与死亡和税收一样不可避免的是硬盘容量不断提升。自第一批存储容量为4TB的3.5英寸SATA磁盘在2011年面市以来,情况发生了很大的变化。日立的整个磁盘制造部门已被西部数据收购,中国监管部门担心3.5英寸硬盘市场被希捷和西部数据两家厂商垄断,于是鼓励东芝将生产线由传统领域:2.5英寸硬盘扩大到3.5英寸产品。 As inevitable as death and tax is the increasing capacity of hard drives. The situation has changed dramatically since the first 3.5-inch SATA disks with 4TB of storage capacity were available in 2011. Hitachi’s entire disk-manufacturing division has been acquired by Western Digital, and regulators in China are worried that the 3.5-inch disk market will be monopolized by both Seagate and Western Digital vendors, encouraging Toshiba to expand its production line from the traditional 2.5-inch drive to 3.5-inch drives.