Velociraptor replacement, larger capacity, flash integration

The latest velociraptor is now two years old, does anyone have an idea when the next release will be and what the specifiation is?

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very good idea, we use VR’s in all our IT workstations, and 1TB just isn’t enough these days for storing our test VM’s and other data – we have had to drop down to 2 & 3 TB WD Black units.

SSD cache and VR higher cap drive would be fantastic.

I second this.

It has been two years and the latest refresh had 250 platters for 250/500 and 333 for the 1TB.

Advances in PMR and SMR this should be able to increased with greater density.

Adding a 8/16mb flash like the SG hybrid drive would further make the VR the fastest spinner available.

Until OS/RST will allow ATA passthrough with SSD in raid1 the VR is your best choice.