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HDD Sales Crater, Drop 35% Year-over-Year
Unit shipments of nearline drives suffer the most in the first quarter as exascalers remain cautious.
Seagate Launches 22TB HDD, Listed for $18 Per TB
Seagate's IronWolf Pro 22TB hard drive has finally hit the retail market.
WD Injects 22TB HDDs Into My Book External Drive Lineup for Capacities up to 44TB
Digital hoarders and 8K content creators, rejoice!
Backup Company Reveals Hard Drive Failure Rates For 2022
Backblaze has published the company's annual report on hard drive failure rates for last year.
Seagate: 22TB and 24TB HDDs Launching Soon, 30+TB HAMR Follows in Q3
Seagate is on track to launch industry's first 30TB HDD with HAMR in the third quarter.
Tape Storage Soars While HDD Sales Crash
Sales of LTO tape for archive storage increased in 2022, in contrast to decreases in HDD sales.
HDD Shipments Almost Halved in 2022
HDD shipments were hit hard in 2022. The one bright spot was a slight rebound in 2.5-inch laptop HDDs during Q4, but the industry was down by about 42% over the year.
Backblaze Expects HDD Storage Costs to Hit One Cent per GB by 2025
Cloud storage specialist Backblaze expects pricing on Hard Disk Drive (HDD) storage to maintain its downward trajectory, reaching one cent per GB by 2025.