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WD unveils new high-capacity 32TB SMR and 26TB CMR disk drives
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Well I have no experience with these particular drives, but they do seem to have 11 platters. Which is beyond insane as far as I'm concerned. More platters means more moving parts, more friction more noise (all other things being equal).