While SSD in the consumer segment reached 4 TB, ordinary HDD continue the race for volumes, squeezing the space out of helium technology.
Company Seagate until recently, it was the leader with 16 terabyte disks, while other manufacturers began to use tiled magnetic recording more actively, which gives an increase in volumes of 15–20%. But the minus of their solution is a noticeable decrease in speed. However, in the near future (most likely, already in the fall) we are waiting Hamrwinchesters from Seagatethat will offer increased speed and capacity of 18 terabytes, as well as Mamroption from Toshiba.
But back to the HDD Seagate Exos X16 (ST16000NM001G) on the 16 TB. A disk designed for corporate solutions is perfect for a home computer if you like to collect games and store large amounts of information in high resolution.
The price of the device, despite all the exchange rate fluctuations, has not changed since its release and is about 34,000 rubles. Warranty – 5 years.
The disk is delivered to stores in transparent plastic packaging, connected to a computer through SATA-III and has a buffer memory of 256 MB.
The spindle rotation speed is 7200 rpm, and the disk itself is completely sealed due to the use of helium and a recording density of 9 plates with 18 heads.
As recording technology is used PMR (perpendicular magnetic recording). According to the manufacturer, the disk workload limit is 550 TB / year. Declared data transfer rate – 261 MB / s.
System configuration:
- Intel Core i7 8700k @ 3.70 GHz
- ASUS ROG Maximus X Formula
- NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Founders Edition
- 32 GB RAM
- Windows 10 (2004)
In real use on my computer, 7 terabytes from another disk were copied at an average speed of 220 Mb / s. The process took 9 hours 30 minutes.
In the test CrystalDiskInfo HDD temperature is 40 degrees, which is a good indicator for the format.
In the test Crystaldiskmark read and write speeds are 236 MB / s and 232 MB / s, respectively.
When copying a large file, the speed reaches 235 MB / s. When copying to the game’s disc, the average speed was at the declared 260 Mb / s. Which is a great indicator by the standards of the format.
At the same time, the disk is very quiet – no characteristic clicks are heard when loading data.
Seagate Exos X16 (ST16000NM001G) on the 16 TB – A great disk for storing large amounts of information, such as a collection of games and videos. Excellent write and read speed by the standards of the format, good temperature performance, quiet operation and huge capacity make it the best solution on the market.
Author: Alexander Loginov (xtr)
Editing: Mikhail Shaginyan (ACE) and Denis Korolev (Skyerist)
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