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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: 3, Insightful) by TheGratefulNet on Sunday November 01 2015, @08:08PM
seagate used to be the goto brand. this was about 10 or more years ago. some barracuda series had problems but overall they used to be a great drive company. now, I would avoid them unless I buy enterprise drives and even then I'm not so sure.
for a while I had great luck with samsung but they sold their drive business (I think). IBM (other than desk-scar issue) was very good. fujitsu was great for drives, as well. they are now all gone, more or less.
the one I hated the most - years ago - is now my preferred drive vendor (wd). go figure!
but no matter who makes it, you have to test the hell out of it during the return period. otherwise, you almost always get a refurb if you need to send it back for 'service'.
the race to the bottom has made the users the final (only!) q/a test. if the vendors kept prices so that THEY could do better q/a, we'd all be better off - but they joined the RTTB and so we have what we have - a dreadful mess.
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