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Seagate is working on 30TB HDDs, 50 TB in 5 years and 100 TB by 2030
According to Seagate, heat-assisted magnetic recording hard disk drives (HAMR) are already in the works, a small number of consumers have been able to obtain the 20TB HAMR drives already, and a 30TB version is in the works.
Although there is no official release date for the 30TB Hamr (Heat Assisted Magnetic Recording) HDD, it is projected to arrive in 2023 or 2024, several years before the objective of a 50TB drive, which is set for 2026. These limited-edition hamr hard drives are meant particularly for "primary consumers" who want to become acquainted with the latest technologies. With the 30TB drive, the business is one step closer to achieving its 10-year objective of creating 100TB drives.
A while ago researchers have managed to increase the achievable data density tenfold with the help of graphene. Hard drives use a carbon-based overcoat to protect the platter from read and write heads and other factors. To increase storage capacity, manufacturers have reduced the space between the head and the platters. Today it is about 3 nanometers thick, which has increased the density to about 1 TB per square inch. The researchers replaced a coating with a variant of graphene, containing one to four layers of the material. After measuring corrosion, thermal stability, surface smoothness and lubricant handling, they concluded that graphene reduces friction by a factor of two and causes two and a half times less corrosion. Hamr heats the iron-platinum alloy platters to high temperatures that regular coatings cannot handle. Graphene in combination with hamr should be able to lead to a data density of about 10 TB per square inch.
Despite the fact that the vast majority of consumers now use solid-state drives (SSDs), the 'old-fashioned' hard disk is still in development. The use of graphene and hamr technology has the potential to enhance data density by a factor of a hundred. This is particularly appealing to consumers that want a big amount of storage, such as those who use data storage servers. Great-density hard disk drives (HDDs) are now less expensive per gigabyte than solid-state drives (SSDs), and because of their high data density, they may be around for a long time.
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#5949112 Posted on: 09/24/2021 08:15 AM
not really, with the latest consumer drives they aren't much quieter than the quite a bit faster enterprise drives.
possibly, but not likely, these things are made for a range up to 70c operation, you're more likely to kill them from wear and tear stop/starts than heat.
expensive and loud
not really, with the latest consumer drives they aren't much quieter than the quite a bit faster enterprise drives.
I reckon a LOT of people kill drives through overheating unknown to them in PC cases.
possibly, but not likely, these things are made for a range up to 70c operation, you're more likely to kill them from wear and tear stop/starts than heat.
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#5949146 Posted on: 09/24/2021 10:44 AM
Imagine losing all your data in a 100TB HDD, it sucks.
5TB probably my safest bet, i wont go beyond that, at least for now.
I've lost all my data on a mere 3TB HDD, and it sucks so much.
Imagine losing all your data in a 100TB HDD, it sucks.
5TB probably my safest bet, i wont go beyond that, at least for now.
I've lost all my data on a mere 3TB HDD, and it sucks so much.
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#5949218 Posted on: 09/24/2021 03:16 PM
i wish they made drives more durable.not just seagate,in general.
i got a ssd from 2014 and it's doing just fine,mechanical drives can't do 7 years these days.you'd be lucky with 6.
i really would like a 8/10tb,but not gonna invest that much in a piece of hardware that might die on me in 6-7 years.
I already moved my 2TB skyhawk 5400rpm into an external docking station,I only plug it in when I need to.I hope this will extend the life greatly.
Typically with electronics, it's not the base technology that fails but the supporting circuitry. Capacitors and inductors are typically what break down first. With Hard Drives it's typically the bearings that wear out.
Another example is LED lighting. The LED's are rated up to 50,000 hours. The power circuitry however typically fails in a fraction of the time.
i wish they made drives more durable.not just seagate,in general.
i got a ssd from 2014 and it's doing just fine,mechanical drives can't do 7 years these days.you'd be lucky with 6.
i really would like a 8/10tb,but not gonna invest that much in a piece of hardware that might die on me in 6-7 years.
I already moved my 2TB skyhawk 5400rpm into an external docking station,I only plug it in when I need to.I hope this will extend the life greatly.
Typically with electronics, it's not the base technology that fails but the supporting circuitry. Capacitors and inductors are typically what break down first. With Hard Drives it's typically the bearings that wear out.
Another example is LED lighting. The LED's are rated up to 50,000 hours. The power circuitry however typically fails in a fraction of the time.
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#5949242 Posted on: 09/24/2021 04:48 PM
Typically with electronics, it's not the base technology that fails but the supporting circuitry. Capacitors and inductors are typically what break down first. With Hard Drives it's typically the bearings that wear out.
Another example is LED lighting. The LED's are rated up to 50,000 hours. The power circuitry however typically fails in a fraction of the time.
exactly.
all power circuits are susceptible to line imbalances (+/- voltage), RFI, and external induction.
all of which can take a cumulative toll on the circuits.
plus, surge protectors (the common sort) turn into extension cords (i.e. 0 protect) within two years.
everyone who posts on these boards should have an AC power filter/line conditioner (decent ones start around $80).
even better is a transformer based isolation conditioner.
these devices work in the real world. and if you're not in a G7 country you need to buy one even more because the grids are less reliable.
as someone who lives in California, i can tell you that these precautions have saved my rig(s) not once, not twice, not three times
but many many times because of the historic fires caused by the utility, then exacerbated by designed black-outs.
Typically with electronics, it's not the base technology that fails but the supporting circuitry. Capacitors and inductors are typically what break down first. With Hard Drives it's typically the bearings that wear out.
Another example is LED lighting. The LED's are rated up to 50,000 hours. The power circuitry however typically fails in a fraction of the time.
exactly.
all power circuits are susceptible to line imbalances (+/- voltage), RFI, and external induction.
all of which can take a cumulative toll on the circuits.
plus, surge protectors (the common sort) turn into extension cords (i.e. 0 protect) within two years.
everyone who posts on these boards should have an AC power filter/line conditioner (decent ones start around $80).
even better is a transformer based isolation conditioner.
these devices work in the real world. and if you're not in a G7 country you need to buy one even more because the grids are less reliable.
as someone who lives in California, i can tell you that these precautions have saved my rig(s) not once, not twice, not three times
but many many times because of the historic fires caused by the utility, then exacerbated by designed black-outs.
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nvme hard drives then
why is it cheaper to buy x2 1tb ssd vs 2tb ssd though
I can see 2 reasons a) supply and demand there is vastly bigger supply of 1tb drives since they focused em . And b) the the 2x capacity nand chips ( in comparison the ones used on 1tb drives) are much more expensive ... I bet it is a bit if both.