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This form factor is most common for [[HDD]]<nowiki/>s (spinning platters with a read/write head), which are currently available to consumers in drive capacities up to 16TB. There are [[SSD]]<nowiki/>s also available in this form factor, but they are much less common and usually reserved for datacenter use. (see the Nimbus Data Exadrive)
This form factor is most common for [[HDD]]<nowiki/>s (spinning platters with a read/write head), which are currently available to consumers in drive capacities up to 20TB. There are [[SSD]]<nowiki/>s also available in this form factor, but they are much less common and usually reserved for datacenter use. (see the Nimbus Data Exadrive)
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Latest revision as of 15:04, 19 August 2022

This form factor is most common for HDDs (spinning platters with a read/write head), which are currently available to consumers in drive capacities up to 20TB. There are SSDs also available in this form factor, but they are much less common and usually reserved for datacenter use. (see the Nimbus Data Exadrive)