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Seagate’s massive, 30TB, $600 hard drives are now available for anyone to buy | Seagate's heat-assisted drive tech has been percolating for more than 20 years.
Seagate’s heat-assisted drive tech has been percolating for more than 20 years.
After decades of overly rosy availability predictions, Seagate announced in late 2024 that it was finally delivering HAMR-based drives with capacities of up to 36TB to some datacenter customers. Although most consumer PCs have moved away from hard drives with spinning platters, they still provide the best storage-per-gigabyte for huge data centers where ultra-fast performance isn't necessary. Andrew is a Senior Technology Reporter at Ars Technica, with a focus on consumer tech including computer hardware and in-depth reviews of operating systems like Windows and macOS.
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