WD EFAX drives 2-6TB are definitely using DMSMR
I consider this lack of disclosure and the fact that WD has been officially peddling these drives as CMR for almost a year a blatant lie and capital breach of trust.
I feel cheated for having bought those drives certain to having bought CMR drives in good faith, and now being stuck with inferior performance SMR drives ( my setup cares about the rewrite performance …)
I agree that in many use cases consumers wouldn’t feel the difference, nor be negatively impacted in any way.
Is WD planning on fessing up in a more public fashion and compensating buyers who feel cheated and who actually care about the drive performance? After all those drives are labelled “NAS” for a reason …
