danb35
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Looking for a pair of 16TB disks for a backup build, and the usual candidates (Reds, Golds, Ironwolves (Ironwolfs?)) are at US$500+ ea. Yuck. But the Seagate Exos (ST16000NM001G) are a much more attractive US$319 each. A quick Google says none of the Exos disks are SMR. I wouldn't normally worry about enterprise drives, but that much of a price difference makes me suspicious--are there known issues with these? Obviously burn-in and testing need to be done with any disk, but assuming they test OK, any reason I shouldn't put these in a pool?