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This is it in a nutshell - hard drives pack more and more data on a platter - but STILL only have one read/write head. This means that data can flow in and out at a maximum speed - and that data rate is the SAME for a 20Gb or 750Gb harddrive.
This means that a 750Gb drive cannot replace an array of 15 50Gb drives - because your data rate is reduced 15x. If you had a server that was running say, a dozen Oracle instances - using that array, you would NOT be able to use a single drive as it could not service requests fast enough.
Lets see, more space - same data rate. More cores - same gigahertz. Just where IS Moore's Law? - Posted by: Roger Ramjet Posted on: 04/26/06 You are currently: a Guest | Members login | Terms of Use
Compatability?
yyuko@... | 04/25/06
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It's still not solid-state.
Mr. Roboto | 04/25/06
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and...
doh123 | 04/25/06
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Not as reliable
Yensi717 | 04/26/06
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Already been done
wizard_of_oz | 04/28/06
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Reliability?!
johnsmith222 | 04/25/06
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Overkill?
HypnoToad72 | 04/25/06
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Re: Overkill? -- Seriously?
AeroPreacher | 04/25/06
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Re: Overkill?
yyuko@... | 04/26/06
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Uses
ArthurDent | 04/26/06
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Sure the warez guys are salavating.
Been_Done_Before | 04/26/06
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AND... Mine's bigger than yours!
DevGuy_z | 04/27/06
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About the only use I can see for a home user
Linux User 147560 | 04/25/06
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For those of us
Sabz5150 | 04/25/06
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The problem with hard drives
Roger Ramjet | 04/26/06
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Platters
Troll Hunter | 04/26/06
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IDE can remap sectors
DevGuy_z | 04/26/06
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Not entirely true
DevGuy_z | 04/27/06
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