1.6TeraByte Hard Drives

[Endangered Specie]

http://www.lacie.com/products/product.htm?pid=10551
wow.


(And if thats to pricy there are more modest 1TB and .5TB models)

:wow::wow::wow::wow::wow::wow:


Won't be long and you could hold the entire library of congress in one of these.

[Deja Q]

1. 1TB = 1000GB, right? A .5TB drive sounds more regal than a 500GB one.

Odd, that... they're both the same...

[Endangered Specie]

3. yes,

but strictly speaking, its supposed to be 1024GB to a TB, but HD companies use 1000:1, makes there drives look bigger, so in reality, a 1.6TB Hard Drive is really 'only' 1.56TB.

(btw the same applies to other units 1024B in a kB; 1024kB in a MB etc...)

[NightTrain]

5. And 1,000 TB = 1 PetaByte!

Can you imagine how much stuff you could store on a 1PB hard drive? Probably every piece of music ever made! :bounce:

[Endangered Specie]

10. I cant wait for those!

http://www.mercola.com/2003/feb/22/petabyte.htm

[Placebo]

11. It will be standard in computers SOMEDAY...

that's the great thought :D

[Endangered Specie]

13. Actually...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Petabyte

"
The San Diego Supercomputer Center (SDSC) in the USA has a 1 petabyte hard disk store and a 6 petabyte robotic tape store, both attached to the National Science Foundation's TeraGrid network. (Source: Electronics Weekly, Dec 11, 2002)

The Internet Archive Wayback Machine contains approximately 1 petabyte of data and is currently growing at a rate of 20 terabytes per month. (Source: Internet Archive FAQ (http://www.archive.org/about/faqs.php#9))

NOB Cross Media Facilities (http://www.nob.nl/index.cfm?cfid=33000632&cftoken=2193809&ln=en#) in the Netherlands employs a 1.5 Petabyte storage network for the storage of all old and new public television and radio content in digital format. Within the next year, most Dutch public television content will be pulled directly out of this database during broadcast.
"

Wikipedia has all sorts of good stuff :)

[Deja Q]

16. Well, may it be a long time before I become a Petaphile!

:wow:

[BigMcLargehuge]

2. I could store ALL THE PORN ON THE INTERNET!!!

and still have a few K left over for my writing!

[Endangered Specie]

6. tee hee.

Thats a noble goal in life.
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(writing that is ;))

[Deja Q]

17. You mean the internets! One Peta is quite big.

:9

[Placebo]

4. I actually know someone who has one...

it's purrrrrrrrrrdy.

And makes you feel powerful just looking at it.

Puny peasants! Ha! Ha! With their puny 40, 80, and 120GB HD's!!! *evil laugh*

[Endangered Specie]

7. what does he have on it?

every movie ever made?

[Placebo]

9. HaHa...

no :P

I wish! He has a huge amount of it doing absolutely nothing, but his parents are megarich so he asked for it. He's got a bunch of music on it though, and works with video a lot...eh, he doesn't deserve it. It should be mine! Mine!

[FM Arouet666]

8. I want one now

I have three systems networked with a total of about 600 Gig. What a drive. The digital pack rats, like me, will get in line.

[miss_kitty]

12. big hard drives

another compensatory must-have?

:evilgrin:

[burythehatchet]

14. do women really want big hard drives

or do they really want a fast processor?

[ikojo]

18. I'm a woman and I want a VERY BIG hard

drive.....Oh yes! There are some things where size does matter.

[Vinnie From Indy]

15. My "Hard Drive" is Sooooooooo Big...

it graduated a year ahead of me in high school!

[punpirate]

19. If you forget a file name...

... do you put in a wild card search and come back in a week? :P

[Deja Q]

20. That's where having two cache modules comes in handy!

Along with that big hard drive, you've got to have two cache modules to ensure everything remains fresh and quick to get! :evilgrin: