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posted by CoolHand on Tuesday September 11 2018, @06:46PM   Printer-friendly
from the we-love-big-disk dept.

Seagate BarraCuda Pro 14TB HDD Review: Massive Storage for Desktops

The exponential increase in data storage requirements over the last decade or so has been handled by regular increases in hard drive capacities. Multiple HDD vendors supply them to cloud providers (who get the main benefits from advancements in hard drive technologies), but, Seagate is the only one to also focus on the home consumer / prosumer market. In the last three generations, we have seen that Seagate has been the first to target the desktop storage market with their highest capacity drives. The 10 TB BarraCuda Pro was released in Q3 2016, and the 12 TB version in Q4 2017. Seagate is launching the 14 TB version today.

The Seagate BarraCuda Pro 14TB is a 7200RPM SATAIII (6 Gbps) hard drive with a 256MB multi-segmented DRAM cache. It features eight PMR platters with a 1077 Gb/in2 areal density in a sealed enclosure filled with helium. The main change compared to the 12TB version introduced last year is the usage of two-dimensional magnetic recording (TDMR) heads, allowing for higher areal density (1077 Gb/in2 vs. 923 Gb/in2 without TDMR).

Launch price is $580.

Toshiba has also announced new 12 and 14 TB hard drives, aimed at businesses:

Toshiba is announcing that it has started sampling of its latest MG07SCA-series enterprise-class helium-filled hard drives. Notable for utilizing a dual-port SAS interface, the HDDs are aimed at business-critical servers and are rated for 550 TB per year workloads.

Toshiba's MG07SCA lineup of enterprise-grade hard drive includes two SKUs at 12 TB and 14 TB respectively. The flagship 14 TB model relies on nine PMR platters from Showa Denko with ~1.56 TB capacity each, whereas the 12 TB model relies on eight platters. Both HDDs feature a 7200 RPM spindle speed, a 256 MB cache buffer, and a dual-port SAS 12 Gbps interface. Just like their SATA brethren, the new SAS hard drives are based on Toshiba's latest-gen helium-filled platform for business-critical HDDs with all the possible enhancements to improve reliability and durability, including top and bottom attached motors, RVFF, environmental sensors, and so on.

Previously: Seagate Launches Consumer-Oriented 12 TB Drives

Related: Western Digital Announces 12-14 TB Hard Drives and an 8 TB SSD
Seagate's 12 TB HDDs Are in Use, and 16 TB is Planned for 2018
Western Digital Shipping 14 TB Helium-Filled Shingled Magnetic Recording Hard Drives
Toshiba Announces its Own Helium-Filled 12-14 TB Hard Drives, with "Conventional Magnetic Recording"
Seagate Announces a 14 TB Helium-Filled PMR Hard Drive


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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday September 12 2018, @12:13AM (1 child)

    by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday September 12 2018, @12:13AM (#733402)

    I've already been running a couple dozen HGST Travelstar 7K1000 1TB 2.5" drives for a couple of years. Had 3 early failures, but those that made it through the first few weeks have been running ever since. They're among the fastest 2.5" HDDs too and they're relatively quiet. After having lived with the declining quality of Seagate, WD and Samsung years before, these have been a revelation.

  • (Score: 2) by takyon on Thursday September 13 2018, @01:27AM

    by takyon (881) <reversethis-{gro ... s} {ta} {noykat}> on Thursday September 13 2018, @01:27AM (#733945) Journal

    HGST is now a WD subsidiary. Any differences in production quality have probably evaporated by now (Western Digital still brands drives with HGST [anandtech.com]).

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