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Ten 3TB platters were used, sporting actual areal density of 1.742 Tb per square inch.
SMR + HAMR may not be readable on consumer-grade hardware.
The previous capacity champion was the Western Digital Gold which topped 24TB.
Seagates archrival disclosed that it was working on 28TB hard drives but has yet to formally launch them.
Seagate confirmed that the drive will have a cheaper cost per terabyte compared to existing models.
Toshiba, another HDD vendor, confirmed itwas working on drives of similar capacity.
