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    Seagate unveils hard drives with up to 10TB capacity

    Discussion in 'Hardware Components and Aftermarket Upgrades' started by Tinderbox (UK), Jul 19, 2016.

  1. Tinderbox (UK)

    Tinderbox (UK) BAKED BEAN KING

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    Tinderbox (UK), Jul 19, 2016
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    tilleroftheearth Wisdom listens quietly...

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    Barracuda. Just thinking of that garbage makes me shudder (I've replaced many dozens of such drives).

    55TB of data writes per year? What are the platters made of? Pixie dust?

    Uhm, GB? Yeah right.


    Doesn't seem too reliable this information?
     
    tilleroftheearth, Jul 19, 2016
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    Surprise: the cache is actually a 1.8" HDD hidden within the 3.5" drive :p.
     
    Jarhead, Jul 21, 2016
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    TomJGX I HATE BGA!

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    Makes sense for the size of it :)
     
    TomJGX, Jul 21, 2016
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    Starlight5 Yes, I'm a cat. What else is there to say, really?

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    FWIW 3TB and 4TB 2.5" Barracudas are rebrands of current 15mm drives. Also, they completely dumped 9.5mm form-factor - it's either 7mm or 15mm now. Source.
     
    Starlight5, Jul 22, 2016
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    TomJGX I HATE BGA!

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    Dear me, did they really need to drop the 9mm drives? That's kind of bad for laptop users :(
     
    TomJGX, Jul 25, 2016
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    Starlight5 Yes, I'm a cat. What else is there to say, really?

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    @TomJGX it seems latest consumer and business-class mostly have 7mm 2.5" bay; only workstations and gaming laptops still cling to 9.5mm. Doesn't make this move any less bitter, though.
     
    Starlight5, Jul 25, 2016
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    Krowe Notebook Evangelist

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    Seagate should write a manual on how to lose 10TB of data in an instant. Chapter 1, use a Seagate 10TB drive.
     
    Krowe, Jul 26, 2016
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    Eh, I've not had any issues with my Seagates. Then again, neither have I had issues with my WDs, Toshibas, etc.

    Almost as if this is a matured technology or something :p
     
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    Krowe Notebook Evangelist

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    Or... if you have to constantly replace Seagates in the farm and you get tired of it after a while. HGST on the other hand, never had to replace one.

    Also, big drives in the array = terrible idea.
     
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    Krowe, Jul 26, 2016
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