News Toshiba demonstrates 30TB+ HDDs using HAMR and MAMR technologies — customer sampling scheduled for 2025

[Admin]

Toshiba recently built 31TB and 32TB hard drives for server use, with larger capacities expected to arrive in the coming years.

Toshiba demonstrates 30TB+ HDDs using HAMR and MAMR technologies — customer sampling scheduled for 2025 : Read more

 

[vijosef]

For example, a 22TB Western Digital Gold hard drive will set you back $600, while an 8TB 2.5-inch Samsung SATA SSD costs more with its regular price of $849.99.

Actually, the SAMSUNG 870 QVO SATA III SSD 8TB costs 563$ in Amazon today.

 

[USAFRet]

Actually, the SAMSUNG 870 QVO SATA III SSD 8TB costs 563$ in Amazon today.

"List price" of $849.99, as the article states.

 

[gg83]

Asianometry on YouTube has a great video about the hdd market. Do we think 30tb is basically the peak? After that cost won't be justified?

 

[USAFRet]

Asianometry on YouTube has a great video about the hdd market. Do we think 30tb is basically the peak? After that cost won't be justified?

Some years ago, 1TB was thought to be the peak.

 

[gg83]

Some years ago, 1TB was thought to be the peak.

Valid point for sure. The exponential growth has flattened quite a bit though.

 

[Notton]

It's a limitation of physics. The magnetic grain can only get so small before it becomes noise to the head and requires new technology.

The first? breakthrough was the much hated SMR, then Helium, and now HAMR/MAMR.
I think the next one is Laser and should bring about 50TB sizes.

DRAM has a similar problem with capacitor size limitations. When it is too small it can no longer retain a charge, and requires a new and ever more exotic high-K dielectric material.