Are there any reviews of 3.5" external drives in the 5 to 6TB range? I'm particularly interested in the performance characteristics of the drives.
I know the Toshiba Canvio drives seem to be 7200RPM with large caches, while the Western Digital are 5400 RPM drives. But I'm wondering if this makes any difference in the real world when using it as an external drive via USB 3.0. (I'll be using both for backups, and for more regular use, so performance is important).
Am I also correct in thinking that all Seagate/Samsung 5TB and larger external drives are SMR drives and should be avoided for anything but backups? Or is that an incorrect assumption?
I know the Toshiba Canvio drives seem to be 7200RPM with large caches, while the Western Digital are 5400 RPM drives. But I'm wondering if this makes any difference in the real world when using it as an external drive via USB 3.0. (I'll be using both for backups, and for more regular use, so performance is important).
Am I also correct in thinking that all Seagate/Samsung 5TB and larger external drives are SMR drives and should be avoided for anything but backups? Or is that an incorrect assumption?