Adam_a 24 Report post Posted January 8 Capacity needs are only going up. SSDs are getting larger and larger but at a steep costs that is not always needed for several applications. Companies need bigger drives that they can drop in their existing equipment. Here, Toshiba answers the call with the 16TB MG08 HDDs. Being CMR they will work with most applications. The new drive series comes with improved power efficiencies and its large capacity in the same 3.5” footprint helps to lower TCO. The drives are designed for applications such as data-protection, big data aggregation, content serving and digital archiving. Toshiba Announces 16TB MG08 Series HDDs Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
reader50 5 Report post Posted January 8 I did not expect this. Figured 16TB would require HAMR or MAMR. With it still at 9 platters, I wonder how they squeezed in the extra density. Without going to the dark side (SMR). Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
reader50 5 Report post Posted January 11 Thinking about this, it puts pressure on Seagate to intro HAMR at 20TB. That, or release 16TB HAMR below Toshiba's price. Toshiba not only scooped Seagate on size, they got to market faster. Seagate will have to give consumers a reason to switch. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Brian 157 Report post Posted January 11 It is kind of funny that Toshiba on HDD was at least a year behind and whoosh, game on. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
continuum 18 Report post Posted January 13 I'm more interested in performance and reliability than price. That said, competition is generally good for prices... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
