FFS you bunch of weirdos, im just saying thats a shit load of data on a single internal 3.5" drive

There are lots of things that need TB.

Pro-photographers could easily fill up that storage with a full year of shoots etc.

Also things like PVRs - the more HD takes off and you start having films taking 30GB thats only 30 films etc.

i.e. installing duke nukem 3d was once probably like 30 mb of my 500 mb drive.

Now it's things like Test drive unlimited taking up 8.7 Gb of my 160 gb drive.

When tb drives are the norm, I'm sure we'll have the media to fill them just the same. i.e. games coming on HD discs and taking up 40-80 gb on our drives etc.

Problem is, with anything it's only relative...

as, the hard drives / connection speeds / processors get faster / larger. The requirements get greater.

As pointed out in that article...

Yes 1 TB sounds a lot when we're thinking mp3's, and normal files. But when talking about HD movies it's not really that much.

If connection speeds keep increasing, and things like tv down your internet connection becomes the norm - then these 'large' drives will be full in no time at all.

pmsl @ 48GB :loller:

Will probably be sold as one million mb, which works out less than either 1024Gb or 1000Gb or indeed 1048576Mb which it actually should be.

Means you'll lose 48Gb just due to the rounding. Christ.

How big is a TB? 1024 GB?

I think the acronym is OK, just some of the crap implementations can be problematic :lol:

Its a milestone because 1Tb is an enourmous amount of storage to get in one drive. I see what you're saying though, its no greater breakthrough than any other size, especially as no one really actually needs that much storage for what I would consider real data.

I could fit all my "proper" documents on one CD ROM. Only real purpose I can see for 1Tb is movies, which when you factor in the price of all the gear is still more expensive than going out.

[Edited on 08-01-2007 by Ian]

RAID is the most unreliable piece of crap ever. Unless you get a proper RAID controller. I have scrapped my setup :mad:

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isnt a 1TB drive like putting all eggs in one basket? if it goes you loose the lot? (unless backed up)

would it be better to have 4 250GB ones?

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Originally posted by M2RTY
isnt a 1TB drive like putting all eggs in one basket? if it goes you loose the lot? (unless backed up)

would it be better to have 4 250GB ones?

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But that could be same as saying, if you had a 80 gig drive, isn't better to have 4x20gig drives? lol

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Originally posted by M2RTY
isnt a 1TB drive like putting all eggs in one basket? if it goes you loose the lot? (unless backed up)

would it be better to have 4 250GB ones?

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isnt a 1TB drive like putting all eggs in one basket? if it goes you loose the lot? (unless backed up)

would it be better to have 4 250GB ones?

Ah right -- I've seen a couple of Abit boards with 9 (using multiple controllers)...

Still it's quite an impressive size. 1TB drives would be soooo nice in my media center! :cool:

[Edited on 06-01-2007 by Tim]

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I paid similar money for a 3Gb in 1996. Ten years later I would have filled that in half a days pornography.

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i agree Tim, solid state drives are the future. i said 6TB internally because i think the most sata connectors on one mobo was 6, not including e-sata

Why only 6TB internally? Just depends on how many SATA ports and bays :boggle:

I thought it was quite interesting that Samsung now have a 32GB solid-state drive. Definitely the way forward considering the MTBF and speed :thumbs:

but the psu and bigger HD are hardly ground breaking too they are just the current technology advanced a bit. OK its the 1TB mark but its really means no more than the 1.1TB barrior.

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Originally posted by Rob_Quads
Looks like the cell boys have managed to produce a chip with twice the speed and a smaller die size.

Wonder how long it will take for Sony to either release an updated PS3 it will they use it in this more expensive home hub they are talking about.

Interesting to see the XBox360 is getting a more powerful chip too

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Looks like the cell boys have managed to produce a chip with twice the speed and a smaller die size.

Wonder how long it will take for Sony to either release an updated PS3 it will they use it in this more expensive home hub they are talking about.

Interesting to see the XBox360 is getting a more powerful chip too

I paid similar money for a 3Gb in 1996. Ten years later I would have filled that in half a days photography.

Amazing to think not too many years ago we were a waiting for a 1GB drive and that seemed an enormous amount of space :)

Cheap as well - $400 retail for the drive.

That should make it cheaper byte for byte than smaller stuff.

first 2kW power supply, with a 150A 12v rail :! :lol:
http://www.legitreviews.com/article/436/1/

First 1TB drive from Hitachi
http://www.digitimes.com/Backgrounders/ArtReview.asp?datePublish=2007/01/05&pages=PR&seq=207&Cat=1

It will be interesting to see how far perpendicular drives can go in terms of sheer size. 1TB is a massive amount of storage for just 1 drive. Just think, it is possible to have as much as 6TB of drive space using INTERNAL drives