Company Leads Industry with New 11-disk
UltraSMR HDDs up to 32TB and CMR HDDs up to 26TB, Offering Superior
TCO for Hyperscale, Cloud and Enterprise Data Center Customers
More than just storage, Western Digital HDDs are key enablers
for businesses looking to optimize their infrastructure, lower TCO
and future-proof their data strategies. Constantly innovating to
meet the needs of our data-driven world, Western Digital (NASDAQ:
WDC) today announced that it is now shipping the world’s highest
capacity UltraSMR HDD with up to 32TB 1 leveraging the time-tested,
reliable energy-assisted PMR (ePMR) recording technology for
hyperscalers, CSPs and enterprises. For those who want a drop-in
ready HDD for today’s data-intensive workloads, the company is also
now shipping the world’s highest-capacity ePMR CMR HDD with up to
26TB for enterprise and channel customers. With the world’s first
commercially available 11-disk design and field-proven technology,
these new drives reinforce Western Digital's commitment to
delivering HDD technology that raises the bar on capacity,
reliability and innovation.
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Western Digital leads industry with New
11-disk UltraSMR HDDs up to 32TB and CMR HDDs up to 26TB, offering
superior TCO for hyperscale, cloud and enterprise data center
customers (Photo: Business Wire)
The AI Data Cycle has emerged as a growth driver for the storage
industry. As AI systems become more sophisticated, they process and
generate vast amounts of data that must be stored efficiently. HDDs
play a crucial role in this ecosystem, handling both the input
side, where data is gathered, ingested and stored, and the output
side, where AI content is generated and preserved. This dual role
positions HDDs as a linchpin in the AI Data Cycle, ensuring that
data is available when needed and stored with the lowest TCO.
Western Digital’s newest 26TB CMR and 32TB UltraSMR drives
utilize multiple technological innovations to enable data centers
to maximize their storage efficiency. In addition to ePMR,
OptiNAND™, ArmorCache™ and a triple-stage actuator (TSA), the
drives feature the world’s first commercially available 11-disk
platform along with other design enhancements. Read: Innovating to
11: Western Digital Increases HDD Capacity, Not Size.
32TB Ultrastar® DC HC690 SMR HDD – Western Digital
continues to lead the industry in SMR adoption, driving innovation
to deliver superior storage capacity while lowering TCO. Now
shipping, Western Digital’s Ultrastar DC HC690 UltraSMR HDDs with
up to 32TB capacities support customer goals for cost-effective
deep content storage at scale. These new HDDs have up to 257 MiB/s
sequential performance and use as little as 5.5W power idle, making
them ideal for warm and cold tiers of data.
26TB Ultrastar DC HC590 CMR HDD – Now shipping, Western
Digital’s newest CMR drives are a drop-in replacement for continued
capacity growth with a reliable, field-proven technology
foundation. This latest generation of drives delivers unbeaten CMR
capacity, seamless qualification, easy integration and rapid
adoption while maintaining superior dependability and reliability.
The Ultrastar DC HC590 26TB CMR HDD features a sustained transfer
rate of up to 288 MiB/s and utilizes as little as 5.6W power while
idle.
Ultrastar Data60, Data102 Hybrid Storage Platforms – The
new Ultrastar HDDs are being qualified and integrated into the
company’s Ultrastar Data60 and Data102 JBOD hybrid storage
platforms, which are high-density, scalable storage solutions that
are ideal for modern data centers, private clouds, and big data
analytics. These platforms provide flexible configurations,
accommodating up to 60 or 102 HDDs, and can deliver up to 3.26PB of
raw capacity. Key technologies like IsoVibe™ and ArcticFlow™ ensure
reduced vibration and optimized cooling, resulting in better
performance and reliability. Availability will begin by
year-end.
26TB WD Gold® SATA HDDs - Specifically designed for
system integrators and resellers, new 26TB WD Gold HDDs are now
available in the channel. Leveraging innovations from the Ultrastar
HDD technology platform, the WD Gold 26TB HDD provides a
no-compromise storage solution that incorporates our latest
innovations to handle heavy, continuous read-write workloads in the
toughest of enterprise and commercial system environments. With a
five-year limited warranty 2 supporting up to 2.5M hours MTBF 3
(projected), WD Gold drives provide the utmost in storage
performance, reliability, durability and flexible capacity for
small and medium businesses and design professionals whose
mission-critical data and creative output are essential to their
success.
