Seagate says: 300TB drives by the year 2010 - bit-tech.net Forums

WilHarris · 3rd Jan 2007, 10:51

http://www.bit-tech.net/news/2007/01...rives_by_2010/

ComputerKing · 3rd Jan 2007, 11:10

THIS WILL ROCKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKK !!!

Man I fill 300 Gb only !!! and 200 Gb free !!! and those Talking about 300T !!! LOL I will Keep My talk With 500 GB

Thanks for news Waiting for drop this harddisk drive to 10 $

Good luck , CK

BioSniper · 3rd Jan 2007, 11:16

That would be fantastic for media storage that isn't mission critical.
I currently regularly fill my 500GB of drives with ease (photos, DV tapes, music, Games), though as already stated the reliability of these drives would be of great concern.

r4tch3t · 3rd Jan 2007, 11:37

Well I have 2 250GB drives and they are both full (Less than 5GB each)
I have a large DVD collection and only ever use them once, to put them on the Hard drive.

rupbert · 3rd Jan 2007, 11:39

Surely this and the popularity of downloadable material (alongside broadband speed increases) will completely negate the need for HD-DVD and Blu-Ray?

By 2010 solid state devices will also be much bigger, affordable and much more versatile.

mmorgue · 3rd Jan 2007, 11:40

Sounds great, I must admit.

But I would've hoped by 2010 we wouldn't be focusing so much on the clunky mechanisms of spinning discs to record/read data. I would've thought by then new tech flash memory would be the drive/focus... obviously with significantly higher storage capacities and retention/stability periods.

Glider · 3rd Jan 2007, 11:57

I agree with the general concensus... By 2010 I hope there's a better and more reliable system of storing data.

Fod · 3rd Jan 2007, 11:59

bloody hell, backups are going to be a total pain, even with next gen optical backup media.

DougEdey · 3rd Jan 2007, 12:10

Will they come with porn?

Matkubicki · 3rd Jan 2007, 12:24

Quote:

Originally Posted by DougEdey

Will they come with porn?

surely 300TB is porn!

mikeuk2004 · 3rd Jan 2007, 12:49

I could do with the space. I currently have 3 x 120gb drives and 1 x 80gb. Im all outaspace. 1 x 120gb drive is used for my TV recordings from my PVR card. The other 2 120gb drives are used for my video editing. I drive for the video and the other drive a backup of the video. 1 tape from my camera takes up 15gb so its only 8 tapes i cant fit on the 120gb and leaves no room for the editing.

That reminds me I just finished a wedding DVd so that will free up 60GB for now.

Glider · 3rd Jan 2007, 12:49

Quote:

Originally Posted by DougEdey

Will they come with porn?

Why else would you need 300TB?

perplekks45 · 3rd Jan 2007, 12:58

Anybody got numbers of read/write? 3Gbit/s seems a little weak.

Quote:

Originally Posted by rupbert

Surely this and the popularity of downloadable material (alongside broadband speed increases) will completely negate the need for HD-DVD and Blu-Ray?

What broadband connection do you mean? Fastest connection I know of is this:

http://www.siemens.com/index.jsp?sdc...d=33642822358&

And 107 Gbit/s is damn fast IMO.

smoguzbenjamin · 3rd Jan 2007, 13:18

Wow, 300TB. Just 1 TB would be ok in my books, I've got 280GB full and I'm constantly burning DVDs just to get stuff off the harddrive. Qaudrupling that space would be great but I think it would be largely unused... Then again, three years ago I said I couldn't imagine myself filling up 200GB of space and look at me now

DougEdey · 3rd Jan 2007, 13:18

I want 5, so I can have a petabit.

specofdust · 3rd Jan 2007, 13:27

I'll believe this when I see it in front of me. Every few years we hear about some new storage technique which is going to massively increase storage to near godlike levels. A while back it was holographic("which could be with us by 2007") or perpendicular being talked of as if it would take us to a handfull of terrabytes right of the mark(it's done no such thing).

'tis a nice dream, but I simple don't believe it. The upside is that disks are pretty much growing in size faster than the vast majority of users need them to.

g3n3tiX · 3rd Jan 2007, 13:31

The funny thing is the more space you have available, the more you fill it up. I
t's good to know how press the Del button sometimes...

