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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 Justin Case on Sunday November 01 2015, @07:35PM
Thank you for this link! I've wasted soooo much time on flaky drives, but every brand seems as awful as the next. Based on that article I just ordered 3 from HGST.
(Score: 2) by jasassin on Sunday November 01 2015, @09:17PM
What I thought was interesting is HGST is a Western Digital company. Weird, same company but the lesser known name has better reliability. This seems backwards to me. Can someone explain why a company would do this?
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(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday November 01 2015, @10:20PM
HGST is the new name for Hitachi Global Storage Technologies, which was sold by Hitachi to Western Digital. They agreed to have separate lines in that agreement. The reason was because HGST got a reputation in the enterprise for reliability because of its use by IBM; and that means that keeping them separate they increase profitability. Business will pay more if they get more for the buck.
(Score: 3, Informative) by Hairyfeet on Monday November 02 2015, @04:48AM
From what I understand while WD owns the brand its still using the Hitachi equipment which would explain why the Hitachi drives are so much better.
IMHO Samsung and Hitachi were the best 2 brands to own by far and now that there are no more Samsung drives I've switched to Hitachi. As far as Seagate drives go? If you are just using it for a scratch drive or for junk you don't really care about they're cheap, but otherwise avoid like the clap as they really are bottom o' the line junk. Its ironic that once upon a time Seagate was THE brand to buy but when they bought Maxtor instead of bringing Maxtor up to their level it appears that Maxtor brought Seagate down to its. Damn shame but the numbers do not lie, and I've personally thrown away more Seagate drives in the shop that every other brand put together, they are just garbage.
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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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