“With the rise of AI, edge computing, and large-scale data
centers, HDDs play a critical role in delivering huge capacity,
performance and low power, making them indispensable for
enterprises that want the highest storage density with the lowest
TCO,” said John Chen, Vice President at TRENDFOCUS. “With the
addition of the new 11-disk platform, Western Digital is
well-positioned to continue to drive key HDD use cases – optimizing
virtually all users in all markets for success in today’s
data-intensive landscape.”
“Our CMR and UltraSMR technology isn't just breaking
records—it’s giving customers the efficiency and TCO benefits
they’ve been asking for, and we’re not done yet,” said Ravi
Pendekanti, SVP of Product Management, HDD Business Unit, Western
Digital. “By delivering the industry’s highest ePMR capacities
available today, we are ensuring that our customers have the
storage efficiency, scalability, reliability and unmatched value
they need to stay ahead.”
About Western Digital
Western Digital is on a mission to unlock the potential of data
by harnessing the possibility to use it. With Flash and HDD
franchises, underpinned by advancements in memory technologies, we
create breakthrough innovations and powerful data storage solutions
that enable the world to actualize its aspirations. Core to our
values, we recognize the urgency to combat climate change and have
committed to ambitious carbon reduction goals approved by the
Science Based Targets initiative. Learn more about Western Digital
and the Western Digital®, SanDisk® and WD® brands at
www.westerndigital.com.
Forward-Looking Statements
This media alert contains forward-looking statements within the
meaning of the federal securities laws, including but not limited
to, statements concerning expectations for impact of the AI Data
Cycle on demand for data storage, growth in HDD exabyte shipments
and the performance, availability, impact and total cost of
ownership of the company’s products. These forward-looking
statements are based on management’s current expectations as of the
date of this media alert and are subject to a number of risks,
uncertainties and other factors that could cause actual results to
differ materially from those expressed or implied in the
forward-looking statements.
Key risks and uncertainties include: volatility in global
economic conditions; operational, financial and legal challenges
and difficulties inherent in implementing a separation of the
company's HDD and flash businesses; the final approval of the
separation by the company's board of directors; inflation and
economic recession; future responses to and effects of public
health crises; the impact of business and market conditions; the
outcome and impact of the company’s announced separation
transaction, including with respect to customer and supplier
relationships, regulatory and contractual restrictions, stock price
volatility and the diversion of management’s attention from ongoing
business operations and opportunities; impact of competitive
products and pricing; the company’s development and introduction of
products based on new technologies and expansion into new data
storage markets; risks associated with cost saving initiatives,
restructurings, acquisitions, divestitures, mergers, joint ventures
and the company’s strategic relationships; difficulties or delays
in manufacturing or other supply chain disruptions; hiring and
retention of key employees; the company’s level of debt and other
financial obligations; changes to the company’s relationships with
key customers; compromise, damage or interruption from
cybersecurity incidents or other data system security risks;
actions by competitors; the impact of international conflicts;
risks associated with compliance with changing legal and regulatory
requirements and the outcome of legal proceedings; and other risks
and uncertainties listed in the company’s filings with the
Securities and Exchange Commission, including the company’s Annual
Report on Form 10-K filed with the SEC on August 20, 2024, to which
your attention is directed. You should not place undue reliance on
these forward-looking statements, which speak only as of the date
hereof, and the company undertakes no obligation to update or
revise these forward-looking statements to reflect new information
or events, except as required by law.
1 One gigabyte (GB) is equal to one billion bytes, one terabyte
(TB) is equal to one trillion bytes, and one petabyte (PB ) is
equal to one quadrillion bytes. Actual user capacity may be less
due to operating environment. 2 See
https://support.wdc.com/warranty/ for regional specific warranty
details. 3 Final MTBF and AFR specifications will be based on a
sample population and are estimated by statistical measurements and
acceleration algorithms under typical operating conditions, typical
workload and 40°C device-reported temperature. Derating of MTBF and
AFR will occur above these parameters, up to 550TB/year and 60°C
(device reported temperature). MTBF and AFR ratings do not predict
an individual drive’s reliability and do not constitute a
warranty.
© 2024 Western Digital Corporation or its affiliates. All rights
reserved. Western Digital, the Western Digital design, the Western
Digital logo, ArmorCache, ArcticFlow, IsoVibe, OptiNAND, Ultrastar,
and WD Gold are registered trademarks or trademarks of Western
Digital Corporation or its affiliates in the U.S. and/or other
countries. All other marks are the property of their respective
owners. Product specifications are subject to change without
notice. Pictures shown may vary from actual products. Not all
products will be available in all regions of the world.
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