WD starts shipping its 24TB CMR HDD, ramps up 28TB SMR HDD: Details

Western Digital (WD) has started shipping its 10-disk CMR Hard Disk Drive line with 24 TB storage space for hyperscale, cloud and enterprise data centre users. WD has also ramped up production of the new 28TB SMR HDD, which has been sampling since August.

WD said that these drives are built on a platform specifically designed for data centre customers, providing the highest storage capacity while being cost-effective. The company claims these new generation HDDs are 10 per cent more energy efficient per terabyte compared to the previous generation while being sustainable.