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24 TB (CMR) and 28TB (SMR) drives are coming....

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Western Digital Releases 24TB Ultrastar & Gold Hard Drives, 28TB SMR Drives Ramping

So, only Gold series is to be available in stores, which means just 24 TB CMR drive.

All drives are getting out in SATA version first, SAS is to follow later.

What is real technical difference between Gold and “Ultrastar” lines anyway ? 🙄

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holycrap@lemm.ee
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It doesn’t look like they announced pricing

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darkforcesjedi@alien.topB
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I will never but a Western Digital product again after the way they’ve misleadingly marketed SMR drives in the past and gaslighted users about their performance.

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Ubermidget2@alien.topB
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Seagate has 32TB HAMR coming out in the next ~7 months

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RayneYoruka@alien.topB
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This ^

Also because it seems that all the WD blues I’ve ever bought have died xd

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LateralLimey@alien.topB
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SMR should die.

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xylopyrography@alien.topB
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Depends on your use case. If you can get 15% more storage for the same cost it could be worth it to data hoarders for no measurable performance issues.

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fractalfocuser@alien.topB
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Bad take. Everything has a use case. SMR is great as a cold storage medium

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__SpeedRacer__@alien.topB
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I can’t imagine how many years it would take to resilver that drive.

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cyong@alien.topB
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Its been a while since i looked but doesn’t Ultrastar lineup have 4kn while Gold is 512e?

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msg7086@alien.topB
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You can just switch the drive between the 2 modes in just a few seconds with a command.

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