Seagate SMR HDD for PS4 APP2USB question

[mptechzone]

does anyone here ever tried using smr type hdd for external storage? particularly the seagate 8 tb st8000dm004 for ps4 app2usb?

 

[chicco]

hi,
i have seagate 6To (model srd0nf2) with app2usb in external. Its ok

 

[cheesefish]

smr is garbage

 

[mptechzone]

@chicco is your drive SMR?

@cheesefish yup that's what I've heard, that's why im asking if anyone have tried

 

[tungatung]

@mptechzone
smr drives are good for storage of data (like archiving purposes), so I recommend to use a cmr drive instead, i myself am using cmr and it works fine.

 

[turrinha]

does APPTOUSB staff work with HD 2.0? Has anyone tested and worked?

 

[mptechzone]

@tungatung thanks i have a 3tb cmr it works fine, but the seagate 8 tb st8000dm004 is cheaper, and its tempting base on its price.. but i think its not worth the price because its a smr drive or is it?

any chance a Surveillance hdd will work fine? like WD purple 8tb?

 

[cheesefish]

st8000dm004 are not smr i have 2 of them

 

[mptechzone]

@cheesefish wow, thanks for the info.

 

[cheesefish]

And its cheaper to shuck them out of drive units than buy seperate, got both of mine from the xbox game drive units. £30 cheaper.