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06-11-2005, 05:16 PM #1Web Hosting Master
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Would you buy a 1tb hard drive?
http://www.cdw.com/shop/products/def...spx?edc=574642
As you see they have them, but would you buy one? For home? Or do you run one on you're server...? Use it for music?...
What would you do with one?
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06-11-2005, 05:21 PM #2Temporarily Suspended
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hmmmm store pr0nos :-D (hmmm, Is that enough? )
No just kidding...
If I would've buy 1, I'll use it for a backup dedicated server, to store daily backup files and stuff for all the servers...
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06-11-2005, 05:39 PM #3Disabled
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Originally Posted by PTH
I'm also curious as to what people use 1TB HDD's for these days. Seems like a waste of money to me.
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06-11-2005, 05:45 PM #4Web Hosting Master
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I'd use it as a backup for my home computers. I have a few I distribute important files over (documents, digital images, movies, etc).
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06-11-2005, 05:54 PM #5Retired Moderator
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I'm also curious as to what people use 1TB HDD's for these days. Seems like a waste of money to me.
PVRs will always benefit from having larger disks. Especially as HDTV starts to take over from SDTV.
The film studios keep promising to release a movie version of itunes which will also fill disks up quickly. With the increase in high speed connections sites and online content will become much larger. The internet is definitly going to play a part in viewing TV in the future so large disks are going to be needed.
But isn't putting all the backup files from all the servers onto one massive hard drive kind of risky?Steve
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06-11-2005, 06:13 PM #6Aspiring Evangelist
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It's good to start recording your favorite TV shows
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Originally posted by PTH
hmmmm store pr0nos :-D (hmmm, Is that enough? )
But other than that I'd soon be able to fill it up with downloads....loading
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06-11-2005, 06:22 PM #8Web Hosting Master
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it's costs more then my computer!
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06-11-2005, 06:38 PM #9Web Hosting Master
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wow I didn't that kind of harddrive does exist.
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06-11-2005, 06:58 PM #10Web Developer
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Would 1TB even be reliable? I could see it as being slow and prone to problems.
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06-11-2005, 07:14 PM #11Web Hosting Master
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That Lacie disk is actually a few disks put togther in RAID-0 so its not a single disk. For DV editing its great but for long term storage..
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06-11-2005, 07:25 PM #12Web Hosting Master
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Originally posted by DanX
Would 1TB even be reliable? I could see it as being slow and prone to problems.www.Yekaroo.com - Your Chinese Radio Online!
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06-11-2005, 07:49 PM #13Web Hosting Master
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7200rpm ~ most hard drives are that speed
I admit that 1TB would be cool and I probably can feel it up with junk, but for that price? No way. If you ever need 1TB for personal use, you need to start deleting stuff rathier than buying more HDD space...New site: www.talkutas.com
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06-11-2005, 08:23 PM #14WHT Addict
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No!! I won't buy a 1TB HDD
for my personal PC.
Actually i don't want any junk in
my HDD & apparently 1TB drive
is quite alluring for junk!! It will
be a junk magnet
But, on my server i would love
to have such thing, provided
by.. it has that necessary speed
to locate the data in due time.We've cleaned up the air, but polluted our souls,
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06-11-2005, 08:45 PM #15Newbie
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I would probably buy one if they were cheap in price.. No more need for data CD's
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06-11-2005, 08:59 PM #16is a threadkiller
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I wouldnt bother. I'd spend the cash to setup a RAID array (RAID 1, 0+1, or 5).
Imagine if that sucker ever failed! What are you going to backup to? A tape drive? *snicker*
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06-11-2005, 09:28 PM #17Retired Moderator
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Maybe if I won the lottery so I could brag about it
I'd much rather have a RAID-5 for databackup/storage.
RAID-0 is nice too.
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06-11-2005, 09:32 PM #18Junior Guru Wannabe
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Sure, I would buy one! I'll wait for the price to drop a bit lower though... oh say, a couple hundred dollars lower.
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06-11-2005, 11:10 PM #19Web Hosting Master
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I figure if you get 4x Maxtor SATA Ultra16 7200 250GB hard drive
Drive Capacity 250GB
Internal or External Internal
Interface SATA/150
Rotation Speed 7200 RPM
Compatibility PC/MAC
Manufacturer Maxtor
Manufacturer Model L01S250
Cache Buffer Size 16MB
Data Transfer Rate ATA/133
Average Seek Time ¡Ü9ms
That would be even cheaper then the 1tb hd...
Because:
4x $179.98 = $719.92 + state tax, 5% here in md it would cost a total of about: $1000 and you gain sorta from it because u gain $400 instead of buying that 1tb hd, and u gain even more, because if 1x 250gb hd fails you just replace that, u dont loose it all.. and have to pay the high price again
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06-12-2005, 12:04 AM #20Newbie
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I would buy one if I could. I would use it to backup the couple of computers I have.
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06-12-2005, 12:09 AM #21Web Hosting Master
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Use it for uncompressed DVD rips.
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06-12-2005, 12:17 AM #22Web Hosting Master
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I have 320Gb total diskspace in my pc and I barely use 100Gb ... I guess I won't soon.
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06-12-2005, 12:34 AM #23Disabled
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Maybe if it was internal. How hot would that thing get though?
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06-12-2005, 01:18 AM #24Web Hosting Evangelist
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How would you manage to remember where you placed a particular file? I always need to use search to find files on my computer.
Yes, I will buy a 1TB hdd if it was cheap. I would dump all my cds in it .. And currently I save TV shows on DVDs, it would be better to use a 1tb hddGet help with your server optimization - A forum on server optimization...
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06-12-2005, 02:42 AM #25Web Hosting Master
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Although I don't have a single HD over 200gb, I do have a little over 1.4 tb across my multiple fileservers I have on my network. Currently I am using just about 1 tb and thats without having any pr0n, DVD movies/TV shows, etc on them (does have about 20gb of legal mp3's though).
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