Of course, this was prior to WD or Toshiba coming clean. With that said, we are happy to see Seagate make serious, on-the-record statements about keeping its entire NAS drive lineup SMR-free. We do not agree with Seagate that SMR drives are appropriate in desktop builds-or that it's OK to sneak them in there without the company's usual warnings about the technology's performance profile. When we pushed Belloni on the issue of SMR drives in Seagate's desktop channel, he told us that Seagate didn't feel the need to 'break it out' in that channel, since the company believes that SMR's low and bursty performance profile is appropriate for desktop use. He did not object to allegations of SMR disks showing up unexpectedly in Seagate's desktop channels but wanted to make very clear that Seagate has no SMR IronWolf or IronWolf Pro drives and no plans to release any. We spoke to Belloni at some length on the topic. However, they're a bit evasive with regard to desktop drives. The Canvio Desks built-In USB 3.0 interface significantly improves file transfer performance for large media files and dramatically. This drive offers high capacity storage in a small compact design that saves your precious desk space. Seagate has stated that NONE of their NAS drives use SMR. The Toshiba Canvio 3TB External Hard Drive is easy to set up and is ideal for expanding your storage needs.