Shingled Magnetic Recording (SMR) – Data Management Techniques Examined

The unyielding growth of digital data continues to drive demand for higher capacity, lower-cost storage. With the advent of Shingled Magnetic Recording (SMR), which overlaps HDD tracks to provide a 25 percent capacity increase versus conventional magnetic recording technology, storage vendors are able to offer extraordinary drive capacities within existing physical footprints. That said, IT decision makers and storage system architects need to be cognizant of the different data management techniques that come with SMR technology, namely Drive Managed, Host Managed and Host Aware. This panel session will offer an enterprise HDD market overview from prominent storage analyst Tom Coughlin as well as presentations on SMR data management methods from leading SMR HDD manufacturers (Seagate, Toshiba and Western Digital).

Learning Objectives

Enterprise HDD market update
Brief introduction of Shingled Magnetic Recording (SMR)
Deep dive into SMR data management techniques (Drive Managed, Host Managed and Host Aware