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Re:HDD Components Maker Hoya Describes 22TB and 24TB Hard Dr... by kasabali on Saturday November 07, 2020 @12:11PM (#25016391)
2.5 drives have less platters which are also smaller.

I hope everything goes well and we'll see 100TB drives.

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Re:HDD Components Maker Hoya Describes 22TB and 24TB Hard Dr... by 737maxtw on Saturday November 07, 2020 @01:22PM (#25017100)
I'm not sure whether the smaller size is an asset or liability here. There's likely some tradeoffs for manufacturing tolerances and/or thermals. (physics people speak up?)
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