Sweet! 4TB Harddrives are in sight!

[jdamore]

I can't wait to get a couple of these bad boys (in a raid of course)!

http://computerworld.co.nz/news.nsf/...2573780074FF7C

[stanger89]

Sweet! Sign me up, I need a replacement for my 8-drive 1.75TB array.

[sainswor99]

I'm waiting for stevech to show up

[jdamore]

Originally Posted by sainswor99

I'm waiting for stevech to show up

Thats why I said "RAID"!

[mohanman]

by 2009?? I am still waiting for my flying car. Been waiting since 2000.
Mo

[lobosrul]

Do you guys have any idea how long a rebuild of a raid array would take on 4TB drives!!! Think weeks!

Still, 2 of these in a mirror... not to shabby.

[mayamaniac]

I currently have 11 drives in my server to amount to 4TB, this would freaking sweet if it is priced reasonably.

[davephan]

Can RAID controllers handle 4 TB drives?

Dave

[ybrew]

Originally Posted by davephan

Can RAID controllers handle 4 TB drives?

Dave

today's controllers? probably not. Tomorrow's controllers - sure.

[Sam]

Originally Posted by lobosrul

Do you guys have any idea how long a rebuild of a raid array would take on 4TB drives!!! Think weeks!

I have five 500GB drives in one of my arrays, and rebuild takes 16 hours. At that rate, 4GB drives may take 128 hours which is 5 1/3 days. Still a long time, but not weeks.

I tend to agree that at 4GB each, I'd be inclined to mirror instead of RAID.

[ybrew]

Originally Posted by Sam

I have five 500GB drives in one of my arrays, and rebuild takes 16 hours. At that rate, 4GB drives may take 128 hours which is 5 1/3 days. Still a long time, but not weeks.

I tend to agree that at 4GB each, I'd be inclined to mirror instead of RAID.

4TB, not GB.

[Sam]

Originally Posted by ybrew

4TB, not GB.

Oh yeah. I have keep reminding myself that I have over 5 *TB* on my PC, and 4GB of memory. My first PC (in 1981) was a dual sloppy floppy (5 1/4", but double sided so 320KB per diskette). By 1990, I had my first 80386, running a screaming 16 MHz and a 60 MB hard drive. When I outgrew the drive in 1991, I traded my 60MB drive in and purchased a used 120MB drive. By trading my drive in, the swap cost "only" $500 for a net increase of 60MB.

It was late 1990 my employer paid over $60,000 for the disk drives for its main computer -- and that gave it 2.4 GB total. That works out to about $25 per MB, while now I typically pay 18 - 20 *cents* per MB.

It's funny how your perspective of what constitutes alot of disk changes so quickly...

[jdamore]

Originally Posted by Sam

That works out to about $25 per MB, while now I typically pay 18 - 20 *cents* per MB.

For 20 cents a MB... they must be high quality!

[lobosrul]

$25 a MB to $.20 a GB is 125,000 times cheaper!!

I remember my families 1st PC in 1989 it was a Dell 12.5Mhz 286er with a 40MB HDD. I believe my Dad paid over 2 grand for it.

[kevine]

Originally Posted by lobosrul

$25 a MB to $.20 a GB is 125,000 times cheaper!!

I remember my families 1st PC in 1989 it was a Dell 12.5Mhz 286er with a 40MB HDD. I believe my Dad paid over 2 grand for it.

Yeah, I got a feeling these computers are really going to take off. Eventually, you'll see a computer in every home.

[tmiranda]

I'm working on upgrading my 10 or so (NAS) drives to 500 GB models. I'm sure as soon as I do that I'll start replacing those with 4 TB drives .....

Of course 6 months after the 4 TB drives come out and the price drops to $129 we (yes, me included) will all be drooling over those 16 TB drives that are just around the corner.

[BobPhoenix]

The most expensive HD I ever bought was a 1GB Micropolis ATA drive for $1500.00. It was a full height 3 1/2" drive that looked like a 512MB and 497MB to the bios.