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posted by martyb on Friday December 07 2018, @10:51AM   Printer-friendly
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Seagate Starts to Test 16 TB HAMR Hard Drives

Seagate on Monday disclosed that it had begun testing the industry’s first HAMR hard drive intended for evetualy commercial release. With a capacity of 16 TB, the HDD is being used primarily for internal tests to prepare for its high-volume launch and deployment in actual datacenters in the future. Separately, Seagate announced plans to introduce HAMR-based hard drives with a 20 TB capacity in 2020.

Seagate’s 16 TB Exos HDD featuring heat-assisted magnetic recording technology are drop-in compatible with existing servers and datacenters, which essentially means that their power consumption is 12 W or below. The hard drive is helium filled, but Seagate does not disclose the number of platters the HDD uses.


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  • (Score: 1) by ealbers on Friday December 07 2018, @02:49PM

    by ealbers (5715) on Friday December 07 2018, @02:49PM (#771153)

    When you have a HAMR everything looks like a nail.