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WilHarris · 10th May 2006, 00:17

http://www.bit-tech.net/news/2006/05...ve_our_memory/

Icecoldbagey · 10th May 2006, 00:24

This is amazing but i bet its a long time away, and it would cost a hell of a lot.

Ice

Solidus · 10th May 2006, 00:28

HOly cow, sounds awesome. This sounds like one of those breakthrough things that will push our technology to the next level.

Ziggy_man · 10th May 2006, 00:36

This sounds like something that might actualy make a change! 12.8 MILLION gigys

Firehed · 10th May 2006, 00:57

Well, despite what Bill Gates didn't actually say regarding 640k of ram back in the day, I think it *is* safe to assume that a 12.8PB (kb->gb->tb->pb->eb->zb->yb) hard drive is indeed futureproof. Considering that it could hold the entire internet. Twice.

Stuntman · 10th May 2006, 01:30

.... tooo... muuuch... prooon! >.<

Jesus Christ! Thats alot of space... What in the world would you do with it all?

Shadowed_fury · 10th May 2006, 01:34

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Originally Posted by Stuntman

.... tooo... muuuch... prooon! >.<

Jesus Christ! Thats alot of space... What in the world would you do with it all?

Show off?

specofdust · 10th May 2006, 01:39

I think, we're going to get to a stage where everyone can have a hard drive that can hold everything. I mean, 12 million GB is about 11PB. Once we're getting into sizes of 11PB, I expect we'd be in a stage where, if the companies didn't get in the way, everyone would just have everything, on a hard drive, in as many or as few personal devices as they desired(and by everything I don't mean all their data, i mean all data). You might have maybe 20-100TB free for your own stuff, but the rest could just be a huge everything store. This is cool, and I look forward to the days where I can giggle at the idea of having a massive 600GB of hard disk space.

speedfreek · 10th May 2006, 02:47

I think I will download the internet.

I cant see the need for that much space yet, I could get by on 2tb without even trying.

Ziggy_man · 10th May 2006, 04:25

I could easily live with 20gb if I needed to! Heck my 80gb is almost to big for me!

Spaced_invader · 10th May 2006, 08:11

wow... with one of those i could trow away all my 9 hard drives and do with just the one, now where's my christmas list lol

yahooadam · 10th May 2006, 09:00

"with this report speculating that iPods could be able to play a different song every three minutes for over a thousand years. "

Holy cow man

that storage space is huuuuuuuuuuge

DeX · 10th May 2006, 09:50

I know it's cliche but... I'll believe it when I see it.

Veles · 10th May 2006, 09:54

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with this report speculating that iPods could be able to play a different song every three minutes for over a thousand years.

They'd have to come up with a revolutionary battery to play it that long though, iPods don't last 5 minutes as it is

Sounds awsome, although I think that some compaines would never ship a HDD that big, even if the cost of making it was exactly the same. Making a HDD like this would almost wipe out the need for other storage.

Theres a point, how the hell would you backup 11PB of data

Nexxo · 10th May 2006, 10:02

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Does the idea of nano-technology excite you? Or perhaps the thought of a 12.8 million gigabyte hard drive gets you going?

Does the bear crap in the woods?

woodshop · 10th May 2006, 10:17

Wow could this be the Breakthrough in Hard drive design that we've been waiting for for What now?? 10 years..

MiNiMaL_FuSS · 10th May 2006, 10:24

Anyone kniow if this is likely to produce any viable pridcuts in our lifetime? or weather it's going to be theory for generations to come yet?

DeX · 10th May 2006, 10:27

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Originally Posted by MiNiMaL_FuSS

Anyone kniow if this is likely to produce any viable pridcuts in our lifetime? or weather it's going to be theory for generations to come yet?

Depends how old you are.

Callum · 10th May 2006, 10:57

I am currently using just 40% of a 38.28 GB hard drive... That's less than 15 GB in use.

Admittedly, I've had to move all of my 15GB of music to my Creative, in order to actually be able to have this computer run at a reasonable speed... but still...

11PB? Whaffor!? :P

Lazlow · 10th May 2006, 11:00

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Originally Posted by Veles

Theres a point, how the hell would you backup 11PB of data

To a similar/larger drive?

I am looking forward to the day we have several TBs of storage each. At the moment I'm struggling to remember what data is where over my 7 HDDs.

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Ziggy_man Modder Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Canada edmonton ab Posts: 54	This sounds like something that might actualy make a change! 12.8 MILLION gigys

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specofdust Banned Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Aberdeen, UK, EU Posts: 7,622	I think, we're going to get to a stage where everyone can have a hard drive that can hold everything. I mean, 12 million GB is about 11PB. Once we're getting into sizes of 11PB, I expect we'd be in a stage where, if the companies didn't get in the way, everyone would just have everything, on a hard drive, in as many or as few personal devices as they desired(and by everything I don't mean all their data, i mean all data). You might have maybe 20-100TB free for your own stuff, but the rest could just be a huge everything store. This is cool, and I look forward to the days where I can giggle at the idea of having a massive 600GB of hard disk space. __________________ Like marmite, only no-one hates it Mmm bop!

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Ziggy_man Modder Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Canada edmonton ab Posts: 54	I could easily live with 20gb if I needed to! Heck my 80gb is almost to big for me!

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yahooadam Ultra csavarkulcs Banned Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: UK Posts: 1,323	"with this report speculating that iPods could be able to play a different song every three minutes for over a thousand years. " Holy cow man that storage space is huuuuuuuuuuge

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Callum Supermodder Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: UBC, Vancouver, Canada Posts: 511	I am currently using just 40% of a 38.28 GB hard drive... That's less than 15 GB in use. Admittedly, I've had to move all of my 15GB of music to my Creative, in order to actually be able to have this computer run at a reasonable speed... but still... 11PB? Whaffor!? :P