Western Digital is shipping what it believes to be the world’s highest capacity UltraSMR HDD with up to 32TB leveraging the reliable energy-assisted PMR (ePMR) recording technology for hyperscalers, CSPs and enterprises.
For data-intensive workloads, it is also shipping the ePMR CMR HDD with up to 26TB for enterprise and channel customers.
32TB Ultrastar DC HC690 SMR HDD – With up to 32TB capacities support customer goals for cost-effective deep content storage at scale. These new HDDs have up to 257 MiB/s sequential performance and use as little as 5.5W power idle, making them ideal for warm and cold tiers of data.
26TB Ultrastar DC HC590 CMR HDD – These are a drop-in replacement for continued capacity growth offering better CMR capacity, seamless qualification, easy integration and rapid adoption. The Ultrastar DC HC590 26TB CMR HDD features a sustained transfer rate of up to 288 MiB/s and uses as little as 5.6W power while idle.
Ultrastar Data60, Data102 Hybrid Storage Platforms – The new Ultrastar HDDs are being qualified and integrated into the company’s Ultrastar Data60 and Data102 JBOD hybrid storage platforms, which are high-density, scalable storage solutions. They provide flexible configurations, accommodating up to 60 or 102 HDDs, and can deliver up to 3,26PB of raw capacity. Key technologies like IsoVibe and ArcticFlow for reduced vibration and optimised cooling.
26TB WD Gold SATA HDDs – Specifically designed for system integrators and resellers, new 26TB WD Gold HDDs are able to handle heavy, continuous read-write workloads in tough enterprise and commercial system environments, with a five-year limited warranty supporting up to 2,5M hours MTBF (projected).