Seagate is presenting its latest enterprise storage technologies at NAB 2026, showcasing advancements in high-capacity hard drives and rack-scale storage systems. The company featured its Exos platform featuring Heat-Assisted Magnetic Recording (HAMR) technology, with current capacities reaching 32TB and 40TB drives, and a new 44TB Exos drive as part of its roadmap toward 50TB capacities. The new HAMR-based drives are initially available through hyperscalers, with broader market availability expected after more than a year. https://www.seagate.com
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Seagate also introduced the Exoscale 74-bay rack mount chassis supporting SAS 4 (24Gb/s SAS with eight host-side ports). Available in standard 1-meter rack depth (74 bays) and 1.2-meter depth (100 bays), the system achieves up to 3.2 petabytes of storage using 32TB drives in a 4U form factor. The chassis incorporates new cable management enabling hot-swapping while drives remain in production, with bare drives dropping directly into slots without carriers.
The Exoscale design improves thermal performance with 70% more efficient cooling and 30% lower power consumption compared to previous generations. The bare-drive slot design enhances airflow management, allowing servicing of the rear row without system downtime. The platform supports both SAS and SATA interfaces, including 32TB SATA and 24TB SAS drive options, providing flexibility for redundancy-focused versus single-node architectures.
Seagate reports strong global demand driven by AI infrastructure growth and hyperscaler requirements, with the Exoscale chassis now available worldwide. The company has been manufacturing storage systems for over 45 years and continues to focus on increasing drive capacities to meet market demand rather than expanding production facilities.
