INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
Storage giant Seagate unveiled two new hard disk drives with a 16TB capacity earlier this year and, for once, the news wasn't all about data
shipments down by a whopping 13%
Consumer units have certainly been feeling the pinch, but there are signs that even data centres are hesitant to buy.International
customersUnfortunately, neither Provantage nor Amazon will deliver outside the US, so international customers will have to use a specialist
parcel forwarding service if they want to take advantage of the deal.The Exos X16 and the IronWolf/IronWolf Pro target two different
audiences: data centers and NAS users respectively
For that reason, they differ in a number of ways.The former features SATA or SAS interfaces, while the IronWolf models are compatible with
SATA only.The Exos range boasts a MTBF (mean time before failures) of 2.5 million hours and a higher sustained transfer rate at 261MBps; the
IronWolf and IronWolf Pro reach 210 and 250MBps respectively.The cheaper Exos also has a longer warranty period, at five years compared to
the IronWolf's three.As for the similarities, both HDDs feature nine platters, use Helium technology and share the same spinning speed
great for data recovery.Found a better deal?Have you managed to get hold of a cheaper product with equivalent specifications, in stock and
but we're yet to see any stock in the channel
Western Digital also shipped its first 16TB hard disk drives, but based on MAMR rather than HAMR technology.While SSD prices have been
falling, they are still far more expensive than their hard disk drive counterparts
