List of WD CMR and SMR hard drives (HDD)
Now also Seagate Skyhawk have few SMR drives. Listed below:
ST8000VX002 ST8000VX008 SMR
ST6000VX011 ST6000VX010 SMR
ST4000VX005 ST4000VX013 SMR
ST3000VX017 ST3000VX016 SMR
ST2000VX012 ST2000VX015 SMR
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Updated table : 09/07/2021
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.
| Model | Series | Capacity | Type | Platter | |
| WD10EFRX | Red | 1TB | CMR | 3.5inch | UK USA |
| WD20EFRX
WD20EFZX |
Red | 2TB | CMR | 3.5inch | UK USA |
| WD20EFAX | Red | 2TB | SMR | 3.5inch | UK USA |
| WD30EFRX
WD30EFZX |
Red | 3TB | CMR | 3.5inch | UK USA |
| WD30EFAX | Red | 3TB | SMR | 3.5inch | UK USA |
| WD40EFRX
WD40EFZX |
Red | 4TB | CMR | 3.5inch | UK USA |
| WD40EFAX | Red | 4TB | SMR | 3.5inch | UK USA |
| WD60EFRX
WD60EFZX |
Red | 6TB | CMR | 3.5inch | UK USA |
| WD60EFAX | Red | 6TB | SMR | 3.5inch | UK USA |
| WD80EFAX
WD80EFZX |
Red | 8TB | CMR | 3.5inch | UK USA |
| WD100EFAX | Red | 10TB | CMR | 3.5inch | UK USA |
| WD101EFAX | Red | 10TB | CMR | 3.5inch | UK USA |
| WD120EFAX | Red | 12TB | CMR | 3.5inch | UK USA |
| WD140EFFX
WD140EFGX |
Red | 14TB | CMR | 3.5inch | UK USA |
| WD20EZAZ
WD20EZBX |
Blue | 2TB | SMR | 3.5inch | UK USA |
| wd20ezrz | Blue | 2TB | CMR | 3.5inch | UK USA |
| WD60EZAZ | Blue | 6TB | SMR | 3.5inch | UK USA |
| WD40EZRZ
WDBH2D0040HNC |
Blue | 4TB | CMR | 3.5inch | UK USA |
| WD40EZAZ | Blue | 4TB | SMR | 3.5inch | UK USA |
| WD30EZRZ | Blue | 3TB | CMR | 3.5inch | UK USA |
| WD30EZAZ | Blue | 3TB | SMR | 3.5inch | UK USA |
| wd10ezex
wd10ezrz WD10JUCT |
Blue | 1TB | CMR | UK USA | |
| WD10SPZX | Blue | 1TB | SMR | 2.5inch | UK USA |
| WD20SPZX | Blue | 2TB | SMR | 2.5inch | UK USA |
| wd5000azrz
wd5000azlx WD5000LPVT |
Blue | 500GB | CMR | 3.5inch | UK USA |
| WD10SPSX | Black | 1TB | SMR | 2.5inch | UK USA |
| WD5000LPSX | Black | 500GB | SMR | 2.5inch | UK USA |
| WD5000LPLX
WD3200LPLX WD2500LPLX WD101FZBX WD8001FZBX WD6003FZBX WD4005FZBX WD2003FZEX WD1003FZEX WD5003AZEX WDBA3A0050BBK WDBA3A0040BBK WDBA2W0020BBK |
Black | 500GB
320GB 250GB 10TB 8TB 6TB 4TB 2TB 1TB 500GB 5TB 4TB 2TB |
CMR | 2.5inch
2.5inch 2.5inch 3.5inch 3.5inch 3.5inch 3.5inch 3.5inch 3.5inch 3.5inch |
UK USA |
| WD2002FFSX | Red Pro | 2TB | CMR | 3.5inch | UK USA |
| WD4003FFBX
WD4002FFWX |
Red Pro | 4TB | CMR | 3.5inch | UK USA |
