According to Toshiba, The hard drive will continue to be predominant hardware in 2024 Thanks to the technological advances that will continue to evolve this product, in addition to an excellent capacity-cost ratio.
Regarding demand, it will continue to be high, even its storage capacities will increase. For Toshiba hard drives are not dead nor will they die, and for this they have explained many benefits of continuing to use them. Let's see what they are and what you think of them.
Benefits of using hard drives according to Toshiba
The technological development of HDDs has allowed a increased storage capacity in terabytes. Its energy consumption and cost has remained the same over time, a very relevant fact in these current times, if the we compare with SSDs which are seven times more expensive.
Toshiba has highlighted that HDDs demand more storage capacity, and achieving this increase is totally feasible for its manufacturers. That is why the company has decided to invest in research and development to provide quality and good prices in the manufacture of hard drives.
To demonstrate that Toshiba is serious about these advances and investments, it has launched the 10TB MG22F HDD, with conventional magnetic recording technology. Its design consists of 10 discs completely sealed with helium that increase its capacity by up to 10%.
Toshiba's Senior Director of HDD Business Development, Rainer W. Kaese, has mentioned that the tests carried out on these hard drives have passed rigorous tests. In addition, he – he adds that – its use will reach industrial sectors, data centers, video surveillance, video games, cloud storage and more.
Other Toshiba data on hard drives
For local and cloud servers They will request hard drives to include in their services, with the space they occupy in the racks being an important factor. With respect to data centers, they will look for larger storage solutions and to do so, they will combine individual HDDs under a redundant independent disk (RAID) scheme.
Toshiba has stated that it foresees an increase in the integration of 60 or 120 hard drives in a housing unit. Besides, HDDs will be more sustainable over time due to their energy efficiency and how easy they will be to recycle and reuse compared to other computer components.
The use of HDD in video surveillance systems It will also increase in 2024 due to the need to store video 24 hours a day. Also, they will be more reliable and affordable, of higher quality and excellent support from their manufacturers.
These "predictions" or explanations that Toshiba is promoting about hard drives are promising and of great value to manufacturers, including Toshiba. SSDs will continue to lead the market, but perhaps these words from the company can make HDDs more competitive in 2024. Do you think HDDs offer greater benefits than SSDs?