WD Gold 24TB
For once, Shane Downing regrets shouting, “Go big or go home!”
SPECS
Size: 24TB
Model: WD241KRYZ
£/TB: £26.83
Interface: SATA 6GB/s
Form: 3.5-inch
Tech: CMR
RPM: 7,200
Max: 298MB/s
Cache: 512MB
Power: 6.8W
Noise: 32dBA
Limit: 550TB per year
MTBF: 2.5M hours
Warranty: Five years
The WD Gold 24TB comes as the largest capacity hard drive currently available – other 24TB drives exist, but nothing larger can be purchased. It competes with the best hard drives primarily by offering more storage, but at a higher cost per GB. While WD’s Gold line does share the flash-based OptiNAND technology with its Red Pro NAS line of hard disk rives, it has a unique feature to help it stand out: ArmorCache.