We all know very well that hard drives have been offering us decades of quiet and efficient service.
The lower density gives you more reliability and speed.
When sealed, they have also protected from environmental wear and the introduction of carbon that damages hard drives.
To increase capacity, Western Digital makes use of second-generation SMR (Shingled Magnetic Recording) technology.
At rest, it has a consumption of 5.2 watts and 6.4 watts in use.
This results in a 60% reduction in the wattage per GB ratio compared to an 8TB air unit.
That equals 285 years in a row.
The hard disk is offered in SATA (6 Gbps) and SAS (12 Gbps) format.
It has a buffer of 512 MB, and a maximum transfer speed of 233 MB/s.
The warranty is for 5 years.
The company has not disclosed the price tag.
The 10 TB version is worth about $705, so this could easily climb to $820.
The industry is having a hard time reaching storage capacities greater than 10, 12 and 14 TB.
The limit with the current technology with helium is around 16 TB.
However, Seagate says that in 2019 they will be launching an 18-TB hard drive.
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