Toshiba this week announced the industry’s first hard drive featuring flux-control microwave-assisted magnetic recording (FC-MAMR) technology. The new MG09-series HDDs are designed primarily for nearline and enterprise applications, they offer an 18 TB capacity along with an ultra-low idle power consumption. From a report: The Toshiba MG09-series 3.5-inch 18 TB HDD are based on the company’s 3rd generation nine-platter helium sealed…
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Western Digital’s Ultrastar DC ZN540 Is the World’s First ZNS SSD
An anonymous reader quotes a report from Tom’s Hardware: Western Digital is one of the most vocal proponents of the Zoned Namespaces (ZNS) storage initiative, so it is not surprising that the company this week became the first SSD maker to start sampling of a ZNS SSD. When used properly, the Ultrastar DC ZN540 drive can replace up to four conventional…
Seagate Says 20 TB HAMR Drives Will Arrive in December, 50 TB Capacities in 2026
Seagate revealed several interesting points about its upcoming releases of next-generation hard drives during its quarterly earnings call this week. From a report: The company has disclosed a shift to a new generation of HDDs based on so-called heat-assisted magnetic recording (HAMR) technology. This technology is set to bring many improvements compared to the one currently used by Seagate’s rivals like…
Toshiba Publishes Full List of Its Drives Using Slower SMR Technology
“Toshiba has just published a full list of all the consumer HDDs in their lineup that use SMR (shingled magnetic recording) technology,” writes Slashdot reader williamyf. “This comes after the whole submarine consumer SMR HDDs fiasco, and fresh on the heels of Western Digital publishing a full list of all their consumer HDDs using SMR. With this, Seagate is the only…
Storage Vendors Are Quietly Slipping SMR Disks Into Consumer Hard Drives
“Storage vendors, including but reportedly not limited to Western Digital, have quietly begun shipping SMR (Shingled Magnetic Recording) disks in place of earlier CMR (Conventional Magnetic Recording) disks…” writes Ars Technica. “In addition to higher capacities, SMR is associated with much lower random I/O performance than CMR disks offer.” Long-time Slashdot reader castrox shares their detailed report:
Shingled Magnetic Recording is a…