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24 TB (CMR) and 28TB (SMR) drives are coming.... (alien.top)

submitted 10 months ago by Lionne777Sini@alien.top to c/homelab@selfhosted.forum

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Western Digital Releases 24TB Ultrastar & Gold Hard Drives, 28TB SMR Drives Ramping

So, only Gold series is to be available in stores, which means just 24 TB CMR drive.

All drives are getting out in SATA version first, SAS is to follow later.

What is real technical difference between Gold and "Ultrastar" lines anyway ? 🙄

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[–] holycrap@lemm.ee 1 points 10 months ago

It doesn't look like they announced pricing

[–] darkforcesjedi@alien.top 1 points 10 months ago (2 children)

I will never but a Western Digital product again after the way they've misleadingly marketed SMR drives in the past and gaslighted users about their performance.

[–] Ubermidget2@alien.top 1 points 10 months ago

Seagate has 32TB HAMR coming out in the next ~7 months

[–] RayneYoruka@alien.top 1 points 10 months ago

This ^

Also because it seems that all the WD blues I've ever bought have died xd

[–] LateralLimey@alien.top 1 points 10 months ago (3 children)

SMR should die.

[–] fractalfocuser@alien.top 1 points 10 months ago

Bad take. Everything has a use case. SMR is great as a cold storage medium

[–] __SpeedRacer__@alien.top 1 points 10 months ago

I can't imagine how many years it would take to resilver that drive.

[–] xylopyrography@alien.top 1 points 10 months ago

Depends on your use case. If you can get 15% more storage for the same cost it could be worth it to data hoarders for no measurable performance issues.

[–] cyong@alien.top 1 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Its been a while since i looked but doesn't Ultrastar lineup have 4kn while Gold is 512e?

[–] msg7086@alien.top 1 points 10 months ago

You can just switch the drive between the 2 modes in just a few seconds with a command.