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posted by mrpg on Wednesday October 11 2017, @04:00AM   Printer-friendly
from the how-many-do-you-need dept.

Seagate has launched three new 12 TB helium-filled hard disk drives containing eight perpendicular magnetic recording (PMR) platters:

These are not the first 12TB drives in the market, as enterprise versions from both Seagate and Western Digital have been around for some time. However, Seagate is the first vendor to bring down the prices and ship 12TB drives in the consumer market.

From a hardware viewpoint, the three drives are similar to the Seagate Enterprise Capacity v7 drives launched in March 2017. All of them features eight PMR platters with a 923 Gb/in2 areal density in a sealed enclosure filled with helium. That said, the Barracuda Pro Compute, meant for desktop use, doesn't come with rotational vibration (RV) sensors or dual-plane motor balancing hardware. The RV sensors and the dual-plane balance / AgileArray features enable reliable performance in multi-drive enclosures. The other important differentiation aspects include firmware features, warranty / workload ratings, and value-added services like the Seagate Rescue Data Recovery.

Two of the drives come with 5 year warranties.

Previously: HGST Announces 10 Terabyte PMR Hard Drive
AnandTech Interview With Seagate's CTO: New HDD Technologies Coming
Seagate's 12 TB HDDs Are in Use, and 16 TB is Planned for 2018
Western Digital Begins Shipping 12 TB Helium-Filled Drives with 8 Platters
Seagate HAMR Hard Drives Coming in a Year and a Half
Glass Substrate Could Enable Hard Drives With 12 Platters


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  • (Score: 2) by takyon on Wednesday October 11 2017, @04:34PM

    by takyon (881) <reversethis-{gro ... s} {ta} {noykat}> on Wednesday October 11 2017, @04:34PM (#580557) Journal

    AnandTech originally said $390-440, but they changed it to $470-540.

    Pretty high for a consumer-oriented drive, but it will drop.

    It would be nice to see 6-12 TB eventually populate the lower price points ($100-200), displacing 4-8 TB drives.

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