WD 18TB and 20 TB
- Thread starter LunarMist
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Mercutio
Fatwah on Western Digital
Consumer demand for monster sized drives isn't very high, although Arstechnica and the like seem to think we might see 50TB drives by the end of the decade.
The goofball WD Elementals/My Books and Seagate One-touch/Expansion eternal drives are for the masses to have cheap local storage.
I agree they don't buy many internal drives now, but the EXOS and DC drives are made for the data centers. I assume the street prices of those are based on supply/demand for that sector and there is some seepage into the consumer market from larger system builders that buy in bulk and resell.
I agree they don't buy many internal drives now, but the EXOS and DC drives are made for the data centers. I assume the street prices of those are based on supply/demand for that sector and there is some seepage into the consumer market from larger system builders that buy in bulk and resell.
Looks like the HC590 26TB CMR is coming out
And a HC690 30 & 32TB SMR
And a HC690 30 & 32TB SMR
I read that WD is just squeezing another without HAMR, but Seagate should have the 30TB out with the HAMR.
Maybe the larger drives will bring down the 24TB prices. That's the minimum size I'd replace 18TB with.
I feel that all the uneven capacities, 10, 14, 18, 22, 26 TB will go away at some point. There are just a crazy number of SKUs to keep in production.
Maybe the larger drives will bring down the 24TB prices. That's the minimum size I'd replace 18TB with.
I feel that all the uneven capacities, 10, 14, 18, 22, 26 TB will go away at some point. There are just a crazy number of SKUs to keep in production.