Thinkmate brings together WD Ultrastar data center drives, configurable nearline servers, and JBOD expansion systems. Start with a system you can configure online, or work with our team of experts to size capacity, connectivity, and growth around your workload.
Capacity is only part of the decision. Recording technology, interface, access pattern, software, and rebuild behavior all affect which drive belongs in the system.
HC590 is the primary configurable CMR path for broad enterprise workloads. Available in 24TB and 26TB capacities with SATA or SAS interfaces, it is a practical fit for backup repositories, file and object storage, cloud infrastructure, RAID arrays, and active archive environments.
24TB or 26TB · CMR · SATA or SAS
HC690 provides up to 32TB per drive for density-first environments. Its UltraSMR architecture is best suited to sequential, archive-heavy workloads whose host software and write patterns are designed for SMR behavior. Thinkmate can help validate the workload before configuring the system.
Up to 32TB · UltraSMR · Expert-led design
Plan for retention, restore objectives, growth, rebuild behavior, and usable capacity - not just the initial raw terabytes.
Match drive type and enclosure density to the software stack, failure-domain design, host connectivity, and expansion model.
Create a capacity tier for datasets, checkpoints, staging, and long-term retention alongside performance-focused storage.
Balance sequential throughput, concurrency, protection, and growth for production assets, surveillance data, and large-file archives.
Thinkmate can help translate the workload into raw and usable capacity, drive technology, bay count, controller and host connectivity, software requirements, rack space, power, serviceability, and future expansion. For complete NAS, Ceph, AI, HPC, or custom storage architectures, continue to DataFlow or contact the storage team.
Tell Thinkmate what you are storing, your target raw or usable capacity, expected growth, software layer, host connections, rack constraints, and deployment timeline. The storage team can help identify the right WD drive and Thinkmate JBOD configuration.
Unsure what to get? Have technical questions? Contact us and we'll help you design a custom system which will meet your needs.
Thinkmate offers discounts to academic institutions and students on purchases of Thinkmate Systems. Contact us for details.
We offer rapid GSA scheduling for custom configurations. If you have a specific hardware requirement, we can have your configuration posted on the GSA Schedule within 2-4 weeks.
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