6 most capacious hard drives

Computer equipment has reached unprecedented heights and the most voluminous hard drives overcame the capacity mark of 60 TB. This is shocking because the average user has drives with a maximum of 1-2 terabytes and still cannot fill up. Professionals understand what kind of technology for 60 TB speech - this is the so-called Lacie STFK60000400. In essence, there is a modular box, inside which 6 hard disks of equal capacity are placed, but the convenience is that the device clearly regulates their work. There is somewhere in the world the largest HDD on 100 TB, but excessively cumbersome, comparable to the first handlers of punched cards. But, what do ordinary people who do not really understand the question and get stuck in different tires, spindles, caches? It's simple: you need to read this material and arrange everything on the shelves, determining for yourself the selection criteria. The study was conducted in order to identify the ratio of volume / price / functionality, so some manufacturers were not included in the list. It is worth noting that manufacturers have modular systems, ready-made home-based cloud storages, etc. - all this was also ignored.

In this review, standard 3.5 ”drives and external HDD format drives (not to be confused with SSDs), which are commercially available and can be used for home use. If something is really worthy of attention, then it is mentioned by inserts in the text without participation in the rating.

The most capacious hard drives

3 TOSHIBA MG07ACA12TE

Toshiba takes the third place again and here it is for a simple reason - the price. Of all the most capacious disks on 12 TB, without separation into server and home ones, the model MG07ACA12TE is the cheapest. 1 TB of this device will cost a little more than 2000 rubles, with the difference with the previous ones only 2 TB. Server hard drives are more reliable, work according to another algorithm, and are able to warn of a crisis in order to save data. One question: why is the data of an individual user less important data of a corporation?

Nothing special, this product does not stand out - the same equipment, which is an order of magnitude better than a regular disk for personal use. By the way, the closest-in cost model, which is positioned for a house, costs more than 32,000 rubles. Perhaps this is the most acceptable option of large HDD.

2 TOSHIBA MG07ACA14TE

Toshiba MG07ACA14TE does not use the latest technology, so it comes in second place. No, he is not worse. Why is this: the manufacturer in the product paid attention to reliability and intentional destruction of data, but the technology of reading data is the previous one. Relatively speaking, Toshiba convinces with great caution, while Seagate is trying to test everything new as quickly as possible. The disk is convenient for quick information hiding: the Sanitize Instant Erase technology allows you to instantly delete all data from the drive. It should be noted that the probability of occurrence of an unrecoverable bit error is 1 * 10¹⁶that 10 times more than the main competitor - Seagate, but still the differences are negligible. For greater reliability, the “Persistent Write Cache” feature is implemented into the disk when combined with “Power Loss Protection” will be able to ensure data integrity in the event of a computer power failure. Additionally, if the buyer was able to purchase the item under investigation with the SAS interface, then it may be worth revising this rating, provided that the home computer also supports it. If automated security is needed, attention should be paid to MG07ACA14TE.Energy consumption will also please (lower by ~ 15-20%), but this is already important for those who are building a large infrastructure.

The disadvantages include: high price, lack of firmware for home use. However, even under such strict conditions, the model was approved by ordinary consumers and professional testers. The following products are slightly less capacious, and here it is necessary to explain the nuances of acquiring and using the ones already listed. Both models have a high price at which almost 2,800 rubles must be paid for the amount of memory in 1TB. With the same success for the Euro-Asian territory, you can buy 2 disks at 8 TB and pay only 2,000 rubles per 1 TB, and get a total of 16 TB at the output. In addition, for the average user is difficult to obtain objective information. So, the Toshiba website is not in principle for quality selection, but for Seagate, mostly in English and without details.

