Re: SMR or SSD disks?

Hello,

On Sun, Nov 26, 2023 at 11:18:39AM +0100, Gandalf Corvotempesta wrote:

i'm doing some maintenance replacing some not-yet-failed HDD with WD RED SSD.
I've read the warning on the homepage
https://raid.wiki.kernel.org/index.php/Linux_Raid

Are SSD drives still subject to SMR ? I've thought that it was related
only to magnetic drives not on SSD.

SMR is not applicable to flash-based storage. I expect the warning
on the wiki was written at a time when the only drives bearing the
WD Red brand were HDDs, not any SSDs.

Thanks,
Andy