On 2013-10-30 12:39, Russell Coker wrote:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hard_drive#Capacity
Currently the biggest available 3.5" SATA disks are 4TB according to Wikipedia. Has anyone seen announcements of bigger hard drives?
One of my clients has a zpool of 3TB disks that is at 79% capacity so it's time to start thinking of adding more capacity. Upgrading from 4*3TB to 5*4TB would be barely worth doing. But upgrading from 4*3TB to 5*5TB would more than double the capacity and thus be a better option than buying an external case for adding more disks.
So I'm wondering whether 5TB disks will go on sale before my client runs out of space.
Sorry I have only seen the 4TBs. Seagate did announce in August that they are expecting to launch a 4 platter 5TB drive in 2014, but as to when next year is anybody's guess. Here is the press release from Seagate http://www.seagate.com/au/en/tech-insights/breaking-areal-density-barriers-w...