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10 months agoThey’ve been out for a while, but it’s the same SMR tech. HAMR/MAMR are just starting to get going that will enable the next leap. But they’re not shipping in volume and reliability isn’t yet known. It’ll be a bit before you see them in widespread use.
HAMR is still not out, but will be 30+TB. We’ve had 20+TB drives for a long time. They’ve been plateaud there for a while.
Price per GB hasn’t really been coming down much on CMR/SMR.
Which was my point. Until HAMR is in use and at mass production, storage costs haven’t really come down.