20TB HAMR Hard Drives Coming in 2020, up to 80TB Drives Expected in a Few Years

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We first wrote about HAMR technology in 2017. HAMR stands for "Heat-Assisted Magnetic Recording" and aims at increasing data density in order for manufacturers to cram even more bytes into 2.5" and 3.5" drives. You can learn more about HARM technology in your previous article.

At the time, Seagate had built over 40,000 HAMR drives for internal testing, and expected volume shipments of 20TB+ drives in 2019. There have been some delays, but Seagate recently announced their first formatted and fully functioning 3.5" 16TB enterprise hard drive platform based on the technology.

Seagate HAMR Hard Drives

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