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60TB Disk Drives Could Be a Reality In 2016

Posted by Soulskill on from the that's-a-lot-of-cat-pictures dept.

CWmike writes "The maximum areal densities of hard disk drives are expected to more than double by 2016, according to IHS iSuppli. Hard drive company Seagate has also predicted a doubling of drive density, and now IHS iSuppli is confirming what the vendor community already knew. Leading the way for greater disk density will be technologies such as heat-assisted magnetic recording (HAMR), which Seagate patented in 2006. Seagate has already said it will be able to produce a 60TB 3.5-in. hard drive by 2016. Laptop drives could reach 10TB to 20TB in the same time frame, IHS iSuppli stated. It said areal densities are projected to climb to a maximum 1,800 Gbits per square inch per platter by 2016, up from 744 Gbits per square inch in 2011. Areal density equals bit density, or bits of information per inch of a track, multiplied by tracks per inch on a drive platter. This year, hard drive areal densities are estimated to reach 780Gbits per square inch per platter, and then rise to 900Gbits per square inch next year."

13 of 293 comments (clear)

  1. For depressed people by SadBob · · Score: 5, Funny

    Since pirates are depressed people, these will be perfect fit for depressed pirates.

    1. Re:For depressed people by mccalli · · Score: 3, Funny

      Associating them with depression however leads to them being available on medical prescription...

      Cheers,
      Ian

  2. WOW by __aaeihw9960 · · Score: 4, Funny

    That's a shitload of porn.

    1. Re:WOW by Nyder · · Score: 4, Funny

      That's a shitload of porn.

      I must be a nerd, because my digital comic collection is bigger then my porn collection.

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      Be seeing you...
    2. Re:WOW by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

      I must be a nerd, because my digital comic collection is bigger then my porn collection.

      For some people, those would be one and the same.

    3. Re:WOW by MightyYar · · Score: 5, Funny

      I use Spousal Truecrypt. It's an unencrypted folder titled "Sports".

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      W..w..W - Willy Waterloo washes Warren Wiggins who is washing Waldo Woo.
    4. Re:WOW by NaughtyNimitz · · Score: 5, Funny

      Until your smart wife discovers your loot when she types "creampie" or "cup" in spotlight (or similar windows search engine)

    5. Re:WOW by Jafafa+Hots · · Score: 4, Funny

      Don't assume like that. There are people into ANY kind of porn, whether high definition or high density.

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      This space available.
    6. Re:WOW by Alter_3d · · Score: 5, Funny

      I use Spousal Truecrypt. It's an unencrypted folder titled "Sports".

      A friend of mine kept his porn folder on plain view. The folder title was "Uninstall Windows". The wife never looked inside.

  3. Re:More capacity, but what about I/O? by jedidiah · · Score: 1, Funny

    No. The dreadful part is not being stuck with USB3.

    The dreadful part is realizing that attaching an over hyped external interface to it will likely not matter.

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    A Pirate and a Puritan look the same on a balance sheet.
  4. Re:What's the useful limit? by mpetch · · Score: 5, Funny

    640TB

  5. Re:More capacity, but what about I/O? by AshtangiMan · · Score: 4, Funny

    I agree that RAID is not a backup, but that doesn't mean that my backup can't be a RAID . . .

  6. Re:More capacity, but what about I/O? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    with the shit quality coming from hard drive manufacturers these days.... a 60 TB drive would fail long before one had a chance to fill it up.