HAMR is still not out, but will be 30+TB. We’ve had 20+TB drives for a long time. They’ve been plateaud there for a while.

Price per GB hasn’t really been coming down much on CMR/SMR.

Which was my point. Until HAMR is in use and at mass production, storage costs haven’t really come down.

They’ve been out for a while, but it’s the same SMR tech. HAMR/MAMR are just starting to get going that will enable the next leap. But they’re not shipping in volume and reliability isn’t yet known. It’ll be a bit before you see them in widespread use.

Yes, but that’s been slowing. They’re reaching limits until the next advance in HDDs.

Flash is still much more expensive per GB.

Power costs, server costs and Datacenter space are going up.

Looks awesome!

Amazing. Thanks for posting.