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Western Digital Announces 10 TB WD Purple HDDs
Western Digital announced that they are upping the capacity of their surveillance drives with 25% and releasing the new 10TB version in their Purple series. The WD Purple HDDs are designed for NVR and DVR systems which increase in resolutions just as any other camera system. Beside the 25-percent capacity…
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Western Digital Launches 12TB and 14TB HGST Ultrastar HDDs
Just when we thought that 10TB hard disk drives were impressive, Western Digital announces both 12TB and 14TB drives. Initially, the company will launch the Ultrastar He12 Helium HDD which is an industry-first eight-disk design. The standard 3.5-inch form factor drive is using PMR technology to achieve the 12TB capacity over the…
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WD Increases Gold HDD Capacities
While SSDs continue to grow in both speed and capacity, hard disk drive makers aren’t sitting still either. In an effort to maintain their hold on the storage business, they’ve both increased capacity and improved their speeds. To this end, Western Digital has released an updated to their Gold series of…
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Western Digital Releases ‘Gold’ HDDs for Datacenters
Coloured drives have long been a mainstay of Western Digital branding. The old Blue, Black, and Greens were supplemented in recent years by the addition of the Red and Purple lineups. Today, Western Digital has released a new colour, Gold, for the datacenter. The new Gold WD HDDs will co-exist…
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The Event Horizon Telescope Will Use Helium Filled HGST Drives
We, as the human race, have accomplished quite a few impressive scientific things so far. We have been to the moon, we have vehicles driving around mars, and a probe that has left the solar system. We shouldn’t forget about the large hadron collider either, which discovered, or rather confirmed,…
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HGST Launched the 10TB Ultrastar Archive Ha10 HDD
HGST has set a new standard for mechanical hard drives with their helium filled drives and the latest one based on that technology have just been launched. The new HGST Ultrastar Archive HA10. brings 10TB of storage capacity specially designed for Active Archive applications. This is the third drive based…
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Thecus Now Offically Supports HGST Ultrastar He8 Helium HDDs
Thecus is the latest of companies to support the amazing HGST Ultrastar He8 Helium filled hard disk drives. By incorporating these new drives with Thecus NAS, users will be able to increase storage capacity while maintaining a quieter, more energy-efficient environment. The HGST HelioSeal drives have less internal resistance due to…
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HGST Reveal 8TB and 10TB HelioSeal Hard Drives
Western Digital’s HGST subsidiary has just announced their new 8TB and 10TB hard drives and no, that second one isn’t a typo. The new drives are part of their HelioSeal product line; a range of hard drives which are hermetically sealed in helium in order to reduce internal drive friction…
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First 6TB Helium-Filled Hard Drives Released By HGST
Hitachi started shipping the first drive to feature a helium filling, a concept it first unveiled back in 2012 as a means to boost capacity by around 40 per cent compared to traditional mechanical drives. The helium filling was possible by shrinking the gap between platters and fit seven platters…
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