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Seagate has launched an 8TB disk drive for surveillance use, enabling up to 6PB of CCTV data in a rack.
This is a 3.5-inch form-factor drive and joins the existing set of 8TB Archive, Enterprise Capacity, Enterprise NAS and Kinetic disk drives. It follows on from the 6TB model announced in September last year. That had 6 platters and a 642Gbit/in2 areal density.
Seagate says the 8TB disk has 1.33TB/platter, which we calculate to mean about 854Gbit/in2 IT comes in 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 and 8TB capacity points, and features;
- 7,200rpm spin speed
- 6Gbit/s SATA interface and up to 256MB cache
- Up to 230MB/sec sustained transfer speed for 8TB capacity; 180MB/sec at lower capacities
- 64 cameras supported
- Rotational vibration sensors enabling it to work reliably in 8-bay and larger enclosures
- Designed for 24 x 7 operation and up to 180TB/year workload, the same as the shingled 8TB Archive drive which spins at 5,900rpm
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(Score: 2) by jasassin on Monday November 02 2015, @10:52PM
Thanks for the reply! Very informative and interesting. I appreciate it. I know what to look out for and why.
Cheers!
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(Score: 3, Informative) by Hairyfeet on Tuesday November 03 2015, @12:03AM
You're welcome. BTW if you want the inside skinny on why Seagates turned to shit? Its the rumor that went around the builder forums but most of their rumors are frankly better than other sites facts so I personally believe it, anyway here goes..
When Seagate bought Maxtor they got Maxtor's IP, which included an ARM controller that was waaaaayyyy cheaper than the one Seagate was using, we're talking cheap enough you could build 3 of the Maxtor controller boards for the price of a single Seagate...so what's the problem? Simple its VERY sensitive to heat and if it overheats? It loses its little mind and forgets where the end of the drive sectors are, thus causing data loss and even damaging the heads. this is part of why Seagate rushed out all those firmware patches when their 1.5TB drives came out, they were trying to stop the drives banging the heads against the sides when the ARM controller cooked. But of course the PHBs refused to let the engineers toss the shitty ARM controller, instead merely patching it and lowering the warranty rather than spend an extra buck per unit fixing it with a decent unit. There was even a list on the forums going around telling you which serial #s to grab, as the first few runs of the 1.5TB went with the Seagate controller, the rest the shitty Maxtor.
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