SMR Technology How UltraSMR Makes the Industry’s Highest Capacity Drives January 4, 2023 • 9 min read Last May, Western Digital introduced its 26TB hard drive, the industry’s highest capacity drive available. It allows cloud-scale customers to achieve the ginormous capacities required for today’s massive data storage […] Data Three Technologies that Make HDD Magic July 8, 2020 • 6 min read More bits, more tracks, more disks — this is how we made magic with our new 18TB and 20TB HDDs. Data Zonefs File-System Will Land with Linux® 5.6 February 24, 2020 • 6 min read A monumental milestone, because landing a new file system in the kernel is one of the hardest things to do in Linux and it opens up a whole new world for developers who want to take advantage of zoned devices. People Entering the Zettabyte Age the “Write” Way August 21, 2019 • 8 min read At Flash Memory Summit 2019, Dr. Siva Sivaram, president of technology and strategy, and Chris Bergey, senior vice president of devices, spoke about the biggest challenges we face amid exponential data growth and the foundational technologies needed [...] Data One Year Later… Dropbox Continues to Innovate with Western Digital July 30, 2019 • 8 min read As new large-scale applications are developed, we have been working closely with our customers to optimize our storage device behavior to align more closely to application requirements. Data What is Zoned Storage and the Zoned Storage Initiative? June 14, 2019 • 8 min read Zoned Storage is a new paradigm in storage motivated by the incredible explosion of data. This blog looks at what it is, how it's being adopted, SMR HDDs and Zoned Namespaces SSDs use cases, and the Zoned Storage Initiative. Data Enabling the Zettabyte Age June 11, 2019 • 6 min read An ecosystem of hardware and software developers progress into the zettabyte age and drive the innovation needed for next generation data infrastructure. Data From Petabytes to Zettabytes — Get Serious about Ceph Storage Scalability at Cephalocon May 16, 2019 • 3 min read Cephalocon 2019 is taking place next week in Barcelona, and we have several exciting technology developments to share that are particularly relevant for Ceph administrators managing multi-petabytes to hundreds of petabytes of storage. Data Five Hard Drive Technologies Making Big Data Possible March 4, 2019 • 5 min read Hard drives have been around a long time and maybe because of that they don't seem to be as exciting as SSDs. Even after 60 years, though, hard drives are still advancing by great leaps. This is the first of a series of blogs detailing upcoming [...] Data 15TB HDD – Taking Big Data Capacity to the Next Level October 24, 2018 • 7 min read Western Digital announces our 15TB Ultrastar DC HC620 Host-Managed SMR HDD. This technological achievement in Western Digital’s Ultrastar shingled magnetic recording and helium-sealed enterprise-class HDD provides the continued basis for [...] 12Next
Technology How UltraSMR Makes the Industry’s Highest Capacity Drives January 4, 2023 • 9 min read Last May, Western Digital introduced its 26TB hard drive, the industry’s highest capacity drive available. It allows cloud-scale customers to achieve the ginormous capacities required for today’s massive data storage […] Data Three Technologies that Make HDD Magic July 8, 2020 • 6 min read More bits, more tracks, more disks — this is how we made magic with our new 18TB and 20TB HDDs. Data Zonefs File-System Will Land with Linux® 5.6 February 24, 2020 • 6 min read A monumental milestone, because landing a new file system in the kernel is one of the hardest things to do in Linux and it opens up a whole new world for developers who want to take advantage of zoned devices. People Entering the Zettabyte Age the “Write” Way August 21, 2019 • 8 min read At Flash Memory Summit 2019, Dr. Siva Sivaram, president of technology and strategy, and Chris Bergey, senior vice president of devices, spoke about the biggest challenges we face amid exponential data growth and the foundational technologies needed [...] Data One Year Later… Dropbox Continues to Innovate with Western Digital July 30, 2019 • 8 min read As new large-scale applications are developed, we have been working closely with our customers to optimize our storage device behavior to align more closely to application requirements. Data What is Zoned Storage and the Zoned Storage Initiative? June 14, 2019 • 8 min read Zoned Storage is a new paradigm in storage motivated by the incredible explosion of data. This blog looks at what it is, how it's being adopted, SMR HDDs and Zoned Namespaces SSDs use cases, and the Zoned Storage Initiative. Data Enabling the Zettabyte Age June 11, 2019 • 6 min read An ecosystem of hardware and software developers progress into the zettabyte age and drive the innovation needed for next generation data infrastructure. Data From Petabytes to Zettabytes — Get Serious about Ceph Storage Scalability at Cephalocon