| WD6003FFBX | Red Pro | 6TB | CMR | 3.5inch | UK USA |
| WD8003FFBX | Red Pro | 8TB | CMR | 3.5inch | UK USA |
| WD101KFBX | Red Pro | 10TB | CMR | 3.5inch | UK USA |
| WD102KFBX | Red Pro | 10TB | CMR | 3.5inch | UK USA |
| WD121KFBX | Red Pro | 12TB | CMR | 3.5inch | UK USA |
| WD141KFGX | Red Pro | 14TB | CMR | 3.5inch | UK USA |
| WD161KFGX
WD160EMFZ |
Red Pro | 16TB | CMR | 3.5inch | UK USA |
| WD181KFGX | Red Pro | 18TB | CMR | 3.5inch | UK USA |
| UK USA | |||||
| WD1005FBYZ | Gold | 1TB | CMR | 3.5inch | UK USA |
| WD2005FBYZ | Gold | 2TB | CMR | 3.5inch | UK USA |
| WD4002FYYZ | Gold | 4TB | CMR | 3.5inch | UK USA |
| WD4003FRYZ | Gold | 4TB | CMR | 3.5inch | UK USA |
| WD6002FRYZ | Gold | 6TB | CMR | 3.5inch | UK USA |
| WD6003FRYZ | Gold | 6TB | CMR | 3.5inch | UK USA |
| WD8003FRYZ | Gold | 8TB | CMR | 3.5inch | UK USA |
| WD8004FRYZ | Gold | 8TB | CMR | 3.5inch | UK USA |
| WD101KRYZ | Gold | 10TB | CMR | 3.5inch | UK USA |
| WD102KRYZ | Gold | 10TB | CMR | 3.5inch | UK USA |
| WD121KRYZ | Gold | 12TB | CMR | 3.5inch | UK USA |
| WD121KRYZ | Gold | 12TB | CMR | 3.5inch | UK USA |
| WD141KRYZ | Gold | 14TB | CMR | 3.5inch | UK USA |
| WD30EZRX | CAVIAR GREEN | 3TB | CMR (PMR) | 3.5inch | UK USA |
| WD10PURZ | Purple | 1TB | CMR | 3.5inch | UK USA |
| WD8001PURP
WD101PURP WD121PURP WD141PURP WD181PURP |
Purple PRO | 8TB
10TB 12TB 14TB 18TB |
CMR | 3.5inch | UK USA |
| WD20PURZ | Purple | 2TB | CMR | 3.5inch | UK USA |
| WD30PURZ | Purple | 3TB | CMR | 3.5inch | UK USA |
| WD40PURZ | Purple | 4TB | CMR | 3.5inch | UK USA |
| WD60PURZ | Purple | 6TB | CMR | 3.5inch | UK USA |
| WD82PURZ | Purple | 8TB | CMR | 3.5inch | UK USA |
| WD101PURZ | Purple | 10TB | CMR | 3.5inch | UK USA |
| WD102PURZ | Purple | 10TB | CMR | 3.5inch | UK USA |
| WD121PURZ | Purple | 12TB | CMR | 3.5inch | UK USA |
| WD140PURZ | Purple | 14TB | CMR | 3.5inch | UK USA |
| WD180PURZ | Purple | 18TB | CMR | 3.5inch | UK USA |
| all models
Ultrastar DC HC310 – 0B36039 |
WD HGST | alls sizes | CMR | 3.5inch |
HGST – 3.5″ DC HC600 Series 14TB, 15TB and 20TB Ultrastar HM-SMR
Shrugged hard drives from WD. Your list is missing this drive. WD80EZAZ, its shrugged from external drive. Many have used this trick to safe money. But maybe it was a bad move? WD80EZAZ-11TDBA0 is full model name.
WD80EZAZ just like other versions above 6TB size are CMR drives.
