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HDD · hard disk drive

Rotating magnetic disk storage, now confined to the cold capacity tier and notable operationally because it cannot be immersion-cooled and is sanitized differently than flash.

Current numbers

~7 GB/s vs ~300 MB/sQLC SSD vs HDD sequential read, with random-read latency of ~110 µs vs ~11–12 msas of 2025 · register ↗

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