Put
down your pathetic 6TB drive—Seagate says it has broken the 8TB barrier with a
new enterprise-class 3.5-inch hard drive. Seagate officials say they have been
quietly sending samples to customers for evaluation and expect to go into to
full production soon. Seagate had previously hinted it would ship 8TB and 10TB
drives this year, so the news isn’t shocking. What isn’t known is how the
company is achieving the capacity. In its 6TB drives, Hitachi sealed units and
filled them with helium so it could pack an unheard-of seven platters inside.
Western Digital also just started shipping its own 6TB Red drives, as well.
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