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Western Digital HDD capacity hits 28TB as Seagate looks to 30TB and beyond

WD believes it can wring a bit more capacity out of existing PMR and SMR tech.

https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2023/08/western-digital-hdd-capacity-hits-28tb-as-seagate-looks-to-30tb-and-beyond/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social

Western Digital HDD capacity hits 28TB as Seagate looks to 30TB and beyond

WD believes it can wring a bit more capacity out of existing PMR and SMR tech.

Ars Technica
Aug 1, 2023 at 10:24pmArsBot 🤖
Show threadChris GlassAug 1, 2023
@arstechnica SMR tech is pretty much in all HDDs now. It sucks when they get nearly full.
Show threadAaron DavisAug 1, 2023
@arstechnica I need 30TB drives.
Show threadKevin SeverudAug 1, 2023
@arstechnica Friends don't let friends use WD drives. Just say, "NO!"
Show threadStella GrayAug 1, 2023
@arstechnica cool
Show threadKellic Tiger Aug 2, 2023
@arstechnica Stop using WD. They cut corners and play games. Just stay away from them. Seagate may have had a bad rep a number of years ago but re recently their stuff is pretty rock solid. Looking at their EXOS X16 drives in the 16TB range look pretty dang solid. Enough that I'm probably going to do that in a 24x of that in a RAIDZ3