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#292308 - 09/01/2007 20:12 Hitachi 1TB drives
blitz addict Registered: 20/11/2001 Posts: 455 Loc: Texas	Wow
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#292309 - 09/01/2007 23:03 Re: Hitachi 1TB drives [Re: blitz]
lectric pooh-bah Registered: 20/01/2002 Posts: 2085 Loc: New Orleans, LA	Man...... 40¢ per gig. Not bad. Only 4-5x as much as comparable DVD media.
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#292310 - 10/01/2007 02:15 Re: Hitachi 1TB drives [Re: lectric]
blitz addict Registered: 20/11/2001 Posts: 455 Loc: Texas	Just thinking about a 4TB server with the storage being $1600 total.
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#292311 - 10/01/2007 06:36 Re: Hitachi 1TB drives [Re: lectric]
hybrid8 carpal tunnel Registered: 12/11/2001 Posts: 7738 Loc: Toronto, CANADA	I wonder if in 10-15 years time we'll be down to 40 cents per TB... _________________________ Bruno Twisted Melon : Fine Mac OS Software
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#292312 - 10/01/2007 07:32 Re: Hitachi 1TB drives [Re: hybrid8]
MarkH member Registered: 06/04/2000 Posts: 158	Well, call it 8 Moore Cycles of 18 months => Hitachi announce their new 256Tb drive at CES 2019, for a retail price of $400. So still nearly $2 / Tb... But at least the disk should be big enough to hold a rip of The Empire Strikes Back when it's re-issued in the MosTrueDef XrayRayDisc format.
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#292313 - 11/01/2007 01:10 Re: Hitachi 1TB drives [Re: blitz]
FireFox31 pooh-bah Registered: 19/09/2002 Posts: 2494 Loc: East Coast, USA	Of course we need terrabytes on the desktop, everything's become so bloated. Hell, even that URL was over 1024 characters long. _________________________ - FireFox31 110gig MKIIa (30+80), Eutronix lights, 32 meg stacked RAM, Filener orange gel lens, Greenlights Lit Buttons green set
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#292314 - 11/01/2007 02:53

Re: Hitachi 1TB drives [Re: FireFox31]

RobotCaleb
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Registered: 15/01/2002
Posts: 1866
Loc: Austin

Quote:
Of course we need terrabytes on the desktop, everything's become so bloated. Hell, even that URL was over 1024 characters long.

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#292315 - 11/01/2007 11:28 Re: Hitachi 1TB drives [Re: FireFox31]
blitz addict Registered: 20/11/2001 Posts: 455 Loc: Texas	Quote: Of course we need terrabytes on the desktop, everything's become so bloated. We run a lot of technical programs and 1TB on a desktop doesn't even really cover our needs for productivity in our workstations. We have geodatabases and georeferenced image data covering entire states that if not loaded on the desktop, just grind the applications to a halt especially with multiple users. We also try to take large USB drives to the field when necessary. We scan in legacy paper drawings (which would be nice to convert to AutoCAD but not really cost effective). A single facility might have 1000 42" by 60" drawings of equipment layouts, etc. All those drawings just sat in drawing cabinets largely unused. Information can be knowledge with a motivated employee, so larger, cheaper, faster drives containing that information is progress in some applications. That being said, we don't have a great system (indexing) for keeping track of the information except in our GIS work. We use accurate GPS readings (20 cm accuracy with post processing) to document company assets. We even use GPS/GIS for our equipment inventories. It is a much better way to locate and put to use idle equipment in a dispersed environment. We used to spend days (field visits) just collecting information for decision making which we now have in minutes at the desktop. We also have an aging workforce. We use the databases to "harvest" the information contained in our field personnel's heads known only to them. We had one field guy die recently (tragically on a personal level) and all his experience and invaluable information gone.
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