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Re:6TB helium-filled hard drives bump capacity, decrease pow... by selmnoo on Monday November 04, 2013 @10:04AM (#6668882)
Are HAMR drives commercially available yet? Wiki makes it sound like 60TB HAMR drives will be readily available at low cost for consumers by 2016 or so, do you think that's likely the reality of things?
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Re:6TB helium-filled hard drives bump capacity, decrease pow... by ck2 on Monday November 04, 2013 @12:19PM (#6669770)
Seagate is suggesting the first HAMR drive will be a 3.5 inch Barracuda of 7.5TB

I think they are taking it gradually.

The problem with HAMR is evaporation of the surface film.

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Re:6TB helium-filled hard drives bump capacity, decrease pow... by jodrellblank on Monday November 04, 2013 @03:17PM (#6670893)
Amazing technology in due in 3-5 years? Probably not.
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