Seagate going for 14TB and 16TB HDDs
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HeavyHemi
abula
anticupidon
guys, maybe i am a bit paranoid or something, but there is always a trade off.
The increase of the storage is done by using HAMR.
Care to see what it really is about ?
Here it is
[spoiler]Heat-assisted magnetic recording (HAMR) is a magnetic storage technology for hard drives in which a small laser is used to heat the part of the disk that is being written to. The heat reduces the coercivity of the material, hence allowing the head to write on materials with higher coercivity, which in turn allow for smaller grain size which is limited by the superparamagnetic effect hence increasing the maximum possible areal density. The net effect of HAMR is to allow writing on a much smaller scale than before, greatly increasing the amount of data that can be held on a standard disk platter.
The technology was initially seen as extremely difficult to achieve, with doubts expressed about its feasibility. As of 2016, no hard disks using HAMR are currently on the market, but HAMR is in an advanced state of development with demonstration drives produced by companies such as Seagate. While TDK originally predicted that HAMR hard disks could be commercially released in 2015, the best estimate as of December 2015 is that they will arrive in 2018.[/spoiler]
Not saying that it's bad, but bye-bye data recovery, as we know it.
Corrupt^
I welcome higher capacity HDD's.
I want to build a NAS but currently no HDD size would fit me because I simply have to much data.
I would obviously make sure I have as much redundancy as possible though, having a 16 to 20TB fail... ouch. Plus for my home environment if a rebuild needs to happen, unlike in businesses, I can leave the NAS to do its thing for a week if need be.
holystarlight
r3claim3r
I'd be more excited if it was from a more reputable brand like HGST.
Undying
Didnt had good experience Seagate (probably not only one) then i went WD and bought a Black drive.
You know how they say, once you go black...
VENGEANCE
I dont give a f@#$%ck.
Look on Amazon...98 percent of all Seagate drive failures are there 5 and 8 tb hard drives...they cant even fix that...why get excited about 12-20 gig hard drives...yippeee f@#$%cken doo..
slyphnier
main_shoby
16 TB HDD? I don't see it as a backup solution. I see it as a pirate super cruise warship! lol. also, I think Seagate should invest in its own internet service :P