Seagate, in flip, is growing the storage capability of its onerous drives and its Exos sequence. The capability of the latter has been elevated by 20%, from 20TB to 24TB.
Exos: Seagate declares a 24TB mannequin!
With this new reference, Seagate presents us a tough disk in 3.5″ format. It includes a whole of 10 platters, every with 2.4TB capability, and makes use of CMR (Conventional Magnetic Reccording) expertise. It additionally advantages from helium filling to scale back temperatures, noise and friction.
The 24TB mannequin boasts a velocity of 7200 rpm and can be supplied with a SATA or SAS interface. As for throughput, Seagate has introduced switch speeds of 285 MB/s, with random learn efficiency of 168 IOPS and random write efficiency of 272 IOPS. Average latency is 4.16 ms.
Last however not least, the ability consumption. Indeed, the sort of drive is designed for large-scale deployment in knowledge facilities the place power consumption is excessive. Here, in idle mode, the common energy consumption is 6.3W, in contrast with 8.9W in learn mode and seven.1W in write mode.
The value isn’t but identified. All we all know is that the primary qualification disks are beginning to be shipped to chose prospects. Actual availability should wait till December. This can be adopted by 30TB disks primarily based on HAMR expertise in early 2024.
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