Seagate is introducing new flagships in their IronWolf lineup today on two fronts – the SMB/SME-focused IronWolf Pro, and the SATA SSDs line. On the HDD front, we have 18TB hard drives based on conventional magnetic recording (CMR) technology, while the SATA SSD line sees two …
The improved visual fidelity of modern computer games has come at the inevitable cost of storage space. Want to install the likes of Gears of War 4 or Forza Motorsport 7? Reports suggest you’ll need roughly 55GB and 70GB, respectively, and those estimates are only likely …
Seagate’s Barracuda Pro 12TB reminds us why at least some hard drives can remain relevant despite the swift encroachment of SSDs. Until we reviewed its predecessor the Barracuda Pro 10TB last year and tasted its 250MBps read performance, we hadn’t given hard drives much thought for …
Two rivals in the mechanical hard drive market have announced new high-capacity 3.5” desktop drives almost at the same time: Western Digital, or rather its wholly-owned subsidiary HGST, will be shipping its first enterprise-class 14TB drive, while competitor Seagate has taken the wraps off of three …
The CEO of Seagate has confirmed plans to release new nearline harddrives with 12 TB capacity in the coming months, and HDDs with 16 TB capacity over the course of the next several quarters. The latter are believed to be based on HAMR technology and the …
The Seagate Firecuda is a 2.5-inch ‘laptop-size’ drive – a 2TB hybrid costing around £115/$130. What makes it stick out? Well for PlayStation users, it ticks a few crucial boxes if you’re itching to upgrade the standard hard drive. Until this model came along, we’ve had …
As a part of its cost-cutting efforts, Seagate has decided to shut down its HDD manufacturing plant in Suzhou, China. The factory is one of the company’s largest production assets and its closure will significantly reduce the company’s HDD output. Seagate intends to lay off ~2200 …
Seagate has pretty much always been a major player in the storage market, where they’re known primarily for their hard drives. They haven’t been completely absent from the SSD market, but they have focused almost exclusively on the enterprise SSD market. It has been quite a …
Seagate is launching their 16 TB CMR (conventional magnetic recording) helium drives today under two product lines – the Exos X for datacenter usage, and the IronWolf / IronWolf Pro for NAS units. The company has been actively shipping the Exos X drives to hyperscale customers, …
