7E8AX CMR And other Seagate EXOS capacity drives are all CMR Seagate – 3.5″ ST2000DM005 2TB Barracuda DM-SMR
SEAGATE SMR DRIVES Seagate – 2.5″ ST1000LM048 1TB Barracuda DM-SMR
WD My Passport drives – SMR WDBPKJ0050 and other capacities and colours
SAMSUNG LIST HD103SJ – CMR
Can SSD be SMR drive? No, it’s only mechanical HDD hard drives.
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