It is but not by much. They actually provide the $&#x2F;GB for a Seagate 8TB Archival SMR hdd in their SMR section. It comes to .034 $&#x2F;GB vs .036 $&#x2F;GB for the 4TB drives they&#x27;re currently using. They&#x27;ve done the math it looks like and decided that the small gain doesn&#x27;t make up for the time lost on overwrites.