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As operators of cloud datacenters need more storage capacity, higher capacity HDDs are being developed. As data hoarders need more capacity, higher capacity HDDs are needed. Last week Western Digital introduced its new Utrastar DC HC650 20 TB drives - hitting a new barrier in rotating data.
The drives feature shingled magnetic recording (SMR) technology, which layers data on top of another much like a shingled roof, and therefore is designed primarily for write once read many (WORM) applications (e.g., content delivery services). Western Digital's SMR hard drives are host managed, so they will be available only to customers with appropriate software.
Western Digital's Utrastar DC HC650 20 TB is based on the company's all-new nine-platter helium-sealed enterprise-class platform, a first for the company. The new 3.5-inch hard drives feature a 7200 RPM spindle speed and will be available with a SATA 6 Gbps or SAS 12 Gbps interface depending on the SKU. Since the product is not expected to be available immediately, the manufacturer does not disclose all of its specifications just yet, but has stated that key customers are already in the loop.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday September 12 2019, @01:26PM (2 children)
Nice anecdote. You just confirmed you don't know how the industry works.
(Score: 2) by Chocolate on Thursday September 12 2019, @11:23PM (1 child)
Two died in a short time. In the middle of a couple of decades of buying hard drives and knowing hundreds of people who buy them. Yes, drives die. The Deskstar aka Deathstar was notorious for just dying.
http://www.silent11.com/blog/archives/2005/05/imb-deskstar-deathstar-75-gxp.html [silent11.com]
https://goughlui.com/2013/03/01/hard-drive-disassembly-the-ibm-deathstar/ [goughlui.com]
Perhaps this was before your time.
Nice reply. You just proved that you do not know your history, and cannot or will not execute a basic search for information.
Bit-choco-coin anyone?
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday September 13 2019, @04:57AM
Of course I know the history. The problem is that drive failures from over a decade ago should not cause you to boycott WD today.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ST3000DM001 [wikipedia.org]
Plenty of people swear they will never use a WD or Seagate drive again because MUH DRIVE FAILURES, and they are dumb for saying so. Specific models have issues that do not carry over to later models.