High-capacity HDD roadmap: the race to 100TB and zettabyte-scale storage — Toshiba, Seagate and WD outline three distinct strategies

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-components/hdds/high-capacity-hdd-roadmap-the-race-to-100tb-and-zettabyte-scale-storage-toshiba-seagate-and-wd-outline-three-distinct-strategies

Redditor gambles $20 on a 4TB Temu external HDD — receives a microSD card reader hot-glued inside a plastic box

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-components/external-hdds/redditor-gambles-usd20-on-a-4tb-temu-external-hdd-receives-a-microsd-card-reader-hot-glued-inside-a-plastic-box

Seagate FireCuda X Vault (8TB) review: A USB-powered, RGB-lit hard drive aimed at gamers

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-components/external-ssds/seagate-firecuda-x-vault-8tb-review

Toshiba refuses to replace large hard drive that was under warranty — company offers refund at the purchase price, not the higher currfent retail price

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-components/hdds/toshiba-refuses-to-replace-large-hard-drives-under-warranty-the-company-offers-refunds-at-the-purchase-price-not-the-post-shortage-price

WD Innovation Day 2026 press Q&A transcript: roadmap plans to reach 60TB with ePMR and 100TB via HAMR by 2029 — 'at some point, the laws of physics will require us to transition to HAMR'

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-components/hdds/wd-innovation-day-2026-press-q-and-a-transcript-roadmap-plans-to-reach-60tb-with-epmr-and-100tb-via-hamr-by-2029-at-some-point-the-laws-of-physics-will-require-us-to-transition-to-hamr

At just $17.68 per Terabyte, this 22TB external Seagate Expansion HDD is one of the cheapest hard drives on the market — backup copious amounts of data for $389

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-components/external-hdds/at-just-usd17-68-per-terabyte-this-22tb-external-seagate-expansion-hdd-is-one-of-the-cheapest-hard-drives-on-the-market-backup-copious-amounts-of-data-for-usd389

Enthusiast reverse engineers world’s smallest HDD to access data with help from an old Nokia N91 and OpenClaw — open source USB bridge unlocks 0.85-inch mechanical Toshiba drive from 2004

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-components/external-hdds/enthusiast-reverse-engineers-worlds-smallest-hdd-to-access-data-with-help-from-an-old-nokia-n91-and-openclaw-open-source-usb-bridge-unlocks-0-85-inch-mechanical-toshiba-from-2004

Seagate begins shipping 44TB hard drives with HAMR tech to data centers — Mozaic 4+ platform expands to 10 platters

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-components/hdds/seagate-begins-shipping-44tb-hard-drives-with-hamr-tech-to-data-centers-mozaic-4-platform-expands-to-10-platters

In mid-2024, I bought a bunch of WD/HGST 12TB refurb HDDs for $75 each. They came from GoHardDrive and had a 5-year warranty. I even used the warranty on a drive that died a couple months later. All good.

I see now that GHD is now entirely "sold out" of these drives. However, they have plenty of relabeled MaxDigitalData 12TB drives. These are just the same refurb WD/HGST drives, but with a GoHardDrive house-brand sticker on them.

All to say that my 5-year free-replacement warranty appears to have been swapped with a "30% off" coupon on those 12TB drives (which now cost $250 each). Because, now, GHD can just refund the original $75 purchase price and say they don't have replacements anymore.

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Are we measuring wellness in terabytes already? I have some gold :)
One is clicking, but I don’t know which one. Will put them in a box with other unused hardware for now. Can be useful someday.

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