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{{Warning box| Please read this article before buying and deploying drives. https://raid.wiki.kernel.org/index.php/Timeout_Mismatch
{{Warning box| Please read this article before buying and deploying drives. https://raid.wiki.kernel.org/index.php/Timeout_Mismatch
−The new type of SMR drives are NOT suitable for RAID arrays. Beware WD Red NAS drives, though recently they have made it clearer which models use SMR.
+The new type of SMR drives are NOT suitable for RAID arrays. Beware WD Red NAS drives, though recently they have made it clearer which models use SMR.
+(WD Red is SMR; WD Red Plus and WD Red Pro are CMR, which is preferred)
'''A drive failure can corrupt an entire array: RAID does not replace backup!'''}}
'''A drive failure can corrupt an entire array: RAID does not replace backup!'''}}
