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<blockquote data-quote="Randy B. Singer" data-source="post: 1914773" data-attributes="member: 190607">The articles that I cited say that you should be fine with a SMR drive if you are archiving movies or the like, and that you should probably avoid them for any other purpose.&nbsp; I'm not sure that I would recommend an SMR RDHD for any purpose, because they aren't just slower, they are less reliable.If you are using an external hard drive for backing up, and you have the need to backup a largish amount of data, let's say in the 4TB range, the difference in price between a RDHD and an SSD is still significant, so you might want to go with a CMR RDHD.If you are using an external hard drive as a backup in the under 4TB range, and especially if you are making bootable clones, you REALLY should read the TidBits article. A good, fast SSD is really worth the (nowadays not terribly big) extra expense over a RDHD:[URL unfurl=&quot;true&quot;]https://tidbits.com/2020/04/27/six-lessons-learned-from-dealing-with-an-imacs-dead-ssd/[/URL]The Bombich page that I cited makes specific recommendations for brands and models.&nbsp; In fact, it has a lot of really helpful information, from somebody that gets a ton of feedback about external drives.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Randy B. Singer, post: 1914773, member: 190607"] The articles that I cited say that you should be fine with a SMR drive if you are archiving movies or the like, and that you should probably avoid them for any other purpose. I'm not sure that I would recommend an SMR RDHD for any purpose, because they aren't just slower, they are less reliable. If you are using an external hard drive for backing up, and you have the need to backup a largish amount of data, let's say in the 4TB range, the difference in price between a RDHD and an SSD is still significant, so you might want to go with a CMR RDHD. If you are using an external hard drive as a backup in the under 4TB range, and especially if you are making bootable clones, [B]you REALLY should read the TidBits article[/B]. A good, fast SSD is really worth the (nowadays not terribly big) extra expense over a RDHD: [URL unfurl="true"]https://tidbits.com/2020/04/27/six-lessons-learned-from-dealing-with-an-imacs-dead-ssd/[/URL] The Bombich page that I cited makes specific recommendations for brands and models. In fact, it has a lot of really helpful information, from somebody that gets a ton of feedback about external drives. [/QUOTE]

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