Re:Why I'm usually unnerved when modern SSDs die on us
by blattimwind on Tuesday December 11, 2018 @02:33PM
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There are host-managed SMR drives, which share a number of characteristics with flash storage.
It would be an interesting product to have, a raw block API to a Flash device with all the temporary state stored on the host - but a hard one to sell, as it's not differentiated in any way.