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Toshiba's $380M HDD Expansion Triggers 10% Plunge in Seagate, Western Digital
technology7 days ago

Toshiba's $380M HDD Expansion Triggers 10% Plunge in Seagate, Western Digital

Shares of Seagate and Western Digital dropped approximately 10% on October 2, 2026, after Nikkei reported that rival Toshiba plans to double its hard disk drive (HDD) production capacity for AI data centers. Toshiba intends to invest roughly $380 million in a Philippines facility to grow its market share from 10% to 30% by fiscal 2027. The move threatens the supply shortage that has driven record profits for the two US incumbents, though analysts argue the impact may be overstated due to supply chain constraints and timing delays.

via Yahoo Finance|
#ai-infrastructure#hard-drives#seagate
WD and HGST drive reliability beats Seagate and Toshiba in large fleet study
technology1 month ago

WD and HGST drive reliability beats Seagate and Toshiba in large fleet study

An IEEE peer‑reviewed study using Backblaze data (443,156 HDDs across 2013–Q2 2025, ~1.66 million drive-years) found HGST and Western Digital drives have lower adjusted failure rates than Seagate and Toshiba after accounting for age, capacity, temperature, and form factor. HGST failed at about 41% of Seagate’s rate; WD about 52%; Toshiba about 107%. The analysis addresses fleet-age biases and notes Toshiba’s failures rise sharply after ~60 months. Higher temperatures increase failure risk (about 2.1% per 1°C; ~23% per 10°C), while larger capacity drives tended to fail less (roughly 3.4% fewer failures per extra TB). Results pertain to enterprise data-center drives, not consumer PCs, and reflect biases from evolving drive mixes. About 0.52% of drives were removed without a recorded failure. Backblaze’s 2025 annualized failure rate was 1.36%.

via TechSpot|
#backblaze#hard-drives#reliability
Efficient Hard Drive Disassembly: The DiskMantler's Rapid Shaking Method
technology2 years ago

Efficient Hard Drive Disassembly: The DiskMantler's Rapid Shaking Method

Garner Products has developed the DiskMantler, a machine that uses shock, harmonics, and vibration to disassemble old hard drives in a matter of seconds, allowing for the recovery of valuable components such as circuit boards, drive assemblies, actuators, and rare-earth magnets. This innovative approach could significantly improve the recycling process for e-waste, although it currently represents only a small fraction of global efforts to address the issue.

via Engadget|
#diskmantler#e-waste#garner-products
"Seagate's Dual-Layer 3D Magnetic Tech Paves the Way for 120TB+ HDDs"
technology2 years ago

"Seagate's Dual-Layer 3D Magnetic Tech Paves the Way for 120TB+ HDDs"

Seagate has demonstrated a new technology that will enable the production of hard drives with capacities over 90TB in the future by storing data in multiple layers using heat-assisted magnetic recording (HAMR) technology. This breakthrough, developed in collaboration with Tohoku University and Japan’s National Institute for Materials Science, allows for the potential of 3- to 4-level recording, paving the way for hard drives with capacities over 120TB. While solid state drives offer speed, hard drives still excel in capacity, and this advancement could revolutionize storage capabilities in a small space.

via PCGamesN|
#data-storage#hamr#hard-drives
"Huawei's OceanStor Arctic: A Game-Changing 10 Petabyte Storage Product with Spin-On-Demand Technology"
technology2 years ago

"Huawei's OceanStor Arctic: A Game-Changing 10 Petabyte Storage Product with Spin-On-Demand Technology"

Huawei unveiled its next-gen 10 Petabyte OceanStor Arctic magneto-electric storage solution at MWC 2024, claiming it could reduce total cost of ownership by 20% compared to tape and power consumption by 90% compared to hard drives. Additional details on the MED drive reveal a potential spin-on-demand feature that allows disks to power down or turn off when not in use, significantly reducing energy consumption. However, the exact technology behind the power-saving feature remains undisclosed, leaving questions about how it can spin yet consume 90% less power than hard drives. OceanStor Arctic is expected to be available outside of China in the second half of 2025.

via Yahoo! Voices|
#data-storage#hard-drives#huawei
"Seagate Introduces 24TB IronWolf Pro HDD for Cost-Saving NAS Environments"
technology2 years ago

"Seagate Introduces 24TB IronWolf Pro HDD for Cost-Saving NAS Environments"

Seagate has released new 24TB IronWolf Pro hard drives, showcasing slow innovation in the hard drive industry. The drives feature CMR technology, 7.2k RPM, 285MB/s transfer speed, and 2.5M hour MTBF, but with a nonrecoverable read error rate of 1 in 10^15. Despite the benefits of larger capacity, the pricing seems high compared to competitors, reflecting a market impacted by limited competition and slow innovation.

via ServeTheHome|
#cmr#hard-drives#ironwolf-pro
"Seagate Unveils Industry-Leading 30TB HAMR Hard Drive"
technology2 years ago

"Seagate Unveils Industry-Leading 30TB HAMR Hard Drive"

Seagate has introduced the Mozaic 3+ platform, utilizing heat-assisted media recording (HAMR) technology to increase the areal recording density of magnetic media, enabling upcoming Exos hard drives for cloud datacenters with a 30TB capacity and higher. The platform incorporates new media, write and read heads, and a controller, featuring 10 glass disks with a special magnetic layer, a plasmonic writer sub-system, and a Gen 7 Spintronic Reader with tiny magnetic field sensors. The new technology requires significant compute power, leading to the inclusion of an all-new 12nm fabrication process controller.

via Slashdot|
#data-storage#hamr#hard-drives
Synology DSM warns of Western Digital NAS drive lifespan.
technology3 years ago

Synology DSM warns of Western Digital NAS drive lifespan.

Some Western Digital hard drives used in Synology NAS are flashing warning alerts triggered by the manufacturer's internal SMART data that reports usage stats and monitors health, after being powered on for three years. The warnings can get people to miss real issues like reallocated sectors. Western Digital's documentation indicates to flag for drive replacement as a recommended action at the three-year mark. The Synology subreddit has had discussions about how to disable WDDA and thereby ignore the warning to use all Synology features again.

via The Verge|
#hard-drives#smart-data#synology
technology3 years ago

Windows 11 plagued by bugs and issues with internal drives and updates.

Windows 11 users are experiencing a bug that causes internal SATA drives to be detected as removable media in the Windows taskbar, potentially leading to data loss. Microsoft has confirmed the issue and provided a fix that involves updating the motherboard's BIOS or manually tinkering with the Registry. While most modern systems won't be affected, users with SATA drives should take precautions to avoid potential data loss.

via Yahoo Life|
#bug#hard-drives#microsoft
Study Reveals High Failure Rates for Seagate and Hitachi HDDs.
technology3 years ago

Study Reveals High Failure Rates for Seagate and Hitachi HDDs.

An analysis of 2,007 damaged or defective hard disk drives (HDDs) by data recovery firm Secure Data Recovery has found that the average time before failure among the sample size was 2 years and 10 months, missing the three-year mark. The company also suggested that older drives were more durable and resilient than new drives, with most of the least durable and resilient hard drives from each manufacturer made after 2015. Secure Data Recovery blamed SMR and size for the dip in HDD reliability, with SMR impacting HDD reliability as the disks place components under "more stress."

via Ars Technica|
#data-recovery#durability#hard-drives