Western Digital has announced that it is now shipping not only the world’s highest-capacity ePMR CMR HDD with up to 26 TB for enterprise and channel customers, but also the world’s highest-capacity UltraSMR HDD with up to 32 TB, based on PMR (ePMR) recording technology. These new HDDs are joined by a new WD Gold enterprise-class SATA HDD that offers 26 TB of storage, 2 TB more than the previous highest-capacity model. A breakdown of the new HDDs that Western Digital shared today as part of a press release about how it’s leading the industry with new 11-disk UltraSMR HDDs can be found below.
32TB Ultrastar DC HC690 SMR HDD – Western Digital continues to lead the industry in SMR adoption, driving innovation to deliver superior storage capacity while lowering TCO. Now shipping, Western Digital’s Ultrastar DC HC690 UltraSMR HDDs 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 – – Now shipping, Western Digital’s newest CMR drives are a drop-in replacement for continued capacity growth with a reliable, field-proven technology foundation. This latest generation of drives delivers unbeaten CMR capacity, seamless qualification, easy integration and rapid adoption while maintaining superior dependability and reliability. The Ultrastar DC HC590 26TB CMR HDD features a sustained transfer rate of up to 288 MiB/s and utilizes 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 that are ideal for modern data centers, private clouds, and big data analytics. These platforms 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 ensure reduced vibration and optimized cooling, resulting in better performance and reliability. Availability will begin by year-end.
26TB WD Gold SATA HDDs – Specifically designed for system integrators and resellers, new 26TB WD Gold HDDs are now available in the channel. Leveraging innovations from the Ultrastar HDD technology platform, the WD Gold 26TB HDD provides a no-compromise storage solution that incorporates our latest innovations to handle heavy, continuous read-write workloads in the toughest of enterprise and commercial system environments. With a five-year limited warranty2 supporting up to 2.5M hours MTBF3 (projected), WD Gold drives provide the utmost in storage performance, reliability, durability and flexible capacity for small and medium businesses and design professionals whose mission-critical data and creative output are essential to their success.