Or so you might think, until you encounter SMR and CMR variants of the same HDD. While they may sound similar, thereâ s a ...

Western Digital is announcing several new hard drives today ... to go beyond 30TB. If SMR isn't your thing, it's also announcing two conventional magnetic recording (CMR) drives: the 26TB ...

As mentioned, SMR achieves higher areal density by overlapping tracks on top of each other. This allows HDD engineers to squeeze more tracks per inch into the same space as traditional CMR devices.

WDC also announced a non-SMR 25TB Ultrastar DC HC590 data center CMR, conventional magnetic recording, HDD. This drive has sustained transfer rates up to 288 MiB/s with as low as 5.6W idle power.

Traditionally, hard drives contain up to 10 platters within ... In contrast, WD achieved its 11-platter design for both SMR and CMR drives by reducing the space between platters and optimizing ...

Western Digital Leads Industry with New 11-disk UltraSMR HDDs up to 32TB and CMR HDDs up to 26TB, Offering Superior TCO for ...

Hard drives originally used Longitudinal Magnetic ... they had to rename the previous kind to Conventional Magnetic Recording (CMR). SMR tracks overlap the write head slightly, making the tracks ...

With its new drives Western Digital offers a possibility to store up to 32TB per HDD. They are ideal for datacenters and ...

The list of new HDDs from Western Digital includes 32 TB Ultrastar DC HC690 SMR HDD, 26 TB Ultrastar DC HC590 CMR HDD, Ultrastar Data60, Data102 Hybrid Storage Platforms, and 26 TB WD Gold SATA HDDs.

HDD footprint. Enterprises that adopt SMR technology ... to those using today’s conventional-magnetic-recording (CMR) HDDs. SMR drives deliver significant total cost of ownership (TCO ...

Western Digital’s newest 26TB CMR and 32TB UltraSMR drives utilize ... 32TB Ultrastar® DC HC690 SMR HDD – Western Digital continues to lead the industry in SMR adoption, driving innovation ...