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529FG: CMR or SMR?

Not stated: we hold no maker document that names 529FG's recording technology. We know what the drive is - a Dell 4TB SAS-6G hard drive (3.5") that we track - but a recording technology printed without a source is a guess, and for RAID, NAS or ZFS use that guess is the one that matters. Check the drive's label against the maker's data sheet, or choose one of the drives below whose CMR status is sourced.

MakerDell
Capacity4TB
InterfaceSAS-6G
Recording technologyNot sourced

No seller we track has 529FG in stock right now. That describes today's listings only - it says nothing about whether the model is discontinued.

How to settle it for this drive

Read the model number on the drive's own label, then find Dell's data sheet or product manual for that family. A document that prints 529FG in its own row of a recording-technology table settles the question. A family page that names no part numbers does not: we have found maker pages that list neither a part number nor a recording method, and we no longer count them as sources. A retailer listing is not a source either - it is a seller's description, and sellers repeat what other listings say.

Documented Dell drives at 4TB

We hold no maker document for any Dell drive at 4TB yet, so there is no documented sibling to compare against.

When a source turns up

When we find a maker document that names 529FG, this page will state the answer with that document linked and the date we read it, the same way our documented pages do. Until then, the honest answer is that we do not know.

In-stock drives with sourced CMR, 4TB and up