TOSHIBA CMR/ SMR drive list
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):
HDWD130EZSTA, HDWD130UZSVA,
HDWD120EZSTA, HDWD120UZSVA,
HDWD110EZSTA, HDWD110UZSVA
HDWD105UZSVA,
SMR (2 TB-6 TB):
HDWD260UZSVA, HDWD240UZSVA, HDWD220UZSVA
HDWD260EZSTA, HDWD240EZSTA, HDWD220EZSTA
Toshiba – 3.5″ HDWD240UZSVA 4TB P300 Desktop DM-SMR
Toshiba – 3.5″ HDWD260UZSVA 6TB P300 Desktop DM-SMR
Toshiba – 3.5″ DT02ABA400 4TB DT02(-V) DM-SMR
Toshiba – 3.5″ DT02ABA600 6TB DT02(-V) DM-SMR
Toshiba – 2.5″ HDWL110 1TB L200 Slim DM-SMR
Toshiba – 2.5″ HDWL120 2TB L200 DM-SMR
Toshiba – 2.5″ MQ04ABF100 1TB MQ04
Toshiba – 2.5″ MQ04ABD200 2TB MQ04
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
- MD07ACA – 7,200rm 12TB, 14TB CMR (base of X300 Performance Hard Drive Series branded models
- MD04 – 7,200rpm – 2, 4, 5, 6TB CMR (base for X300 Performance Hard Drive Series branded models
- DT02 – 5,400rpm – 4, 6 TB SMR (base for P300 Desktop PC Hard Drive Series 4TB and 6TB branded models)
- DT01 – 7, 200rpm – 500GB, 1,2,3 TB CMR (base for P300 Desktop PC Hard Drive Series 1/2/3TB branded models)
Surveillance S300
Recording Technology
CMR:
HDWT140UZSVA, HDWV110UZSVA
SMR:
HDWT740UZSVA, HDWT720UZSVA,
HDWT860UZSVA, HDWT840UZSVA
S300 Surveillance Hard Drive
Part number Capacity Color
HDWT31AUZSVA (Bulk) 10 TB – ?
HDWT380UZSVA (Bulk) 8 TB – ?
HDWT360UZSVA (Bulk) 6 TB – ?
HDWT150UZSVA (Bulk) 5 TB – ?
HDWT140UZSVA (Bulk) 4 TB – SMR
S300 Pro Surveillance Hard Drive
6TB – CMR
8TB – CMR
10TB – CMR
HDWT31AUZSVA (Bulk) 10 TB -CMR
HDWT380UZSVA (Bulk) 8 TB -CMR
HDWT360UZSVA (Bulk) 6 TB -CMR
MD03ACA400R – CMR ?
Also known SMR :
P300 6TB
P300 4TB
DT02 6TB
DT02 4TB
DT02-V 6TB
DT02-V 4TB
L200 2TB
L200 1TB
MQ04 2TB
MQ04 1TB
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 – 3.5″ ST2000DM008 2TB Barracuda DM-SMR
Seagate – 3.5″ ST3000DM007 3TB Barracuda DM-SMR
Seagate – 3.5″ ST4000DM004 4TB Barracuda DM-SMR
Seagate – 3.5″ ST5000DM003 5TB Barracuda DM-SMR
Seagate – 3.5″ ST6000DM003 6TB Barracuda DM-SMR
Seagate – 3.5″ ST8000DM004 8TB Barracuda DM-SMR
Seagate – 3.5″ ST5000DM000 5TB Desktop DM-SMR
Seagate – 3.5″ ST5000AS0011 5TB Archive DM-SMR
Seagate – 3.5″ ST6000AS0002 6TB Archive v2 DM-SMR
Seagate – 3.5″ ST8000AS0002 8TB Archive v2 HA-SMR
Seagate – 3.5″ ST8000AS0003 8TB Exos (Archive v3) DM-SMR
Seagate – 3.5″ ST1000VX008 1TB Skyhawk Lite DM-SMR
Seagate – 3.5″ ST2000VX007 2TB Skyhawk Lite DM-SMR
SEAGATE SMR DRIVES
Seagate – 2.5″ ST1000LM048 1TB Barracuda DM-SMR
Seagate – 2.5″ ST2000LM015 2TB Barracuda DM-SMR
Seagate – 2.5″ ST3000LM024 3TB Barracuda DM-SMR
Seagate – 2.5″ ST4000LM024 4TB Barracuda DM-SMR
Seagate – 2.5″ ST5000LM000 5TB Barracuda DM-SMR
- Barracuda 2TB – 7,200rpm – SATA 6gig – model name – ST2000DM008
- Barracuda 4TB – 5,400rpm – SATA 6gig – ST4000DM004
- Barracuda 8TB – 5,400rpm – SATA 6gig – ST8000DM004
- Desktop HDD 5TB – 5,900rpm – SATA 6gig – ST5000DM000
- Exos 8TB – 5900rpm – SATA 6gig – ST8000AS0003
- Archive v2 6TB – 5,900rpm – SATA 6gig – ST6000AS0002
- Archive v2 8TB – 5,900rpm – SATA 6gig – ST8000AS0002
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.
How to tell a difference between DM-SMR and non-SMR (CMR) drives (HDD) – compare