May 16, 2019 • 3 min read Cephalocon 2019 is taking place next week in Barcelona, and we have several exciting technology developments to share that are particularly relevant for Ceph administrators managing multi-petabytes to hundreds of petabytes of storage. Data Five Hard Drive Technologies Making Big Data Possible March 4, 2019 • 5 min read Hard drives have been around a long time and maybe because of that they don't seem to be as exciting as SSDs. Even after 60 years, though, hard drives are still advancing by great leaps. This is the first of a series of blogs detailing upcoming [...] Data 15TB HDD – Taking Big Data Capacity to the Next Level October 24, 2018 • 7 min read Western Digital announces our 15TB Ultrastar DC HC620 Host-Managed SMR HDD. This technological achievement in Western Digital’s Ultrastar shingled magnetic recording and helium-sealed enterprise-class HDD provides the continued basis for [...] 12Next
Data Three Technologies that Make HDD Magic July 8, 2020 • 6 min read More bits, more tracks, more disks — this is how we made magic with our new 18TB and 20TB HDDs. Data Zonefs File-System Will Land with Linux® 5.6 February 24, 2020 • 6 min read A monumental milestone, because landing a new file system in the kernel is one of the hardest things to do in Linux and it opens up a whole new world for developers who want to take advantage of zoned devices. People Entering the Zettabyte Age the “Write” Way August 21, 2019 • 8 min read At Flash Memory Summit 2019, Dr. Siva Sivaram, president of technology and strategy, and Chris Bergey, senior vice president of devices, spoke about the biggest challenges we face amid exponential data growth and the foundational technologies needed [...] Data One Year Later… Dropbox Continues to Innovate with Western Digital July 30, 2019 • 8 min read As new large-scale applications are developed, we have been working closely with our customers to optimize our storage device behavior to align more closely to application requirements. Data What is Zoned Storage and the Zoned Storage Initiative? June 14, 2019 • 8 min read Zoned Storage is a new paradigm in storage motivated by the incredible explosion of data. This blog looks at what it is, how it's being adopted, SMR HDDs and Zoned Namespaces SSDs use cases, and the Zoned Storage Initiative. Data Enabling the Zettabyte Age June 11, 2019 • 6 min read An ecosystem of hardware and software developers progress into the zettabyte age and drive the innovation needed for next generation data infrastructure. Data From Petabytes to Zettabytes — Get Serious about Ceph Storage Scalability at Cephalocon May 16, 2019 • 3 min read Cephalocon 2019 is taking place next week in Barcelona, and we have several exciting technology developments to share that are particularly relevant for Ceph administrators managing multi-petabytes to hundreds of petabytes of storage. Data Five Hard Drive Technologies Making Big Data Possible March 4, 2019 • 5 min read Hard drives have been around a long time and maybe because of that they don't seem to be as exciting as SSDs. Even after 60 years, though, hard drives are still advancing by great leaps. This is the first of a series of blogs detailing upcoming [...] Data 15TB HDD – Taking Big Data Capacity to the Next Level October 24, 2018 • 7 min read Western Digital announces our 15TB Ultrastar DC HC620 Host-Managed SMR HDD. This technological achievement in Western Digital’s Ultrastar shingled magnetic recording and helium-sealed enterprise-class HDD provides the continued basis for [...] 12Next
Data Zonefs File-System Will Land with Linux® 5.6 February 24, 2020 • 6 min read A monumental milestone, because landing a new file system in the kernel is one of the hardest things to do in Linux and it opens up a whole new world for developers who want to take advantage of zoned devices. People Entering the Zettabyte Age the “Write” Way August 21, 2019 • 8 min read At Flash Memory Summit 2019, Dr. Siva Sivaram, president of technology and strategy, and Chris Bergey, senior vice president of devices, spoke about the biggest challenges we face amid exponential data growth and the foundational technologies needed [...] Data One Year Later… Dropbox Continues to Innovate with Western Digital July 30, 2019 • 8 min read As new large-scale applications are developed, we have been working closely with our customers to optimize our storage device behavior to align more closely to application requirements. Data What is Zoned Storage and the Zoned Storage Initiative? June 14, 2019 • 8 min read Zoned Storage is a new paradigm in storage motivated by the incredible explosion of data. This blog looks at what it is, how it's being adopted, SMR HDDs and Zoned Namespaces SSDs use cases, and the Zoned Storage Initiative. Data Enabling the Zettabyte Age June 11, 2019 • 6 min read An ecosystem of hardware and software developers progress into the zettabyte age and drive the innovation needed