Wait a year and a half to get 14TB and 18TB Seagate drives

[Abstract] Seagate is selling 10TB hard drives for $400, followed by 14TB, 18TB hard drives and 20TB targets by 2020. Tencent Digital (Blue Sky) By 2020, Seagate’s goal is to have a hard disk capacity of 20TB, and now it is rapidly moving towards its goal. Seagate executives said at the financial report that in the next 18 months, the company will launch 14TB and 18TB hard drives. At present, Seagate's hard drive capacity is only 10TB. Seagate CEO Stephen Luczo said that the company has tested 12 TB drives and it was developed using tech. In general, companies need large-capacity hard drives, and some consumers willing to afford high prices will also purchase. Large-capacity hard disks are generally configured using the NAS method to form a storage array. Seagate is selling 10TB hard drives for $400. With more and more PCs installing SSDs, SSDs consume less power and are faster, and their market share is rapidly expanding. In the PC and server markets there is still room for hard drives because SSDs are more expensive. If the user needs to store large amounts of data, the hard disk is suitable and the SSD has limited capacity. In the data center, large-capacity hard drives have replaced tape storage. In the consumer market, the demand for hard drives is still very high. Lukezo said that the demand for hard drives is also increasing in new areas, such as monitoring. The surveillance camera stores data on the hard disk. Some network storage services also use hard disks. Seagate executives also said that the company is increasing the capacity of each hard drive, it will increase the minimum capacity of PC hard drives to 1TB. Most of the low-capacity market has been occupied by SSDs. The ultra-light, ultra-thin PC with SSD capacity up to 256GB, and a few PCs up to 512GB, such as the Dell XPS 13. Although Seagate is famous for its hard disk, it has become a leader in the SSD field. Last year, Seagate showed 60TB SSD and may ship this year. Wonderful video: Source: pcworld

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