Posted 3/17/2024, 6:16:23 AM
Huawei Unveils Energy-Efficient 10PB OceanStor Arctic Storage to Cut Costs and Power Use
- Huawei unveiled new 10PB magneto-electric OceanStor Arctic storage solution at MWC 2024 that could reduce TCO by 20% vs tape and cut power use by 90% vs HDDs
- Product details were light, but new info suggests it uses spun-down disks that power down when not in use to save energy
- Slide suggests 450W/PB for HDDs vs 71W/PB for Huawei's magneto-electric disks
- OceanStor Arctic expected to compete with tape, optical disks and cloud storage on cost and performance
- Product will be available outside China in 2H 2025