On Friday, July 17, 2020 at 5:39:21 AM UTC+8, Lynn McGuire wrote:
"Western Digital releases new 18TB, 20TB EAMR drives"

https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2020...b-eamr-drives/

"EAMR offers similar density gains to HAMR and MAMR, with less exotic tech."


nice getting lots of TB without shingles, but on WD website, Gold drive
"Full specifications"
is a joke. Doesn't show read and write MB/s
Even the Ultrastar 18 TB data sheet doesn't list write speed. I am curious
if the new kludges affect this.