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    From Lynn McGuire@21:1/5 to All on Tue Nov 21 15:10:08 2023
    “WD 24TB CMR HDDs Shipping, 28TB SMR HDD Ramping”

    https://www.storagereview.com/news/wd-24tb-cmr-hdds-shipping-28tb-smr-hdd-ramping

    Wow. These drives never stop growing in size. I guess that the NSA is
    driving this.

    Lynn

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  • From Char Jackson@21:1/5 to Lynn McGuire on Wed Nov 22 23:33:52 2023
    On Tue, 21 Nov 2023 15:10:08 -0600, Lynn McGuire <lynnmcguire5@gmail.com> wrote:

    WD 24TB CMR HDDs Shipping, 28TB SMR HDD Ramping

    https://www.storagereview.com/news/wd-24tb-cmr-hdds-shipping-28tb-smr-hdd-ramping

    Wow. These drives never stop growing in size. I guess that the NSA is >driving this.

    Very nice to see that the venerable HDD isn't quite done yet. When you think it must be nearing the end of its evolution, it just carries on and continues its march.

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  • From Lynn McGuire@21:1/5 to Char Jackson on Mon Nov 27 14:51:40 2023
    On 11/22/2023 11:33 PM, Char Jackson wrote:
    On Tue, 21 Nov 2023 15:10:08 -0600, Lynn McGuire <lynnmcguire5@gmail.com> wrote:

    “WD 24TB CMR HDDs Shipping, 28TB SMR HDD Ramping”

    https://www.storagereview.com/news/wd-24tb-cmr-hdds-shipping-28tb-smr-hdd-ramping

    Wow. These drives never stop growing in size. I guess that the NSA is
    driving this.

    Very nice to see that the venerable HDD isn't quite done yet. When you think it
    must be nearing the end of its evolution, it just carries on and continues its
    march.

    The latest is that WD is moving to a laser for the head(s) that they
    expect to release starting at 50 TB in a year or ten.

    Lynn

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  • From Char Jackson@21:1/5 to Lynn McGuire on Tue Nov 28 00:56:20 2023
    On Mon, 27 Nov 2023 14:51:40 -0600, Lynn McGuire <lynnmcguire5@gmail.com> wrote:

    On 11/22/2023 11:33 PM, Char Jackson wrote:
    On Tue, 21 Nov 2023 15:10:08 -0600, Lynn McGuire <lynnmcguire5@gmail.com> wrote:

    WD 24TB CMR HDDs Shipping, 28TB SMR HDD Ramping

    https://www.storagereview.com/news/wd-24tb-cmr-hdds-shipping-28tb-smr-hdd-ramping

    Wow. These drives never stop growing in size. I guess that the NSA is
    driving this.

    Very nice to see that the venerable HDD isn't quite done yet. When you think it
    must be nearing the end of its evolution, it just carries on and continues its
    march.

    The latest is that WD is moving to a laser for the head(s) that they
    expect to release starting at 50 TB in a year or ten.

    A little closer to home, I just purchased a pair of WDC 18TB Elements drives on a Black Friday deal, which I'll shuck and install internally. I suppose a few years from now the 18TB drives will seem quaint in their smallness.

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