In a move set to shake up the storage industry, Toshiba has unveiled its latest advancements in hard disk drive technology, introducing both 24TB Conventional Magnetic Recording (CMR) and 28TB ...

This time last week, HEXUS reported upon the slightly underhanded way in which storage giants such as Seagate and Western Digital had introduced SMR technologies into their consumer product lines.

Back in mid April, HEXUS covered the news that various HDD manufacturers had started introducing shingled magnetic recording (SMR) technology rather sneakily into their consumer and Soho/SMB ranges.

Company Executes Next Phase of its HDD Technology Roadmap, Giving Hyperscale, Cloud and Enterprise Customers Unmatched Solutions to Help Reach Sustainability Goals and Lower TCO SAN JOSE, ...

Ars asked a senior Western Digital executive about pricing on the new Red and Red Plus lines. The initial answer given was “in general, we expect WD Red drives will be priced below WD Red Plus drives.

Western Digital is looking into reports of hardware failures in some of its older hard drives that use Shingled Magnetic Recording (SMR) technology. The investigation comes after several European data ...

Western Digital has been in hot water for months over its attempt to sell SMR hard drives into the WD Red product family. Red drives are explicitly intended for NAS (Network Attached Storage) devices, ...

The lawsuit against Western Digital has been updated with new plaintiffs and technical data. The suit doesn't claim the WD Red drives were defective; it goes after the company for false advertising.

Western Digital has just unleashed the industry's first 22TB CMR and 26TB UltraSMR HDDs to "select hyperscale cloud customers, further expanding its areal density leadership and delivering customer ...

Someone said this is part of a RACE for BIGGER capacities. It can be... BUT, before that happens, WD is probably using the most demanding customers / environments to TEST SMR tech so they can DEPLOY ...

Hard drives are still alive and kicking, and companies such as Toshiba continue to push the envelope in terms of performance and data density. And this is exactly what the company is doing with their ...

In context: Back in April, major HDD manufacturers including Toshiba, Seagate, and WD were found shipping slower SMR-based HDDs without public disclosure. While all three companies admitted to this ...