List of WD CMR and SMR hard drives (HDD)

List of WD CMR and SMR hard drives (HDD)

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Seagate	Skyhawk	ST8000VX002 ST8000VX008	8TB	SMR	[Link ]	🖒 Posted 29th Nov Last Vote: 🖓
Seagate	Skyhawk	ST6000VX011 ST6000VX010	6TB	SMR	[Link ]	🖒 Posted 29th Nov Last Vote: 🖓
Seagate	Skyhawk	ST4000VX005 ST4000VX013	4TB	SMR	[Link ]	🖒 Posted 29th Nov Last Vote: 🖓
Seagate	Skyhawk	ST3000VX017 ST3000VX016	3TB	SMR	[Link ]	🖒 Posted 29th Nov Last Vote: 🖓
Seagate	Skyhawk	ST2000VX012 ST2000VX015	2TB	SMR	[Link ]	🖒 Posted 29th Nov Last Vote: 🖓

Updated table : 29/11/2021

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.

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