Seagate ships massive 30TB hard drives to the masses
Heat-assisted tech delivers monster storage for $600
After more than two decades of hype and endless delays, Seagate has brought its heat-assisted magnetic recording drives to the great unwashed. Now, the riff-raff can buy a 30TB Seagate IronWolf Pro or Exos M hard drive if they have a spare $600. A a slightly smaller 28TB version is going for $570.
Seagate unveils 32TB Hard Drive
HAMR technology
Seagate has released its largest hard drive yet, a 32TB model built on the long-awaited heat-assisted magnetic recording (HAMR) technology. The drive is based on Seagate’s advanced Mozaic 3+ platform.
Seagate announces Exos X14 enterprise HDD
With new MACH.2 and HAMR technologies
Seagate has officially announced its newest Exos 14 HDD at the OCP summit, a helium filled 14TB HDD aimed at the enterprise market, which uses new MACH.2 Multi Actuator and HAMR technologies, allowing it to hit a record 480MB/s sustained throughput.
Seagate focuses on TDMR, SMR and HAMR for 12TB and higher drives
12TB drives later this year, 18TB next year
According to senior executives familiar with Seagate’s research and development plans, the company plans to fine-tune the next three years of its HDD developments using shingled magnetic recording (SMR), two-dimensional magnetic recording (TDMR), and heat-assisted magnetic recording (HAMR).