22TB HDDs are here

[BFG10K]

Western Digital Unpacks 22TB HDDs So You'll Almost Never Have To Delete A File Again

Western Digital has officially won the race to 22TB in a single-drive solution for retail.

hothardware.com

CMR, 2.2TB per platter, 291MB/s, less than 3 cents per GB.

Nice. It'd be cool to see a 2TB model using a single platter.

 

[VirtualLarry]

Nice. It'd be cool to see a 2TB model using a single platter.

Or a 4.5TB model with 2, CMR, 7200RPM.

 

[Shmee]

Even a good 4TB model like that would be good, if they can bring down prices and improve performance. I am currently using 5 4TB Red Pros in my NAS, but those are fine for now. Still have plenty of room. If I were to upgrade the volume, I would probably go with 5 8-12 TB drives.

 

[Hail The Brain Slug]

Ah man and I just started buying 20TB drives for my new server... into the bin they go!

 

[CakeMonster]

Cool, is real world performance still improving? Compared to say 8TB or 12TB disks?

 

[Tech Junky]

291MB/s

That's a hefty improvement over the current ~225MB/s I'm seeing on 8TB Red's. Hitting closer to 1/2 of what SATA can hit per cable. My array would jump closer to the 5gbps mark than its current 400MB/s+ speed. $600/drive though is a bit much compared to the $160/drive at 8TB I paid.

8TB - $20/TB
22TB - $27/TB

Coming down to ~$400 would make them more appealing as @igor_kavinski would say when I brought up 20TB drives as an option for $300 he pointed out 18TB options closer to $300.

 

[sdifox]

Isn't there a 100TB SSD? Granted even turning gigolo won't pay for it.

https://www.techradar.com/news/at-100tb-the-worlds-biggest-ssd-gets-an-eye-watering-price-tag

Samsung has a 30TB one.

Imaging building three racks of BB Pods with the 100 TB drives lol