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    News WD Fesses Up: Some Red HDDs Use Slow SMR Tech

    Thanks! Yesterday I was able to get help from Drobo's email tech support. I've heard horror stories about working with their support team, but I'm happy to say my experience was a great one. Eric from Drobo was very responsive and invested in helping me get my data. We probably exchanged 6...
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    News WD Fesses Up: Some Red HDDs Use Slow SMR Tech

    I just purchased a WD RED 6TB drive to add to my DROBO 5D Raid. The Drobo uses all 3TB RED drives from 2018 or earlier. It was running out of space and wanted me to expand it. After installing the drive into an empty raid bay, the Drobo went into a critical state and now cannot be accessed...