Most enterprises aren’t utilizing SATA drives, not less than not with scorching knowledge. Maybe chilly storage however not ceaselessly accessed knowledge. They’re utilizing PCI Specific primarily based drives and people are significantly quicker than something Western Digital can engineer in a tough disk.
Capability apart, Western Digital can also be aiming for a lot, a lot greater capability. WD is engaged on creating a 100TB laborious drive for the enterprise market primarily based on HAMR (heat-assisted magnetic recording) expertise, that are anticipated to ship by 2029.
The corporate has one other expertise, ePMR (energy-assisted perpendicular magnetic recording). The corporate expects to ship 40TB drives by this yr and may attain 60TB in just a few years as nicely.
Western Digital additionally introduced the enlargement of its Platforms enterprise to increase hyperscale storage economics to a broader set of consumers.
This enlargement consists of the event of an clever software program layer, by an open API, anticipated to launch in 2027, that may allow corporations at 200+ petabyte scale to attain the identical storage effectivity and economics that hyperscalers take pleasure in right this moment.
“For the previous yr, WD has remained repeatedly centered on execution and accelerating innovation, which has enabled us to actually reimagine the laborious drive to satisfy the necessities of AI,” stated Irving Tan, CEO of Western Digital in a press release. “Right now, we’re showcasing innovation that displays our deep connection to our clients and the way we’re assembly demand for capability, scale, high quality, enhanced efficiency, and ease of expertise adoption.”
