Seagate has recently unveiled their new 60TB solid-state drive that is set to demolish Samsung's world-record 15TB SSD that was launched for consumers in March but Seagate's is not yet commercially available.
The new 60TB SSD from Seagate is designed for data centers and other high-performance server rigs across the world. Sure, it can still be used for a high-end gaming rig but the $10,000 price of Samsung's 15TB SSD alone may not be a good sign for the price tag.
Unlike most SSDs, the Seagate 60TB Serial Attached SCSI (SAS) SSD takes up the 3.5-inch form factor similar to mechanical HDDs. Samsung's PM1633A 15TB SSD has a smaller and sleeker 2.5-inch form factor.
Seagate claims that their new 60TB SSD will be able to hold up to 12,000 movies and 400 million photos, ZDNet has learned. They are also planning to extend the capacity of the SSD up to 100TB for data centers that demand for more capacity.
Unfortunately, Seagate is not selling the new SSD yet even to enterprises. The company said that it is simply a demonstration of what they are capable of but they are planning to commercially launch the product as early as next year.
Average PC users are better off saving up for a 4TB Samsung 850 Evo which already costs $1500 instead of trying to wait for the Seagate 60TB SSD, PC Magazine reported. Seagate believes that SSDs will be essential to the increasing demand due to the "explosion of data" as companies start to take their businesses online.
Cloud technology and the Internet of Things are intertwined with each other but they still rely on crunching data offline and online. With billions of IoT devices expected to be connected by 2020, the demand for fast storage devices is expected to shoot up as well.
Seagate VP of SSD products, Brett Pemble, said in a statement that enterprises can "translate" data into more value or revenue if they have the capacity to accommodate the data. In addition, he believes that there is no limit to data growth even in the future especially as technology evolves fast.