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Nearline HDDs are high-capacity hard drives built for always-on data center and cloud storage workloads, and this tag collects WindowsForum coverage of the hardware and the industry behind it. The tagged discussion follows Toshiba's expansion of nearline drive production in the Philippines, including its October 2 shipment announcement, a reported investment of roughly ¥60 billion, and a target to nearly double annual storage-capacity output by fiscal 2027 compared with fiscal 2025. It also notes the roadmap toward 30TB-class drives in 2027, 65TB-class models around 2030, and eventual 100TB-class HDDs, plus the distinction between capacity growth and drive unit counts.
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    Toshiba Expands Philippines Nearline HDD Production, Targets Double Storage Capacity by 2027

    Toshiba has begun shipping nearline hard drives from an expanded production line in the Philippines, with a target to nearly double its subsidiary’s annual storage-capacity output by fiscal 2027 versus fiscal 2025. The important qualification: that target measures the amount of data the drives...