Seagate's 8TB HD

[BirdDad]

probably shingling not HAMR

 

[bradley]

I am not sure about that, since they list 180TB lifetime writes to the HD.
It seems this new tech has some serious limitations on how it works.

I know it is geared toward long term storage, but still, that is a odd limit. Only about 22.5 times you can wipe/fill the HD up to remain under warranty.

What happens after that, do the shingles fall off, digitally speaking ?

Seagate rates these drives at 180TB per year, not lifetime.