The limits of platter-based hard drives have yet again reached a new hight today, with Seagate finally releasing a 3TB external hard drive. Speed isn’t the object here. Sso ripping that external apart and slapping it in your desktop while novel, probably won’t satisfy any speed itches you have needing to be scratched. Then again, it’s 3TB in a tiny (relatively) footprint. And the race to the top continues.
Hit up Seagate’s site and squander away $250 for the privilege. Press Release inside.
Small has a new definition thanks to Hitachi. Take your previous beliefs on what constituted a “small” hard drive and toss them out the window because Hitachi is pushing the limits of old spinner technology.
2.5-inch Serial ATA 3Gbps Travelstar Z7K320 is a mere 7mm higher yet still manges to hit 7,200RPM’s, fit 320GB onboard, and climb up to claimed max transfer rates a touch over 1,300Mbps accompanied with a 16MB cache.
It won’t be cheap surely. But with high performance (and spacious) SSD’s still costing a pretty penny, this speedy spinner might be worth looking into in the interim. No word on pricing just yet.
I’m one for unique, creative, and downright “your jaw hit’s the floor it’s so cool” gadgets. When someone takes the time to blend various objects or modify gadgets into new things that are completely off the wall, it’s a testament to how much of a nerd they really are. Say someone were to take your normal spinning hard drive, place a few LED’s behind the spinning platter, cut out some numbers, and time it all so the LED’s lit up at precisely the right moment as to show the current time — the result would be nothing short of amazing, no? For one modder, “Svofsk”, that very thing has been accomplished. Let me tell you, it may not seem like much — timing some LED’s and all — but when you stop and think about how fast hard drives spin and how fast (and precise) such LED on/off transitions have to be, well, it becomes pretty mind boggling. But don’t let my senseless babbling be the only source you have for this. Check out the vid below…
Learn how to make it yourself, compliments of Svofski’s website with very, very detailed schematics.
IT departments of the world: today is your day. While you aren’t always the most technologically savvy — trust me, this is a fact — or on top of the latest and greatest in gadget world, you do at least appreciate a good gadget related tool when you see it. So what would you say after seeing a new 2.5″ 600GB enterprise grade hard drive from Seagate spinning at a harmonious 10,000RPM’s?
I myself would say: “How much?” and “Where can I get one?”. Unfortunately for you and I, the general public can’t just go snap one of these up in your local electronics store. Instead, a special trip to the online computer store of your choice will be warranted. Then again, some prefer to shop only online anyway.
Either way, the 2.5″ drive boasts a mere .44% failure rate meaning the anxiety of being an IT admin should be slightly reduced. Having been there, having a server go down is one of the worst things in the world. With a nice cluster of these Seagate Savvio 10k.4 drives however, it doesn’t have to be. For the normal consumer looking to score big with one of these, expect to pay a pretty penny.
In the world of consumer electronics, spinning hard drives and flash memory dominate. It’s been a long, long time since we’ve cared about magnetic tape storage. While the newer technologies such as actual spinning pieces of metal or static pieces of silicon have plenty of pros over magnetic tape, there is one big feature that the later two simply can’t beat — price.
Magnetic tape storage is cheaper than cheap. So it isn’t too surprising to hear that these new 35TB magnetic tape storage devices are aimed front and center at businesses. You know, the type of folks who are always looking to save an extra buck here and there.
So while it’s pretty unexciting stuff for a good chunk of consumers, I know there’s at least a few people out there reading this during work hours with suited gents who are no doubt utterly geeked. Even though I despise suits and am an all around more casual (read: fuck business) type of person, I still can’t help getting a little excited about a 35TB cartridge that’s the size of a small sandwich. You?
There’s dedicated and then there’s dedicated. If the idea of a wallet constructed out of two hard drive platters sounds enticing, you very well may be one of the most hardcore gadget lovers of all time. Honestly you’d have to be pretty hard core to strut around all day with solid chunks of steel in your pocket ready to jab your rear end every time you sat down.
From the pictures, it definitely is something that would make quite the conversation piece when you whipped it out to pay for dinner after a night out on the town. Of course, the chunks of ass flesh and dried blood from your humbled rear end won’t do much to empress the company.
Perhaps it’s best to leave this one at home or in a larger pocket/bag no? Think of your ass, it already takes enough of your daily beatings. Are routine stabbings really something you want to add to it?
The current crop of hard drives max out at 2 TB. If you think this is merely adequate you’re no doubt looking forward to when 10TB flash drives are $5 at the dollar store. As cool as it is to dream, we still have several years before storage becomes that cheap or dense. Since I can’t give you news of a 10 exabyte drive, I’ll patch over the wound with a 3TB drive. Is it here? Not quite. But it’s coming. WD was the first to break out with the 2TB hard disk which was a feat of size and storage technologies. As is usual in the technology world, if you’re sitting still you’re moving backwards.
According to Dr Geoff Barrall, founder and CEO of Drobo, WD will release 3TB hard drives in 2010. If there’s 3TB single drives that means we’ll get 6TB dual drive variants. *smiles* The evidence behind his claims come from the fact that Drobo will be offering a 3TB drive next year — Drobo gets their drives from WD. You put the pieces together. The densities required to hit a 3TB drive (roughly 500Gbit/sq in….and 750GB/platter) are certainly achievable in the near term. Can manufactures do it? I know it’s not an exabyte, but will it suffice?
Small devices need small parts (Capt. Obvious here). Many devices that require some form of digital storage have long moved on from small hard drives and embraced flash storage since prices have fallen dramatically and continue to do so. For some applications however, a traditional spinner may be worthwhile. Say you need more storage than is physically or monetarily possible. That’s precisely where the ‘ol spinners still reign supreme. Toshiba today announced a new high capacity 320GB 1.8″ hard drive making it the worlds smallest flash drive to claim such a capacity. This minuscule wasteland for digital bits revolves at a faster than average (for the size) 5400 RPM’s and is capable of holding ~ 160,000 of MP3′s or 282 hours of DVD quality video. Not too shabby!
Some media players and ultra-portable devices will surely benefit from this extra breathing room allowing users to store even more while on the go. We all know that at some point hard drives such as these will fade away as non-movable flash storage takes over. For now, the spinners still have some fight left in them. So which would you take: the better battery life associated with non-movable storage or the faster speeds and higher capacities/lower costs of traditional drives?
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The limits of platter-based hard drives have yet again reached a new hight today, with Seagate finally releasing a 3TB external hard drive. Speed isn’t the object here. Sso ripping that external apart and slapping it in your desktop while novel, probably won’t satisfy any speed itches you have needing to be scratched. Then again, it’s 3TB in a tiny (relatively) footprint. And the race to the top continues. 
Small devices need small parts (Capt. Obvious here). Many devices that require some form of digital storage have long moved on from small hard drives and embraced flash storage since prices have fallen dramatically and continue to do so. For some applications however, a traditional spinner may be worthwhile. Say you need more storage than is physically or monetarily possible. That’s precisely where the ‘ol spinners still reign supreme. Toshiba today announced a new high capacity 320GB 1.8″ hard drive making it the worlds smallest flash drive to claim such a capacity. This minuscule wasteland for digital bits revolves at a faster than average (for the size) 5400 RPM’s and is capable of holding ~ 160,000 of MP3′s or 282 hours of DVD quality video. Not too shabby!
