Western Digital has announced post-quantum cryptography (PQC) support for its latest Ultrastar UltraSMR hard disk drives, marking one of the first deployments of NIST-approved quantum-resistant algorithms in production storage hardware. The new drives are currently undergoing qualification with multiple hyperscale customers as cloud and AI infrastructure operators begin evaluating long-term cryptographic resilience at the storage
The Seagate IronWolf Pro 32TB is the NAS-tuned member of Seagate’s first 32TB CMR generation, announced alongside matching 32TB Exos and SkyHawk AI variants in 2026, and has been shipping through Seagate’s channel since January. The drive is built on the Mozaic3+ platform, which uses heat-assisted magnetic recording (HAMR) to push areal density past 3TB
Backblaze has now published 13 years of Drive Stats data, one of the most extensive longitudinal datasets on hard drive reliability in production environments. Over time, this dataset has become a valuable reference for understanding drive performance trends across models, capacities, and deployment conditions. Today, they released the 2025 year-end Drive Stats report, which examines
At its Innovation Day 2026 event, Western Digital (now rebranded as WD) unveiled a customer-centric storage roadmap to reinvent hard drives for AI-era infrastructure, spanning 100TB+ HDDs, new performance- and power-optimized architectures, and an intelligent platform designed to improve storage economics and time-to-value. WD confirmed its 40TB UltraSMR ePMR drive is currently in customer qualification,
At Intersec 2026, Seagate announced new 32TB hard drives across its Exos, SkyHawk AI, and IronWolf Pro product lines, positioning them for AI-driven video analytics at the edge, NAS deployments, and large-scale data centers. Seagate SkyHawk AI 32TB IDC estimates that more than 75% of organizations expect their video data volumes to at least double
Backblaze has published its Q3 2025 Drive Stats and Network Stats reports, offering another data-rich look at the health and performance of its massive cloud storage infrastructure. With 332,915 drives under management as of September 30 (including 328,348 active data drives), this quarter’s analysis highlights key reliability trends, an increase in overall failure rates, and
This latest Backblaze report looks into the growth of high-capacity drives while tracking the long-term health of aging 12TB and under performers.
The Seagate IronWolf Pro 30TB HDD delivers robust NAS performance, unmatched capacity, and enterprise-grade reliability for multi-bay setups.
The Seagate Exos M 30TB HDD delivers groundbreaking capacity, performance, and efficiency for hyperscale, AI, and cloud storage environments.
Western Digital Ultrastar DC HC590’s CMR 11-platter design delivers higher raw capacity without any modifications to existing infrastructure.
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