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What is the theoretical realistic limits for HDD storage? From the sounds of it this 16TB HAMR-enabled drive is just the first of many we will see year-to-year
by fallat 8y ago
What is the theoretical realistic limits for HDD storage?
From the sounds of it this 16TB HAMR-enabled drive is just the first of many we will see year-to-year to continue HDD sales.
- selectodude 8y agoSeagate says they'll get up to 100 TB with HAMR. Curious at what point it's no longer financially reasonable to keep researching ways to increase density.
- SwellJoe 8y agoWe produce and process more data in a few days than we did in a year even as recently as a decade ago (and, by "we", I mostly mean companies that want to store every detail of every human life for analysis in order to maximize profits). So far, the increasing need for storage has kept pace with the ability to store it.
- elorant 8y agoSeagate's roadplan is 100TB by 2025. https://www.techpowerup.com/249271/seagates-roadmap-shows-how-we-can-expect-100-tb-hdds-in-2025 https://www.techpowerup.com/249271/seagates-roadmap-shows-ho...