wow...1 Tb hard drive

ixfd64 · 2004-06-03, 04:25

This may be old to some, but looks like a company is selling a 1 Tb HD!

Unfortunately, hard drives don't help much in the search for primes. We need a 1 TFlop processor, lol.

jinydu · 2004-06-03, 05:05

1 Tb?! I can't even hope to come anywhere close to filling up a 40 Gb hard drive...

xilman · 2004-06-03, 09:01

Quote:

Originally Posted by jinydu

1 Tb?! I can't even hope to come anywhere close to filling up a 40 Gb hard drive...

Try running a large NFS factorization. It's not hard to use tens of gigabytes. A single file can easily exceed 5Gb.

Paul

jinydu · 2004-06-03, 09:19

Using a Google search of terabyte +"hard drive", I found:

http://www.lacie.com/products/product.htm?id=10118

It costs $1199

Quote:

Originally Posted by xilman

Try running a large NFS factorization. It's not hard to use tens of gigabytes. A single file can easily exceed 5Gb.

Paul

smh · 2004-06-03, 09:36

I'm frequently using VMWare, and these images can easily get to several gigabyte.

Save a few of these and a big part of the harddrive space is gone.

A 2 to 3GB swap file doesn't help either.

Ivan Semenov · 2004-06-03, 09:53

Yes, and if you prefer lossless audio, not lossy (MP3-like) then 80gb is really not enough

tom11784 · 2004-06-03, 10:23

I have an 80, 2 120s, a 160, a 175, and a 200 in my machine. (855 Jigabytes)
Free space: 66.4, 71.8, 54.1, 45.1, 29.7, 49.3 (316.4 Gigabytes)

Can't exactly afford the $1200 price-tag though.

nimzo · 2004-06-03, 13:49

Quote:

Originally Posted by jinydu

Using a Google search of terabyte +"hard drive", I found:
http://www.lacie.com/products/product.htm?id=10118
It costs $1199

Hi,

Many manufacturers of these new high-capacity drives (>100 gb) have
dropped their 3-years warranty to 1-year recently. I wonder about the reliability of such beasts.

nimzo

Uncwilly · 2004-06-03, 20:37

They are great for real PC based video editing. I actual suggested that one be purchased for such.

2004-06-03, 04:25	#1
ixfd64 Bemusing Prompter "Danny" Dec 2002 California 4476₈ Posts	wow...1 Tb hard drive This may be old to some, but looks like a company is selling a 1 Tb HD! Unfortunately, hard drives don't help much in the search for primes. We need a 1 TFlop processor, lol.

2004-06-03, 05:05	#2
jinydu Dec 2003 Hopefully Near M48 1758₁₀ Posts	1 Tb?! I can't even hope to come anywhere close to filling up a 40 Gb hard drive... Last fiddled with by jinydu on 2004-06-03 at 05:05

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smh "Sander" Oct 2002 52.345322,5.52471 10010100101₂ Posts	I'm frequently using VMWare, and these images can easily get to several gigabyte. Save a few of these and a big part of the harddrive space is gone. A 2 to 3GB swap file doesn't help either.

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Ivan Semenov May 2004 This universe 2×17 Posts	Yes, and if you prefer lossless audio, not lossy (MP3-like) then 80gb is really not enough

2004-06-03, 10:23	#7
tom11784 Aug 2003 Upstate NY, USA 2·163 Posts	I have an 80, 2 120s, a 160, a 175, and a 200 in my machine. (855 Jigabytes) Free space: 66.4, 71.8, 54.1, 45.1, 29.7, 49.3 (316.4 Gigabytes) Can't exactly afford the $1200 price-tag though.

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Uncwilly 6809 > 6502 """"""""""""""""""" Aug 2003 101×103 Posts 9378₁₀ Posts	They are great for real PC based video editing. I actual suggested that one be purchased for such.