A Mass Storage Device that is very affordable. It works by writing data to a magnetic disk.

How It Works

Data is stored on the spinning discs. There is are read/write heads which are Transducers controlled by Servo Motors, that operate on these discs. There is a read/write head on the very topmost disc, and another read/write head on the bottom of the disc.

  • Usually reaches 200 IOPS
  • 15000 RPM

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