[GENERAL] pgcon2015, what happened to SMR disk technolgy ?

i remember an interesting talk from seagate at pgcon2015 about SMR disk technology, and i use them for archive & backup (personal usage).

However, the highest capacity on the seagate archive product line (the one using SMR) is 8TB.

Seagate have a 8TB ironwolf product at roughly the same price.

And a 12TB ironwolf, much more expensive since it's new, but 12TB nonetheless.

But their SMR disk are still maxed at 8TB.

What's the point of the seagate archive now ?

Ironwolf, for the same public price, have better performance (obviously) and, more surprising, a better MTBF.

I'm confused ...

Thank you :)

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