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Seagate Plans 37.5TB HDD Within Matter of Years

Posted by Zonk on from the lot-of-pr0n dept.

Ralph_19 writes "Wired visited Seagate's R&D labs and learned we can expect 3.5-inch 300-terabit hard drives within a matter of years. Currently Seagate is using perpendicular recording but in the next decade we can expect heat-assisted magnetic recording (HARM), which will boost storage densities to as much as 50 terabits per square inch. The technology allows a smaller number of grains to be used for each bit of data, taking advantage of high-stability magnetic compounds such as iron platinum." In the meantime, Hitachi is shipping a 1 TB HDD sometime this year. It is expected to retail for $399.

7 of 395 comments (clear)

  1. Backup Solution? by LibertineR · · Score: 5, Funny

    I want to see the tape drive for that thing, Bitches.

    1. Re:Backup Solution? by LibertineR · · Score: 5, Funny
      I swear to God this is true. I had a client ask me to create two partitions on a 500G drive, which was loaded with 200G of medical insurance claims. When I asked why, he said that although he didnt want to buy another drive, he understood the importance of having a backup for his data.

      I sprained a rib, choking back a laugh.

  2. Re:Terabits??? by AikonMGB · · Score: 5, Funny

    Through the magic of math: Tb / 8 = TB and so (300Tb)/8 = 37.5TB

    /GASP

    Aikon-

  3. Re:Reliability? by flyingfsck · · Score: 4, Funny

    Well, if it doesn't work, just use a bigger HAMR...

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  4. Re:product looking for a market by William_Lee · · Score: 4, Funny

    Two words... p0rn and piracy...

  5. Re:That's great. by phasm42 · · Score: 3, Funny
    Remember /. kiddies that 1 bit = 8 bytes.
    Read that again carefully.
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  6. Re:Terabits??? by jZnat · · Score: 5, Funny

    You mean 4 instead of 10 you insensitive clod!

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