Western Digital just dropped the WD Ultrastar DC HC680 HDD, and it’s like the rockstar of hard drives. Picture this – ten disks, shingled magnetic recording (SMR) tech, and storage options ranging from 24TB to a whopping 28TB. That’s like having a music festival for your data right in your data center!
Why does it matter? Well, if you’re running a data center and want to cut costs without sacrificing power, this might be your new best friend. It’s got cool features like OptiNAND to make storage more efficient, energy-assisted magnetic recording (eAMR) for that extra oomph, a triple-stage actuator (TSA), and HelioSeal to keep things breezy while giving you more space.
These aren’t your grandma’s hard drives either – spinning at a speedy 7,200RPM, with a hefty 512MB cache size and data transfer rates up to 265MB/s. It’s like the Flash of hard drives!
But here’s the juicy part – Western Digital is throwing down with Seagate in the race to the coveted 30TB milestone. Seagate’s got the 28TB Exos X24 HDD, and the rumors say they’re eyeing even crazier sizes.