I have a 40 gb at home, and it is also the system disk, and i manage to download and have movies on it...so 300TB is good, but you'd better have a good sorting method, OR a good search engine !

riggs · 3rd Jan 2007, 13:35

Seems like an overkill imo, and I can't see a use for it. May be useful in the corporate world, but for home users it's just stupid.

I wish they'd focus more on non-magnetic storage - HDD's are so unreliable...

lamboman · 3rd Jan 2007, 13:37

I'm looking foward to this, so that you can get a 160GB or 320 real cheap (pence!) I use only 20GB on my Mac, but that is probably cus I don't have any games and any of the software i need. lol

spazmochad · 3rd Jan 2007, 13:42

I'm well past the 2Tb barrier in terms of use now with almost 2.5Tb full.

3rd Jan 2007, 10:51	#1
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rupbert Hypermodder Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Northern Ireland Posts: 799	Surely this and the popularity of downloadable material (alongside broadband speed increases) will completely negate the need for HD-DVD and Blu-Ray? By 2010 solid state devices will also be much bigger, affordable and much more versatile.

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mmorgue Supermodder Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Mos Eisley, in the bar... Posts: 378	Sounds great, I must admit. But I would've hoped by 2010 we wouldn't be focusing so much on the clunky mechanisms of spinning discs to record/read data. I would've thought by then new tech flash memory would be the drive/focus... obviously with significantly higher storage capacities and retention/stability periods.

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3rd Jan 2007, 12:49	#11
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3rd Jan 2007, 13:18	#14
smoguzbenjamin "That guy" Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Electroworld Posts: 1,097	Wow, 300TB. Just 1 TB would be ok in my books, I've got 280GB full and I'm constantly burning DVDs just to get stuff off the harddrive. Qaudrupling that space would be great but I think it would be largely unused... Then again, three years ago I said I couldn't imagine myself filling up 200GB of space and look at me now __________________ Read my blog! Party at your house!

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3rd Jan 2007, 13:27	#16
specofdust Banned Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Aberdeen, UK, EU Posts: 7,608	I'll believe this when I see it in front of me. Every few years we hear about some new storage technique which is going to massively increase storage to near godlike levels. A while back it was holographic("which could be with us by 2007") or perpendicular being talked of as if it would take us to a handfull of terrabytes right of the mark(it's done no such thing). 'tis a nice dream, but I simple don't believe it. The upside is that disks are pretty much growing in size faster than the vast majority of users need them to. __________________ Like marmite, only no-one hates it Mmm bop!

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g3n3tiX Resident frenchie Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: localhost Posts: 588	The funny thing is the more space you have available, the more you fill it up. I t's good to know how press the Del button sometimes... I have a 40 gb at home, and it is also the system disk, and i manage to download and have movies on it...so 300TB is good, but you'd better have a good sorting method, OR a good search engine ! __________________ I also have a MTBF.

3rd Jan 2007, 13:35	#18
riggs ^_^ Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Lincs. Posts: 1,643	Seems like an overkill imo, and I can't see a use for it. May be useful in the corporate world, but for home users it's just stupid. I wish they'd focus more on non-magnetic storage - HDD's are so unreliable... __________________ Hell hath no fury like a hippo with a machine gun PSN ID: buster2006

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lamboman Hypermodder Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Bristol, UK Posts: 969	I'm looking foward to this, so that you can get a 160GB or 320 real cheap (pence!) I use only 20GB on my Mac, but that is probably cus I don't have any games and any of the software i need. lol __________________ Intel Core 2 Duo E4300 @ 3.04GHz \| OCZ Platinum Rev 2 @ 760MHz (4-4-4-12) \| Asus P5K-E/WIFI-AP \| Asus EAX1950 Pro \| Coolermaster CM690 Corsair VX450 \| Samsung 932B \| Logitech G5/Media Elite/Z-3

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spazmochad Multimodder Join Date: Aug 2006 Posts: 71	I'm well past the 2Tb barrier in terms of use now with almost 2.5Tb full.