Seagate has introduced the Exos M 30 TB and IronWolf Pro 30 TB hard drives, utilizing heat-assisted magnetic recording (HAMR) technology for enhanced energy efficiency and cost-effectiveness. These drives cater specifically to datacenter and NAS applications, positioning Seagate competitively against Western Digital's 32 TB HDDs. Seagate emphasizes the rising demand for larger storage capacities driven by AI workloads, necessary for enterprises increasing their on-prem storage solutions. Ed Burns from IDC supports the notion that high-capacity HDDs are vital for storing foundational data crucial for developing quality AI models.
"While not often associated with performance such as low latency, the highest capacity HDDs are a critical strategic asset in the AI development process, filling the need for mass capacity storage of the foundational data essential to building and improving the highest quality AI models in the market today and into the future."
"Seagate is pushing AI as the reason why these ever larger drive capacities are required, forcing enterprises to up their on-prem storage."
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