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Seagate Bringing RAID 0 Performance to Single HDD via Multi-Actuator Tech

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More parts = more failures.
Unless reduntancy measures are properly built in. For example, if one set of heads fail, the controller can lock the failed head armature and send an alert of the failure. The remaining heads can then be used to transfer the data before removal. If you think about it, that is a greatly useful capability.
 
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NVMe for all I care :laugh: GOTTA GO FAST!
That's a good point. However, SSD's have one glaring problem; price. To get the same capacity from an SSD that you would get from a HDD, you'll easily spend ten times the money, or more. For example, one of my drives is a Seagate 8TB model. I paid right around $190 at the time of purchase. Pricing out an 8TB SSD? Oh, wait there aren't any on consumer levels. And enterprise drives are literally above $3000. The closest you can currently get is 2TB at around $500.

So for the time being, HDD's are still the way to go if you need any decent capacity for reasonable prices. So finding new ways to make HDD's work better/faster is still a very much welcome and needed advancement.
 
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