for next generation data infrastructure. Data From Petabytes to Zettabytes — Get Serious about Ceph Storage Scalability at Cephalocon May 16, 2019 • 3 min read Cephalocon 2019 is taking place next week in Barcelona, and we have several exciting technology developments to share that are particularly relevant for Ceph administrators managing multi-petabytes to hundreds of petabytes of storage. Data Five Hard Drive Technologies Making Big Data Possible March 4, 2019 • 5 min read Hard drives have been around a long time and maybe because of that they don't seem to be as exciting as SSDs. Even after 60 years, though, hard drives are still advancing by great leaps. This is the first of a series of blogs detailing upcoming [...] Data 15TB HDD – Taking Big Data Capacity to the Next Level October 24, 2018 • 7 min read Western Digital announces our 15TB Ultrastar DC HC620 Host-Managed SMR HDD. This technological achievement in Western Digital’s Ultrastar shingled magnetic recording and helium-sealed enterprise-class HDD provides the continued basis for [...] 12Next
People Entering the Zettabyte Age the “Write” Way August 21, 2019 • 8 min read At Flash Memory Summit 2019, Dr. Siva Sivaram, president of technology and strategy, and Chris Bergey, senior vice president of devices, spoke about the biggest challenges we face amid exponential data growth and the foundational technologies needed [...] Data One Year Later… Dropbox Continues to Innovate with Western Digital July 30, 2019 • 8 min read As new large-scale applications are developed, we have been working closely with our customers to optimize our storage device behavior to align more closely to application requirements. Data What is Zoned Storage and the Zoned Storage Initiative? June 14, 2019 • 8 min read Zoned Storage is a new paradigm in storage motivated by the incredible explosion of data. This blog looks at what it is, how it's being adopted, SMR HDDs and Zoned Namespaces SSDs use cases, and the Zoned Storage Initiative. Data Enabling the Zettabyte Age June 11, 2019 • 6 min read An ecosystem of hardware and software developers progress into the zettabyte age and drive the innovation needed for next generation data infrastructure. Data From Petabytes to Zettabytes — Get Serious about Ceph Storage Scalability at Cephalocon May 16, 2019 • 3 min read Cephalocon 2019 is taking place next week in Barcelona, and we have several exciting technology developments to share that are particularly relevant for Ceph administrators managing multi-petabytes to hundreds of petabytes of storage. Data Five Hard Drive Technologies Making Big Data Possible March 4, 2019 • 5 min read Hard drives have been around a long time and maybe because of that they don't seem to be as exciting as SSDs. Even after 60 years, though, hard drives are still advancing by great leaps. This is the first of a series of blogs detailing upcoming [...] Data 15TB HDD – Taking Big Data Capacity to the Next Level October 24, 2018 • 7 min read Western Digital announces our 15TB Ultrastar DC HC620 Host-Managed SMR HDD. This technological achievement in Western Digital’s Ultrastar shingled magnetic recording and helium-sealed enterprise-class HDD provides the continued basis for [...] 12Next
Data One Year Later… Dropbox Continues to Innovate with Western Digital July 30, 2019 • 8 min read As new large-scale applications are developed, we have been working closely with our customers to optimize our storage device behavior to align more closely to application requirements. Data What is Zoned Storage and the Zoned Storage Initiative? June 14, 2019 • 8 min read Zoned Storage is a new paradigm in storage motivated by the incredible explosion of data. This blog looks at what it is, how it's being adopted, SMR HDDs and Zoned Namespaces SSDs use cases, and the Zoned Storage Initiative. Data Enabling the Zettabyte Age June 11, 2019 • 6 min read An ecosystem of hardware and software developers progress into the zettabyte age and drive the innovation needed for next generation data infrastructure. Data From Petabytes to Zettabytes — Get Serious about Ceph Storage Scalability at Cephalocon May 16, 2019 • 3 min read Cephalocon 2019 is taking place next week in Barcelona, and we have several exciting technology developments to share that are particularly relevant for Ceph administrators managing multi-petabytes to hundreds of petabytes of storage. Data Five Hard Drive Technologies Making Big Data Possible March 4, 2019 • 5 min read Hard drives have been around a long time and maybe because of that they don't seem to be as exciting as SSDs. Even after 60 years, though, hard drives are still advancing by great leaps. This is the first of a series of blogs detailing upcoming [...] Data 15TB HDD – Taking Big Data Capacity to the Next Level October 24, 2018 • 7 min read Western Digital announces our 15TB Ultrastar DC HC620 Host-Managed SMR HDD. This technological achievement in Western Digital’s Ultrastar shingled magnetic recording and helium-sealed enterprise-class HDD provides the continued basis for [...] 12Next
