Review on 18 TB External HDD Western Digital WD Elements Desktop, USB 3.0, black by Xavier Xavier (Xavie ᠌

I bought this hard drive to replace the honestly worked 12-13 years old WD My Book for 1 TB. Bought for home backup. The new model has a more miniature disk activity indicator. The disk works, I would not say that it is quiet, but it is not loud either, it does not heat up much. The outer box is made qualitatively and beautifully, plastic gloss. Speeds for large files are quite high, about 180 Mb/s. Inside the box is a WDC WD40EDAZ-11SLVB0 disc made using SMR (Shingled Magnetic Recording) technology. Hence the disadvantages inherent in this technology. For me, this moment is not very important, because. I use the disk mainly as a file storage. Screenshots with the speed of the disk attached. It is too early to judge the durability of the work, because hard is used only 3-4 weeks. The Future Will show. On the other hand, if you wait 2-3 years to write a review, then these discs will be taken off the market and no one will need the review. Since before the purchase I was hoping to buy an external drive using CMR technology, I put "4" for SMR technology.