HAMR time: Seagate unleashes 30 TB disks to feed the AI beast
Exos and IronWolf drives show spinning rust isn't going anywhere
Storage
15 Jul 2025 | 10
Seagate has tried making a go of the disk drive array business before, and failed. Now it has bought a disk array supplier for the second time. What's different, and could X-IO's technology have a role to play? In 2000 X-IO, then a five-year old startup known as Xiotech and offering virtualising SAN storage arrays, was bought …