Seagate Simplifies High-Capacity Storage Scaling for AI and Cloud Infrastructure

Seagate announced an interoperability milestone making its HAMR-based Mozaic drives, configured with SMR, the first and only SMR drives on Broadcom's approved vendor list for its host bus adapter. Microsoft Azure Storage completed qualification of the Broadcom HBA with Seagate's HAMR + SMR configuration, providing a hyperscale validation proof point for large data center deployments.

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