Seagate 20TB HDDs also for consumers

by Hilbert Hagedoorn on: 10/25/2021 04:37 PM | source: hardware.info | 16 comment(s)

Seagate alluded to a 20TB consumer hard drive during a recent earnings call transcript, Tom's Hardware noticed. The storage manufacturer is working on heat-assisted magnetic recording.

The new 20TB HDD would be made available to the entire public. Strong-capacity HDDs are in high demand, says CEO David Mosley. For a consumer PC or NAS, the linked hamr drives are ideal. The new pmr hard drives use perpendicular magnetic recording (pmr) and two-dimensional magnetic storage (DMS) (tdmr). For the latter, an unique read head that reads data from the disk quietly allows for better data density. Finally, the same brand's innovative Mach.2 technology is in high demand for high-capacity HDDs. Mosley claims that double-acting hard drives are soon becoming popular. He believes the technology will gain popularity as drives larger than 30 terabytes hit the market. Previously, it was estimated that the hamr discs would be widely released in 2023.

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#5958883 Posted on: 10/26/2021 10:40 AM

It's funny, in a sad way, that the two remaining brands of HDD manufacturers are Seagate and WD... my two bottom picks when we had more choice in the market. :p

Luckily WD's HGST brand is still very good. Most likely produced in the same place as before

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