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A comment on Western Digital Releases 24TB Ultrastar and Gold Hard Drives, 28TB SMR Ramping. Parent comment

Re:Western Digital Releases 24TB Ultrastar and Gold Hard Dri... by Hamuko on Wednesday November 22, 2023 @05:16PM (#38385941)
I feel like 12 TB drives already take more than four days. Haven't done one in a while though.
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Re:Western Digital Releases 24TB Ultrastar and Gold Hard Dri... by mlyle on Wednesday November 22, 2023 @06:02PM (#38386429)
12TB drives took me ~50 hours; linear extrapolation would say ~100 hours.

But the new drives have higher areal density and are a tad faster...

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