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Cloud storage company releases its 2025 hard drive reliability report
Backblaze just released its annual drive reliability report, with the company getting a 1.36% annualized failure rate for 2025. It says that this is its best result since 2022.
Western Digital details 14-platter 3.5-inch HAMR HDD designs with 140 TB and beyond
Premium Western Digital outlines vision for hard drive platforms in 2030 and beyond: 14 platters, new laser technology, capacities of 140TB and beyond.
Western Digital reveals new software platform to manage hundreds of petabytes of storage
Western Digital to give large customers a tool to manage storage fleets of 200+ PB consisting of SSDs, HAMR HDDs, and UltraSMR drives.
Western Digital doubles the performance of hard drives with dual-actuator High-Bandwidth, with path to 8X performance increase
Western Digital reveals hard disk drives tailored for higher performance and lower power consumption, targeting QLC NAND-based solid-state storage.
Western Digital unveils massive 40TB HDD with energy-assisted recording tech
Western Digital announces HDD roadmap till 2029 at its Innovation Day.
Hard drive prices have surged by an average of 46% since September — iconic 24TB Seagate BarraCuda now $500 as AI claims another victim
New research indicates that hard drive prices are now pushing an average increase of nearly 50% in the last four months.
Seagate updates its lineups with new 32 TB CMR hard drives, starting at $699.99
Aimed at modern AI workloads.
HDD prices spike as AI infrastructure and China's PC push collide
Despite continual predictions that SSDs will fully displace HDDs, demand for spinning rust is on the rise.
