New Seagate Drive technology could lower the cost of high-capacity hard drives

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• New Seagate Drive technology could lower the cost of high-capacity hard drives

Seagate has been working on a cleverly modified version of its traditional hard drives (HDDs) that not only improve speed, but could also be more affordable to build. Dubbed Mach.2, the new technology gets its name from the fact that these drives use 2 actuators instead of one, helping to dramatically improve random and sequential read/write speeds. Seagate recently announced its first dual-actuator drive, the Mach.2 Exos 2X14, which according to the official data sheet offers a sustained transfer rate of 2 MB/s, making it the fastest hard drive in the world. planet. As Mach.2 Exos 14XXNUMX is finished announcing, The Register found a transcript of a Seagate investor conference conducted by Seagate senior vice president Jeff Fochtman, which notes that the reader already has twelve customers of the service and Seagate to increase the production.

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As reported, Fochtman acknowledged that when Mach.2 drives offer 2TB of storage capacity, they will be an attractive proposition "in many large data center environments." Also offered in hyperscale data centers and in the cloud, the Mach.2 Exos 14X2 currently offers 2TB of storage space. “A notable benefit of standardizing on dual actuator technology is that it dramatically reduces testing time, and as a result, hard drive production time is dramatically reduced. This is a benefit that we look forward to recognizing on the cost side of the business,” Fochtman said at the investor conference. Seagate has yet to announce a price for the Mach.14 Exos XNUMXXXNUMX, and it's going to be interesting to see if Seagate really passes on the financial benefits of the drives to its service customers. through registration