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Well, that is part of my question really! It is unclear whether only host managed drives are supported - and if so which ones (what are the requirements?) Just as unclear whether drive managed SMR is supported?

Hi Folks, Microsoft have formally stated that Windows 2016 ReFS V2 has a specific SMR Tier, designed so the OS / File System can intelligently work with the limitations of SMR drives... So far so good. But, I have been unable to find information as to what drives work with this... does this integrate well with "any" SMR drive, or does it require specific (host manageable ) drive models? Can it work with basic Drive Managed SMR drives (can it work effectively that is!) - such as the Seagate Archive series / Exos E5? Has anyone experimented with this, any experiences? (good or bad!?) Thanks

Hi Folks, With the release of ReFS V2 / Win2016, there is now support along with storage spaces for an SMR drive tier. However, after quite a bit of searching, I have yet to find any reference anywhere to which drives (manufacturers/models/spec requirements etc... ) are or are not supported by this capability. This appears ideal for large archive arrays, where the data is usually idle/cold. Questions would be: 1) Which drives are supported? 2) What is rebuild time in case of drive failure/corruption? 3) has anyone tried this? Tested real-life performance, as well as rebuild times etc... Thanks