1 SEAGATE ST14000VN0008

If an ordinary buyer does not distinguish a noise of 2 dB, if there is no difference for him between the operating time of 115 years or 289 years, then the Seagate ST14000VN0008 hard drive has surpassed all of them. A similar drive from a competitor is also good and gets second place in the ranking, but that is why the HDD in question is better. First of all, it is adapted to work with other disks according to the NAS scenario, in which up to 8 such instances can be combined, for example, for a home station. Totally reached 112 TB. The next leading feature is the IronWolf Health-Managment system, which scans nearly 200 parameters. It notifies the user of a violation of operating standards: too high temperature, shock, shaking, etc. Other benefits include a maximum temperature of 70 degrees (suitable for Sochi, Gelendzhik) and better suited for single use in a home computer, thanks to the separately supplied firmware. It makes no sense to compare with capacious predecessors for 8-12 TB, and considering that there is only one competitor for the next 3-6 months, other characteristics will not be an advantage, but standard technical parameters, such as: speed Access to the unit information - 7200, RAM disk (cache) - 256 Form Factor - 3.5 ". For Russia and other CIS countries, slightly increased energy consumption plays almost no role. This parameter is more sensitive for Europe and large businesses like Sberbank, Aeroflot or Yandex.

Of the shortcomings of the device, you can select only the high price. At the time of writing, the device was difficult to find in a wide sale, but it was already tested on specialized sites, where it was highly appreciated. If the reader prefers to wait until 2019, Western Digital has planned to release a 16 TB disk with the following manufacturer. Now the main volume is bought by data centers and, as soon as they satisfy their demand, the retail price will decrease and something will begin to fall to the mass consumer.

The most capacious external hard drives

3 SEAGATE STEL8000200

Western Digital's WDBWLG0100HBK with a capacious memory of 10 TB was to occupy the last place among the disks, but it is not on sale in Russia. Therefore, the Seagate STEL8000200, which was mentioned earlier, falls here. The computer community gives a good rating because the product has been tested by time and users, has the best price / terabyte ratio, and is also accompanied by detailed documentation and software.

The disadvantages include, as with the entire product line, high construction and small legs, which do not reduce the sensitivity to impact. The feedback notes warming and sluggishness. If the goal is backup storage of data on external media, then this is the best option.

2 SEAGATE STEL10000400

Model Seagate STEL10000400 is positioned as an external storage device for backup data storage. In this connection, full compatibility with the Time Machine program for creating backups is provided.This product does not have particularly outstanding characteristics among analogs of the same capacity: interface speed of 160 MB / s, USB 3.0 A, plastic case. As users correctly notice this disc, it costs much less than its internal counterpart by as much as 6,000 rubles. Therefore, you can save if the volume is more important than speed.

The disadvantage is the absence of anti-vibration feet. Instead, small stands of 3 mm and high design - it is not difficult to touch the elbow and drop it. Older brother STEL8000200 with an average price would be a more suitable option for a computer, as the manufacturer had thought up a built-in hub, developed software for copying.

1 LACIE D2 THUNDERBOLT 3 10TB STFY10000400

If you need all the power, speed and latest achievements in a single drive, then you should not lose sight of the LaCie d2 Thunderbolt 3 10TB STFY10000400 external hard drive with 10 TB of space. Its price is incredibly high - at the level of 33,000 rubles. Suitable for those who care about interface bandwidth and impact protection. However, if you take away 2 TB, you can buy the same technology at a price two times lower. Why choose this device: when using the Thunderbolt 3 interface, the speed reaches 40 GB / s, it is suitable for working with 4K video and 3D graphics, it can be supplied in a metal case, it has suspension struts and vertical stability.

The disadvantages include: work only with systems above Windows 8.1. and Mac OS X, a large weight of almost 1.5 kg, the highest price per 1 TB. If the criterion for selecting an external hard drive is reasonableness and the best technologies, then it is worth taking. There are no analogues among single-disk systems. It’s worth going past: a 12Tb external hard drive is the most spacious of all the fellows, but overly expensive - more than 50K rubles. At the same time, according to reviews, it is very heavy and slow - instead of the stated 15,000 rpm, it gives out only 7200.

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