1979 - IBM debuted the 3370, a 571MB drive the size of a modern-day photocopier. It used seven 14-inch "platters" to hold data. 1980 - IBM introduced the first 1GB hard drive. With its complete ...
Consumer-grade drives and those designed for server use come in all shapes and sizes, ranging from 3.5-inch mechanical hard disk drives (HDDs) to ultra-fast M.2 NVMe solid-state drives (SSDs).