Feb 15, 2025 · List of WD CMR and SMR hard drives (HDD) Find if your drive is SMR by HDD model number If you know an SMR type of drive, share it with others in a table below! PMR, also known as conventional magnetic recording (CMR), works by …

Jan 9, 2019 · So I've now got 2 WD Red drives in my pool. Both come up with the same model # (WDC WD80EFAX although one ends with "-68KNBN0" while the other with "-68LHPN0"). One thing I just noticed tonight is that the "68LHPN0" has an additional line in the SMART data... ID# 22 "Helium level" (value currently 100%). Oddly, the other drive does not.

Dec 24, 2017 · WD80EFAX-68LHPN0. Thread starter djdwosk97; Start date Dec 23, 2017; Status Not open for further replies. D.

Oct 2, 2018 · so I received my drives today. I ordered 5 WD Red 8 TB (WD80EFAX) 3 came obviously damaged (1 damaged SATA Port and two hits to the plastic where the SATA Port is). These 3 were drives without helium. Then I got another one without helium which isnt damaged as I could see something. And the last one was helium filled as I expected all drives to be.

Apr 9, 2020 · WD80EFAX issues. Thread starter MiG; Start date Apr 9, 2020; M. MiG Dabbler. Joined Jan 6, 2017 Messages ...

Apr 18, 2020 · Your story on WD using SMR in some drives without mentioning it on the spec sheets was eye opening. The WD representative's wording about the suitability of SMR for archival purposes brings up the question of the WD "White" drives that are included in external USB storage offerings. There are many Y

Jan 4, 2020 · Is there any harm in mixing air/helium drives that are otherwise identical? I have 12x8TB Reds with the same model number, but half of them are air filled and the other half helium. If I do mix them, and use two 6x8TB vdevs, should I put all of the air filled drives in one vdev or mix and...

Apr 17, 2019 · I have a problem attaching a WD Red WD80EFAX-68KNB to my freenas setup. I have a pool with 2TB devices running with no problem but the 8TB disk is not recognized in freenas. I can see it in the BIOS with the correct size. I have also tried plugging it to another SATA controller without any luck...

Dec 17, 2023 · Hello, as posted in this thread, I've started replacing my WD Red 8TB (WD80EFAX) drives with Seagate Exos X X18 18 TB drives. I started on Thursday at 10 pm (German time) and since then the resilvering has restarted multiple times. This screenshot is from Saturday 10 am: This is from...

(04-14-2023, 01:05 PM) ed Wrote: Both the WD Red EFPX and EFZX are designed for use in NAS systems, so either one should work fine in your system.