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Western Digital introduces new non-SMR 20TB HDDs with onboard NAND

Enlarge / This isn’t Western Digital’s first 20TB drive—but it is the first shipping drive to achieve that density without the use of Shingled Magnetic Recording (SMR) technology. (credit: Western Digital) At Traditional western Digital’s HDD Reimagine Event yesterday, the company introduced its newest hard drive architecture—a hybrid spinning rust/NAND flash design it calls OptiNAND. […]