Hard drive pricing in the UK is so high someone flew to the US to buy drives, saving money despite flight and hotel costs — HDD deal seeker saved more than $2,000 by taking a trip

The $370 price difference between the U.S. and the U.K. on 28TB hard drives meant that it’s more cost effective to pay for a round-trip ticket and a hotel stay than to just purchase 10 drives locally.
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Seagate’s enormous 20TB IronWolf HDDs are just $419, or $21 per-terabyte — large-capacity storage deal from Newegg is perfect for your NAS

Newegg’s Presidents’ Day dealon storage lists the 20TB Seagate IronWolf Pro for just $419

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Western Digital is already sold out of hard drives for all of 2026 — chief says some long-term agreements for 2027 and 2028 already in place

Western Digital’s production for 2026 is completely earmarked for its top seven customers, with a few long-term agreements already in place for the next couple of years.
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Cloud storage company releases its 2025 hard drive reliability report — overall Annualized Failure Rate drops to 1.36%, 21 percentage points lower than last year

Backblaze just released its annual drive reliability report, with the company getting a 1.36% annualized failure rate for 2025. It says that this is its best result since 2022.
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Western Digital details 14-platter 3.5-inch HAMR HDD designs with 140 TB and beyond

Western Digital outlines vision for hard drive platforms in 2030 and beyond: 14 platters, new laser technology, capacities of 140TB and beyond.
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Western Digital reveals new software platform to manage hundreds of petabytes of storage — as-yet-unnamed tool gives users powerful management capabilities at the price of lock-in

Western Digital to give large customers a tool to manage storage fleets of 200+ PB consisting of SSDs, HAMR HDDs, and UltraSMR drives.
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Western Digital doubles the performance of hard drives with dual-actuator High-Bandwidth, with path to 8X performance increase — Power-Optimized HDDs will reduce power by 20 percent

Western Digital reveals hard disk drives tailored for higher performance and lower power consumption, targeting QLC NAND-based solid-state storage.
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Western Digital unveils massive 40TB HDD with energy-assisted recording tech — plans 100TB HAMR hard drives by 2029

Western Digital announces HDD roadmap till 2029 at its Innovation Day.

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Hard drive prices have surged by an average of 46% since September — iconic 24TB Seagate BarraCuda now $500 as AI claims another victim

New research indicates that hard drive prices are now pushing an average increase of nearly 50% in the last four months.
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Seagate launches three new 32 TB hard drives across its product lines, all using CMR tech — SkyHawk AI drive starts from $699, flagship Exos at $849

After launching 32-terabyte HAMR drives, Seagate has achieved the same feat with CMR tech, releasing three new drives across its iconic product families. Starting at $699.99 and going all the way up to $849.99, these 32 TB…

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