News Ding! Toshiba's Microwave-Assisted 18TB Hard Drives Are Ready for Desktops, NAS

[Admin]

Toshiba unveils 18TB X300 and N300 HDDs for desktops and NAS .

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[peachpuff]

Placing this drive in the microwave for 60 seconds unlocks an extra platter...

 

[hotaru251]

but can it pop my popcorn?

 

[pixelpusher220]

"flux-control microwave-assisted magnetic recording"

You had one job, and that job was to incorporate a capacitor into this....

 

[jcrown]

Imagine trying to defrag an 18TB hdd?!?

 

[Johnpombrio]

Just don't use the "format all" command when initializing this disk. It could take a fortnight.

 

[TheOtherOne]

Imagine trying to defrag an 18TB hdd?!?

Is "defragment" still a thing for HDDs? I remember back in 90s I used to do it every few months but haven't touched that option for ages