SoylentNews

takyon [soylentnews.org] writes:

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

These are not the first 12TB drives in the market, as enterprise versions from both Seagate [anandtech.com] and Western Digital [anandtech.com] 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 [soylentnews.org]
AnandTech Interview With Seagate's CTO: New HDD Technologies Coming [soylentnews.org]
Seagate's 12 TB HDDs Are in Use, and 16 TB is Planned for 2018 [soylentnews.org]
Western Digital Begins Shipping 12 TB Helium-Filled Drives with 8 Platters [soylentnews.org]
Seagate HAMR Hard Drives Coming in a Year and a Half [soylentnews.org]
Glass Substrate Could Enable Hard Drives With 12 Platters [soylentnews.org]

Original Submission