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ST10000VN0004: CMR or SMR?

Not stated: we hold no maker document that names ST10000VN0004's recording technology. We know what the drive is - a Seagate 10TB SATA-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.

MakerSeagate
Capacity10TB
InterfaceSATA-6G
Recording technologyNot sourced

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How to settle it for this drive

Read the model number on the drive's own label, then find Seagate's data sheet or product manual for that family. A document that prints ST10000VN0004 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 Seagate drives at 10TB

These Seagate part numbers at the same capacity do have a maker document on record. They are listed for comparison, not as an answer for ST10000VN0004: two part numbers at one capacity can use different recording methods.

When a source turns up

When we find a maker document that names ST10000VN0004, 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, 10TB and up

We have no maker document that names ST10000VN0004, so we do not state its recording technology. The nearest part number we do have documented is ST10000VN000 (Seagate IronWolf). ST10000VN0004 starts with that number, and retail or OEM suffixes often mean packaging rather than a different drive - but Seagate does not document what the extra characters mean, so we do not extend ST10000VN000's answer to ST10000VN0004. Check the label on the drive, or the listing's own specification.