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Old October 5th 17, 10:25 PM posted to comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.storage
Lynn McGuire[_3_]
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Default "Yes, Backblaze Just Ordered 100 Petabytes of Hard Drives"

On 10/5/2017 2:14 PM, Percival P. Cassidy wrote:
On 10/05/2017 02:01 PM, Lynn McGuire wrote:

"Yes, Backblaze Just Ordered 100 Petabytes of Hard Drives"
Â*Â*Â* https://www.backblaze.com/blog/400-p...cloud-storage/

Now I know why the 8 TB and 10 TB drives are in short supply.
Between Backblaze and the NSA, not many are left for us common folks.


I had not even heard of the new 12 TB drives.Â* And I did not know that
the helium filled drives require less power.


WD just announced 14TB drives.

Perce


To start shipping in 2018 ? 2020 ?

Backblaze is installing 12 TB drives now.

Lynn