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Drive Size vs Arrays
So the question is how much of a market is there for 8 TB drives. Is the video market that big, or is it considered a niche?

There aren't any 8 TB drives... YET. The biggest drive currently available is about 1/2 TB or 500 GB.

The article mentioned the new VooDoo box will be coming with 16 drives - from the overall capacity, it's a safe bet they're 500 GBs each.

Given VooDoo's reputation as a gaming PC maker, it would be also be a safe bet they're going to use fast drives - something akin to the WD5000KS which is a 7200 RPM SATA 3 GB/s (SATA 2) drive from Western Digital. Estimated price for these puppies is $350 when they're released in mid-March.

Given the price of these systems, there's little to NO doubt they're definitly niche systems - for now. However, given the trends of the last 20 odd years, that much capacity probably won't sound quite so farfetched in the next 5 - 10 years. And the way that capacity's been on the increase, it won't be too surprising to see Terabyte sized drives before long.
Posted by: Wolfie2K3   Posted on: 02/28/06 You are currently: a Guest | Members login | Terms of Use
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No doubt about it, massive storage is required.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 02/28/06
Yeah, it is required  Michael Kelly | 02/28/06
I figure I'll 6.4 TB  voska | 02/28/06
Seriously though  Michael Kelly | 02/28/06
A big IF  voska | 02/28/06
Not sure  Michael Kelly | 02/28/06
Not an issue  voska | 03/01/06
Drive Size vs Arrays  Wolfie2K3 | 02/28/06
Wotts to stop us  s_gamgee | 02/28/06
No, they've been selling a 64-bit version of Windows for around 4 years.  PB_z | 02/28/06
RAID, HERE I COME!!  CobraA1 | 02/28/06
$400/TB  baldwinleo@... | 02/28/06
Hard Drives vs. Trees  ZStoner | 02/28/06
So maybe SCSI isn't dead?  No_Ax_to_Grind | 02/28/06
Nope.. Tis dead. Stick a fork in it.  Wolfie2K3 | 02/28/06
Nope it isn't  voska | 03/01/06
Windows Vista is Bloated and Full of Swiss Cheese Holes  Evisscerator | 02/28/06
YET another Linux fanboi heard from... (NT)  Wolfie2K3 | 02/28/06
Give it time  m-nature | 03/01/06
Cool, but... failure rate with several disks is...  MV_z | 02/28/06
Ermmm. No  nucrash | 02/28/06
But then you'd not have 8 TB  voska | 03/01/06
Sort of  voska | 03/01/06
Scarily big...  zkiwi | 02/28/06
Old rule of thumb : data will expand to fill all available storage.  JonathonDoe | 03/01/06
8 TB's on Windows?  LocoMojo | 03/01/06
How about 8 Picobytes?  metilley@... | 03/01/06
Umm.. 8 Picobytes is a very small amount  mombo | 03/01/06
SIZE  SC-man | 03/01/06
RE: Coming soon: The 8-terabyte desktop  COMMANDOF4 | 06/23/09
RE: Coming soon: The 8-terabyte desktop  COMMANDOF4 | 06/23/09

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