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Seagate are going to ship SMR HDD in the next 6 months. With BPM is still way off on any RoadMap.( Correct me if i am wrong ) The other alternative is HAMR. But do HAMR works with Helium Filled HDD? My imagination is that the laser in HAMR would set off Rampant fire.

And to be Honest, even with that theoretical 50 - 60TB HDD from HAMR HDD isn't enough to fit our Cloud Platform needs. The amount of data we create everyday and Backups we need.

Do we have anything in research for an HDD that is capable of 100- 1000TB?




You are mistaking helium (inert,fire suppresant) for hydrogen (flammable).




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