[Smartmontools-database] New 4T/6T/8T WDC Red Pro drives

[Krzysztof Olędzki]

Hi,

On 26.12.2024 at 02:03, Krzysztof Olędzki wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> Western Digital has released new Air based 4T/6T/8T Red Pro models - WD4005FFBX/WD6005FFBX/WD8005FFBX:
>  https://documents.westerndigital.com/content/dam/doc-library/en_us/assets/public/western-digital/product/internal-drives/wd-red-pro-hdd/data-sheet-wd-red-pro-hdd.pdf
> 
> They seem to be faster than the previous models, with slightly more dense platters allowing for less heads / platters.
> 
> Seems like it is enough to just update the regexp from:
>  "WDC WD([2-68]00[123]FF[BSW]|1[02][12]KFB|(1[468]|20)[12]KFG)X-.*",
> to:
>  "WDC WD([2-68]00[1235]FF[BSW]|1[02][12]KFB|(1[468]|20)[12]KFG)X-.*",
> 
> Attaching WDC-WD4005FFBX-68CAUN0.txt with the "smartctl -x" output for the 4T version.


I wonder what is the next step to update the smart database? Should I create a ticket to track it?

Thanks,
 Krzysztof