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SileX
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Hitachi Deskstar 7K4000 - 4TB

Post by SileX » Sat Oct 01, 2011 2:29 pm

Hitachi Deskstar 7K4000 4000GB (4TB), SATA 6Gb/s (0F14681) from £ 187.81

http://skinflint.co.uk/eu/682487

Where is the Hitachi Deskstar 7K5000 - 5TB?

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Re: Hitachi Deskstar 7K4000 - 4TB

Post by HFat » Sun Oct 02, 2011 4:34 am

If the 4000 is indeed a reference to the biggest capacity of that family of drive, I would take it as an indication that they're using 800G platters or that they don't intend to manufacture 5-platters of that type. Either way, I don't think you'll see a 5T Deskstar on the market any time soon.

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Re: Hitachi Deskstar 7K4000 - 4TB

Post by Eunos » Wed Oct 05, 2011 5:18 pm

Hitachi stated in 2008 that it intended to have a 5TB drive on sale in 2010. This is now technically possible with 1TB platters, but I suspect for marketing reasons they will take their time about doing it.

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Re: Hitachi Deskstar 7K4000 - 4TB

Post by SileX » Fri Oct 14, 2011 12:32 am

Expect 5TB hard disks by January 2012:

5TB External HDDs Arriving in Three Months?
http://www.tomshardware.com/news/5TB-pl ... 13693.html

Did a Seagate sales bloke just say 5TB drives are coming?
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2011/10/13 ... 5tb_drives

El Reg has asked Seagate for a comment.
Bootnote Since we published this, a Seagate spokesman has been in touch to say: "It is hardly a revelation that hard drive capacities will increase in the future or that sometime soon there will be a 5TB offering."

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Re: Hitachi Deskstar 7K4000 - 4TB

Post by SileX » Mon Dec 12, 2011 11:52 am

Hitachi 4TB Deskstar 5K4000 and 4TB Touro Desk External Drives Announced
http://www.storagereview.com/hitachi_4t ... _announced

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Re: Hitachi Deskstar 7K4000 - 4TB

Post by johnniecache7 » Mon Dec 12, 2011 6:45 pm

SileX wrote:Hitachi 4TB Deskstar 5K4000 and 4TB Touro Desk External Drives Announced
http://www.storagereview.com/hitachi_4t ... _announced

:shock: That alot p0rn storage space. :lol:

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Re: Hitachi Deskstar 7K4000 - 4TB

Post by SileX » Tue Dec 13, 2011 12:54 pm

7K4000 (7200 rpm) available on 10th January 2012:
http://www.span.com/product_info.php?products_id=35657

And the 7K5000 afterwards.

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