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The Terabyte Hard Drive is Here (1 Terabyte=1,000 GB; What's the Limit? Terabytes, Petabytes, Exabytes?)
Well, the Terabyte Hard Drive is no longer imaginary (1 Terabyte =
1,000 Gigabytes): http://www.lacie.com/products/product.htm?pid=10188 I'm sure others will follow from other manufacturers, if they haven't already. "The most powerful Hi-Speed USB 2.0 hard drive in a portable 5.25 [inch] 1U form factor, the LaCie Big Disk is designed for low-cost storage expansion and is ideal for backing up several workstations with enormous capacities up to 1TB. With USB universal connectivity and no software to configure, this plug & play drive delivers high performance with maximum convenience." Reasonably priced, but will it prove reliable? Time will tell. (I really have to wonder if the "smart fan" system will provide adequate heat dissipation.) I wonder when we will hit the quantum limit of data storage? [Kilobytes] [Megabytes] [Gigabytes] Terabytes? (1.0E+12 bytes) Petabytes? (1.0E+15 bytes) Exabytes? (1.0E+18 bytes) Zettabytes? (1.0E+21 bytes) Yottabytes? (1.0E+24 bytes) [milliseconds] [microseconds] nanoseconds? (1.0E-09 seconds) picoseconds? (1.0E-12 seconds) femtoseconds? (1.0E-15 seconds) attoseconds? (1.0E-18 seconds) zeptoseconds? (1.0E-21 seconds) yoctoseconds? (1.0E-24 seconds) http://www.bipm.fr/en/si/prefixes.html Of peripheral interest: The International Bureau of Weights and Measures ("Le Bureau international des poids et mesures" (BIPM) ): http://www.bipm.fr/ English version: http://www.bipm.fr/en/home/ It's nice to know that the kilogram, the metre, and the second have such a nice home: http://www.bipm.fr/en/bipm/site/aerial_view.html Though the "Petit Pavillon" doesn't look particularly "petit" to me! http://www.bipm.fr/en/bipm/site/petit_pavillon.html -- Brett http://www.freewarefriend.com/ A Powerful Tool for Finding Truly Free Software |
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The Terabyte Hard Drive is Here (1 Terabyte=1,000 GB; What's theLimit? Terabytes, Petabytes, Exabytes?)
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Well, the Terabyte Hard Drive is no longer imaginary (1 Terabyte = 1,000 Gigabytes): http://www.lacie.com/products/product.htm?pid=10188 I'm sure others will follow from other manufacturers, if they haven't already. What on earth is new about this? All they've done is stick 2 x 500GB drives in an enclosure that is bound to have inadequate cooling - despite their claim to the contrary. Grief, I've been using an external 2TB firewire drive for a couple of months. Only difference is mine will outlast the LaCie. Odie -- Retrodata www.retrodata.co.uk Globally Local Data Recovery Experts |
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What OS for a separate file server box? was The Terabyte Hard Drive i
On Sun, 06 Nov 2005 12:06:11 +0000, Odie Ferrous
wrote: All they've done is stick 2 x 500GB drives in an enclosure that is bound to have inadequate cooling - despite their claim to the contrary. Grief, I've been using an external 2TB firewire drive for a couple of months. Only difference is mine will outlast the LaCie. No doubt!! Homebuilt? Say I wanted to build a file server for my home LAN. A sort of "set it and forget it" type affair. What OS? Linux? Windows? 2003 Storage Server? Thatcher |
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What OS for a separate file server box? was The Terabyte Hard Drive i
Lady Margaret Thatcher wrote
Odie Ferrous wrote All they've done is stick 2 x 500GB drives in an enclosure that is bound to have inadequate cooling - despite their claim to the contrary. Grief, I've been using an external 2TB firewire drive for a couple of months. Only difference is mine will outlast the LaCie. No doubt!! Homebuilt? Say I wanted to build a file server for my home LAN. A sort of "set it and forget it" type affair. What OS? Linux? Windows? 2003 Storage Server? XP or 2003 SS are both fine. Not worth bothering with anything else if you dont run it anyway. |
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What OS for a separate file server box? was The Terabyte Hard Drive i
On Sun, 06 Nov 2005 14:28:40 -0800, Lady Margaret Thatcher
wrote: Say I wanted to build a file server for my home LAN. A sort of "set it and forget it" type affair. What OS? Linux? Windows? 2003 Storage Server? I'd go with Linux. Once you figure out how to use Linux, you can simply set it and forget. Not bloated like Windows (and free to boot!) plus Linux is generally not prone to software problems and viruses. -- When you hear the toilet flush, and hear the words "uh oh", it's already too late. - by anonymous Mother in Austin, TX To reply, replace digi.mon with phreaker.net |
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The Terabyte Hard Drive is Here (1 Terabyte=1,000 GB; What's the Limit? Terabytes, Petabytes, Exabytes?)
Arno Wagner wrote:
Previously wrote: Well, the Terabyte Hard Drive is no longer imaginary (1 Terabyte = 1,000 Gigabytes): http://www.lacie.com/products/product.htm?pid=10188 You should not believe everything you read on the Internet. It's 2x 500gb drives configured as usb raid 0, better than the previous "1TB lacie bigger disk", which was 4x 250gb drives as usb raid 0 (frightening). -- Mike |
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What OS for a separate file server box? was The Terabyte Hard Drive i
Impmon wrote:
On Sun, 06 Nov 2005 14:28:40 -0800, Lady Margaret Thatcher wrote: Say I wanted to build a file server for my home LAN. A sort of "set it and forget it" type affair. What OS? Linux? Windows? 2003 Storage Server? I'd go with Linux. Once you figure out how to use Linux, you can simply set it and forget. Commodity devices run linux, for the same reason: users don't need to know /what/ it runs since it /just works/. Most users and companies like to have an OS that they are already comfortable with, and is similar to their desktop OS - this is where microsoft wins. -- Mike |
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