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    3 October 2024

    • curprev 21:1821:18, 3 October 2024Philip talk contribs 879 bytes +879 Created page with "SMR or Shingled Magnetic Recording (as used in an SMR drive) is a method of increasing the recording density on a hard drive by writing each track so as to partially overlap the previous one, in the manner of roofing tiles (or shingles). This means that previously written data cannot be overwritten as it would partially overwrite both the previous and following data tracks. If data is updated it must be appended to the existing data, and either the disk controller or the..."