Showa Denko 3.5-Inch 1.5-1.8TB Platter for 16TB HDD
Adopted into Toshiba HDD for near-line storage MG08 with 9 platters
This is a Press Release edited by StorageNewsletter.com on January 30, 2019 at 2:14 pmShowa Denko K.K. (SDK) announces that HDD media produced and sold by the Showa Denko Group have been adopted in a new model of 3.5-inch 16TB HDD which represents the world’s largest storage capacity for this size available on the market today. [1]
The company’s 3.5-inch 1.5-1.8TB HD media have been adopted into Toshiba Electronic Devices and Storage Corporation‘s HDD for near-line storage, MG08, which has realized the total storage capacity of 16TB, the world’s largest storage capacity for this size, with Conventional Magnetic Recording (CMR). [2] SDK has started supplying its 3.5-infh HD media for this application, using the ninth-generation PMR technology. [3] In 2005, the company became the world’s first to manufacture and sell PMR-technology-based HD media.
These days, servers in data centers to store data require HDDs with larger storage capacities due to the spread of cloud computing and moving image contents. HD media are key components of HDDs, influencing their storage capacity, and the firm has been launching largest-level-capacity HD media. As the world’s largest independent HD media supplier, the company will continue contributing to the expansion of storage capacities of HDDs in accordance with the company’s motto of Best in Class.
[1] As of January 8, 2019
[2] Conventional Magnetic Recording (CMR): CMR HDD uses PMR-technology-based HD media and realizes high-density data recording without using Shingled Magnetic Recording (SMR) technology. CMR HDD features random access to data faster than that of SMR HDD.
[3] SDK’s PMR-technology-based HD media are classified as shown in the table according to respective storage capacities per platter.
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