wraggster
August 15th, 2015, 21:53
http://o.aolcdn.com/dims-shared/dims3/GLOB/crop/3480x2167+0+118/resize/1200x747!/format/jpg/quality/85/http://hss-prod.hss.aol.com/hss/storage/midas/34715a97a8edf013bdfd623110680977/201925647/9032b08ca0b742fe9e41ad519464f624.jpeg (http://www.engadget.com/2015/08/14/samsung-worlds-largest-hard-drive/)
Hard drives are as ubiquitous as the desktops or they're made for (http://www.engadget.com/2014/12/12/seagate-ships-8tb-shingled-hard-drive/). But as technology evolves, manufacturers continue to make these faster and smaller than ever before. Case in point: Samsung, which has developed the world largest hard drive, packing 16TB of storage in a 2.5-inch format. While the PM1633a (http://www.golem.de/news/pm1633a-samsung-zeigt-weltweit-groesste-ssd-1508-115698.html) (as it's currently named) could be considered an SSD, since there aren't any moving parts inside, there's no doubt it is a good ol' hard drive (http://www.theverge.com/2015/8/14/9153083/samsung-worlds-largest-hard-drive-16tb) at its core. The PM1633a, revealed during the Flash Memory Summit in California, is based on Samsung's NAND flash chips (http://arstechnica.co.uk/gadgets/2015/08/samsung-unveils-2-5-inch-16tb-ssd-the-worlds-largest-hard-drive/) -- similar to what you'd find on the its consumer solid-state drives (http://www.engadget.com/2015/07/06/samsung-2tb-ssd/). There's no word on pricing or availability at the moment, but it is more than likely that the PM1633a will end being used for enterprise servers.
Hey, we can dream, right?
http://www.engadget.com/2015/08/14/samsung-worlds-largest-hard-drive/
Hard drives are as ubiquitous as the desktops or they're made for (http://www.engadget.com/2014/12/12/seagate-ships-8tb-shingled-hard-drive/). But as technology evolves, manufacturers continue to make these faster and smaller than ever before. Case in point: Samsung, which has developed the world largest hard drive, packing 16TB of storage in a 2.5-inch format. While the PM1633a (http://www.golem.de/news/pm1633a-samsung-zeigt-weltweit-groesste-ssd-1508-115698.html) (as it's currently named) could be considered an SSD, since there aren't any moving parts inside, there's no doubt it is a good ol' hard drive (http://www.theverge.com/2015/8/14/9153083/samsung-worlds-largest-hard-drive-16tb) at its core. The PM1633a, revealed during the Flash Memory Summit in California, is based on Samsung's NAND flash chips (http://arstechnica.co.uk/gadgets/2015/08/samsung-unveils-2-5-inch-16tb-ssd-the-worlds-largest-hard-drive/) -- similar to what you'd find on the its consumer solid-state drives (http://www.engadget.com/2015/07/06/samsung-2tb-ssd/). There's no word on pricing or availability at the moment, but it is more than likely that the PM1633a will end being used for enterprise servers.
Hey, we can dream, right?
http://www.engadget.com/2015/08/14/samsung-worlds-largest-hard-drive/