Western Digital Unleashes First 22TB CMR and 26TB UltraSMR HDDs

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#6015795
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I read "Ultra ASMR" :P
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TheDeeGee:

I read "Ultra ASMR" 😛
Great way to record data on a hdd platter
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Great, can we now get some pricecuts for the smaller drives thank you..
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Those spinners still hold a lot of value. Just avoid SMR.
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Kaleid:

Great, can we now get some pricecuts for the smaller drives thank you..
Indeed... 14 TB has been stuck at 230-250 € (Amazon DE) for nearly 2 years now. I bought my first one late 2020 on a price dip for 227 € and they are still around there today... (thanks Chia for f*king up the market for over 9 months)
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UltraSMR? My guess that this is at least as bad as regular SMR - just higher density. I'm excited about the higher capacity CMR drives though. Hopefully it will drive down high capacity CMR hard drive costs over time; that is if their initially limited availability becomes much less limited. I guess we'll see.