Many high-capacity models such as the Seagate IronWolf Pro line are currently running 15-20% lower than launch MSRPs, and the Exos lineup continues to offer great capacity for money. With the HDD supply chain having pretty much recovered, and the short-lived Chia craze a thing of the past, prices have largely stabilized. Pricing for Toshiba's 18TB drives using FC-MAMR, as well as Seagate's Exos 20TB and IronWolf Pro 20TB have shown a downward trend. In terms of recent product introductions, the retail availability of Western Digital's OptiNAND-equipped 22TB drives has improved. The $/GB metric for SSDs (particularly with QLC in the picture) is showing a downward trend, but it is still not low enough to match HDDs in that market segment. Hard drives are also suitable for workloads that are largely sequential and not performance sensitive. While SSDs have taken over the role of the primary drive in most computing systems, hard drives continue to be the storage media of choice in areas dealing with large amount of relatively cold data. Best Consumer Hard Drives: November 2022ĭata storage requirements have kept increasing over the last several years. All numbers in the text are updated to reflect pricing at the time of writing. In our series of Hard Disk Drive guides, here’s the latest update to our list of recommended HDDs.
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