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Arslan KEMALOV

Until recently, we were amazed to see the appearance of drives with a large memory capacity: 1 TB, 5 TB, and even 30 TB. There is a question arises involuntarily: “How it would be more?” However, Nimbus Data launched world's largest SSD with 100-terabyte capacity

Only a month ago Samsung set a new record for SSD-drive capacity with its latest 30TB model. The achievement did not stand for long; US company Nimbus Data just shot past Samsung's benchmark with the launch of a gargantuan drive.

Nimbus Data, a popular data storage company based in America, has unveiled the ExaDrive DC100, which crams 100TB of 3D flash memory into a standard 3.5-inch SATA form factor, which is 3 times more than a previous record holder.

Now, the ExaDrive DC100 is the most energy-efficient. It is designed to consume some 85% less power per TB of storage. While this SSD is only really of interest to big cloud services or giant corporations managing data centers, it is undoubtedly a new benchmark for the future of storage with elements of the technology sure to be incorporated into general consumer-orientated outcomes very soon.

The 100 TB drive has the capacity to store about 17,000 HD movies or 20 million songs! Of course, many would like to install this SSD-disk in their PC and enjoy a huge memory. Nimbus Data is currently only sampling the product with select strategic customers and no price has been revealed. It's suggested the cost will be similar to current enterprise SSDs on a per terabyte basis, which is code for “it will be extraordinarily expensive”, at least initially.

Here is the historical photo, which reminds us that we need to appreciate our flash drives and hard drives. The photo of 1956 captures the moment when the first hard disk for the computer is unloaded. The capacity of this media was 5 MB and it weighed more than a ton.