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Consortium Roadmap Shows 100TB Hard Drives Possible By 2025

Posted by samzenpus on from the in-the-future dept.

Lucas123 writes An industry consortium made up by leading hard disk drive manufacturers shows they expect the areal density of platters to reach 10 terabits per square inch by 2025, which is more than 10 times what it is today. At that density, hard disk drives could conceivably hold up to 100TB of data. Key to achieving greater bit density is Heat-Assisted Magnetic Recording (HAMR) and Bit Patterned Media Recording (BPMR). While both HAMR and BPMR will increase density, the combination of both technologies in 2021 will drive it to the 10Tbpsi level, according to the Advanced Storage Technology Consortium (ASTC).

4 of 215 comments (clear)

  1. Re:How about transfer rate and reliability? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    I just downloaded a siterip of everythingbutt at 357GB. Also eyeing a 350GB Japanese Bukkake torrent. Those are just niche btw, theres 1TB+ mainstream porn torrents out there. 4k/8k will really be the death of us.

    Anyway, if lesbian rimming isn't a good enough reason for you, Idk what is.

  2. Re:How about transfer rate and reliability? by drkim · · Score: 5, Funny

    100 Terabytes.

    Even I would have a hard time finding enough porn to fill that.

    Ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha. Amateur.

    No, seriously, check out 'Amateur'.

  3. Re:How about transfer rate and reliability? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    Regarding MTBF, did you overlook the new recording technology? They are using a HAMR. The platter will consistently break on first write.

  4. Re:But what about by nospam007 · · Score: 3, Funny

    "Doesn't matter. It is ten years out. This prediction won't even be on Archive.org anymore by that time..."

    Did the predicter claim his right of his bad predictions to be forgotten?