Data What is Zoned Storage and the Zoned Storage Initiative? June 14, 2019 • 8 min read Zoned Storage is a new paradigm in storage motivated by the incredible explosion of data. This blog looks at what it is, how it's being adopted, SMR HDDs and Zoned Namespaces SSDs use cases, and the Zoned Storage Initiative. Data Enabling the Zettabyte Age June 11, 2019 • 6 min read An ecosystem of hardware and software developers progress into the zettabyte age and drive the innovation needed for next generation data infrastructure. Data From Petabytes to Zettabytes — Get Serious about Ceph Storage Scalability at Cephalocon May 16, 2019 • 3 min read Cephalocon 2019 is taking place next week in Barcelona, and we have several exciting technology developments to share that are particularly relevant for Ceph administrators managing multi-petabytes to hundreds of petabytes of storage. Data Five Hard Drive Technologies Making Big Data Possible March 4, 2019 • 5 min read Hard drives have been around a long time and maybe because of that they don't seem to be as exciting as SSDs. Even after 60 years, though, hard drives are still advancing by great leaps. This is the first of a series of blogs detailing upcoming [...] Data 15TB HDD – Taking Big Data Capacity to the Next Level October 24, 2018 • 7 min read Western Digital announces our 15TB Ultrastar DC HC620 Host-Managed SMR HDD. This technological achievement in Western Digital’s Ultrastar shingled magnetic recording and helium-sealed enterprise-class HDD provides the continued basis for [...] 12Next
Data Enabling the Zettabyte Age June 11, 2019 • 6 min read An ecosystem of hardware and software developers progress into the zettabyte age and drive the innovation needed for next generation data infrastructure. Data From Petabytes to Zettabytes — Get Serious about Ceph Storage Scalability at Cephalocon May 16, 2019 • 3 min read Cephalocon 2019 is taking place next week in Barcelona, and we have several exciting technology developments to share that are particularly relevant for Ceph administrators managing multi-petabytes to hundreds of petabytes of storage. Data Five Hard Drive Technologies Making Big Data Possible March 4, 2019 • 5 min read Hard drives have been around a long time and maybe because of that they don't seem to be as exciting as SSDs. Even after 60 years, though, hard drives are still advancing by great leaps. This is the first of a series of blogs detailing upcoming [...] Data 15TB HDD – Taking Big Data Capacity to the Next Level October 24, 2018 • 7 min read Western Digital announces our 15TB Ultrastar DC HC620 Host-Managed SMR HDD. This technological achievement in Western Digital’s Ultrastar shingled magnetic recording and helium-sealed enterprise-class HDD provides the continued basis for [...] 12Next
Data From Petabytes to Zettabytes — Get Serious about Ceph Storage Scalability at Cephalocon May 16, 2019 • 3 min read Cephalocon 2019 is taking place next week in Barcelona, and we have several exciting technology developments to share that are particularly relevant for Ceph administrators managing multi-petabytes to hundreds of petabytes of storage. Data Five Hard Drive Technologies Making Big Data Possible March 4, 2019 • 5 min read Hard drives have been around a long time and maybe because of that they don't seem to be as exciting as SSDs. Even after 60 years, though, hard drives are still advancing by great leaps. This is the first of a series of blogs detailing upcoming [...] Data 15TB HDD – Taking Big Data Capacity to the Next Level October 24, 2018 • 7 min read Western Digital announces our 15TB Ultrastar DC HC620 Host-Managed SMR HDD. This technological achievement in Western Digital’s Ultrastar shingled magnetic recording and helium-sealed enterprise-class HDD provides the continued basis for [...] 12Next
Data Five Hard Drive Technologies Making Big Data Possible March 4, 2019 • 5 min read Hard drives have been around a long time and maybe because of that they don't seem to be as exciting as SSDs. Even after 60 years, though, hard drives are still advancing by great leaps. This is the first of a series of blogs detailing upcoming [...] Data 15TB HDD – Taking Big Data Capacity to the Next Level October 24, 2018 • 7 min read Western Digital announces our 15TB Ultrastar DC HC620 Host-Managed SMR HDD. This technological achievement in Western Digital’s Ultrastar shingled magnetic recording and helium-sealed enterprise-class HDD provides the continued basis for [...] 12Next
Data 15TB HDD – Taking Big Data Capacity to the Next Level October 24, 2018 • 7 min read Western Digital announces our 15TB Ultrastar DC HC620 Host-Managed SMR HDD. This technological achievement in Western Digital’s Ultrastar shingled magnetic recording and helium-sealed enterprise-class HDD provides the continued basis for [...] 12Next
