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Confusing...which hard drive is now recommended? Red Plus w/cmr?

Discussion in 'TiVo Premiere DVRs' started by Bryan Chalker, Nov 15, 2020.

  1. Nov 15, 2020 #1 of 4
    Bryan Chalker

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    I see several other cmr options like the Seagate Ironwolf. Is that an option now? Is the idea to just get a CMR hard drive or is there additional spec needed by the drive?
     
  2. Nov 15, 2020 #2 of 4
    ThAbtO

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    CMRs seem to be hard to find now, most will not tell you if they are SMR or CMR. WD Red Plus drives that end in EFRX, PURX/PURZ purple drives still work. Avoid EFAX Red. as well as any 7200RPM drives.
     
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  3. Nov 30, 2020 #3 of 4
    WVZR1

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    So - which of the Seagate HDD would be the more desirable?

    When used in an external enclosure is rotational speed specification as 'critical' as the slower 5400 spec desired for internals?
     
  4. Nov 30, 2020 #4 of 4
    lhvetinari

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    Nah, in an external enclosure, assuming you have decent power supply to it and good heat dispersion, 7.2k drives are fine.
     
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