Storage device maker 'Seagate' has unveiled its newly produced 60TB solid-state-drive (SSD), believed to be the largest-capacity SSD to date, trumping Samsung's 15.36TB SSD that was announced a few days back at a cost of $10,000 per unit. Seagate has managed to multiply what Samsung had accomplished by almost 4 times and within a 3.5-inch body.
However, Seagate's 60TB SSD will only be sold to businesses that need high capacity storage for data centers, which means the general public will not be able to get their hands on this massive storage device.
Seagate revealed its 60TB SSD during 2016's Flash Memory Summit. The Verge reported that the 60TB capacity is so huge that it would be capable of stocking up over 400 million photographs or even 12,000 movies.
Seagate Technologies said, "At present, most favourable technologies are those that can accommodate a huge amount of data as needed by data centers businesses and without taking up too much space".
"As such, we are continuously seeking new methods to offer the highest density achievable in out all-flash data center configurations."
The newly launched 60TB device has a very handy design and businesses will be able to easily exchange their old drives with this new one, moreover, in the future, they would be able to scale up the 60TB storage up to 100TB without any complexity.
At present, the Seagate 60TB SSD is available only for demonstration. The company states that it is planning to roll out the device in the market in 2017. The company has also inked a partnership deal with the renowned Hewlett Packard (HP) Enterprise that likely to help Seagate in the mass production of the SSD.
So far, the price of the 60TB drive has not been revealed , however, the company has said that it will offer the lowest price per gigabyte for flash available at present.