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Re: HDD capacity stagnation

From	Arno <me@privacy.net>
Newsgroups	comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.storage
Subject	Re: HDD capacity stagnation
Date	2012-02-01 05:37 +0000
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Tom Del Rosso <td_03@verizon.net.invalid> wrote:

> Arno wrote:
>> Tom Del Rosso <td_03@verizon.net.invalid> wrote:
>>
>> > Capacity seems to be progressing very slowly.  We were stuck at 2TB
>> > for the longest time (a lot longer than we were stuck at 528MB) but
>> > when the gates opened we got 3TB, and not 8TB.  Is there another
>> > obstacle?
>>
>> The technology is at its limits. 8TB does not make ecconomic
>> sense, it would not fit standard HDD case sizes and it would
>> take forever due to slow interfaces. It would also be very
>> expensive. As to size progression, why would you expect
>> 8TB? Sizes did never increase in tsucha  large step.

> The perception of time varies a lot, so it's very subjective, but it seems 
> like the software limit that held us to 2TB lasted longer than the software 
> limit that held us to 528MB.  When the 528MB limit was overcome we reached 
> 2GB very soon as I recall.

> The maximum size available in 1993 was 528MB and in 2003 it was 250GB.  A 
> multiple of 500 in 10 years.  Maybe that should be 1995, but then it would 
> have been only 8 years.

> Since then it has changed by a factor of 12 in 8 years.  So I asked if there 
> is a specific obstacle that is now in the way.

Ah, yes. There is: Data density per area. And it looks like this
time it may be a hard limit, i.e. one that cannot be overcome
anytime soon. 

Arno

> Case size, interface speed, and price have always been factors.


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HDD capacity stagnation "Tom Del Rosso" <td_03@verizon.net.invalid> - 2012-01-30 15:12 -0500
  Re: HDD capacity stagnation "Rod Speed" <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> - 2012-01-31 08:29 +1100
  Re: HDD capacity stagnation Arno <me@privacy.net> - 2012-01-30 22:54 +0000
    Re: HDD capacity stagnation "Tom Del Rosso" <td_03@verizon.net.invalid> - 2012-01-31 18:31 -0500
      Re: HDD capacity stagnation Arno <me@privacy.net> - 2012-02-01 05:37 +0000
  Re: HDD capacity stagnation Franc Zabkar <fzabkar@iinternode.on.net> - 2012-02-01 07:32 +1100
    Re: HDD capacity stagnation "Percival P. Cassidy" <Nobody@NotMyISP.net> - 2012-01-31 18:55 -0500
      Re: HDD capacity stagnation Joe Kotroczo <kotroczo@mac.com> - 2012-02-01 11:27 +0100
  Re: HDD capacity stagnation DevilsPGD <Still-Just-A-Rat-In-A-Cage@crazyhat.net> - 2012-01-31 18:05 -0800
    Re: HDD capacity stagnation "Rod Speed" <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> - 2012-02-01 14:35 +1100
      Re: HDD capacity stagnation DevilsPGD <Still-Just-A-Rat-In-A-Cage@crazyhat.net> - 2012-01-31 21:32 -0800
        Re: HDD capacity stagnation "Rod Speed" <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> - 2012-02-01 16:58 +1100
    Re: HDD capacity stagnation Lynn McGuire <lmc@winsim.com> - 2012-02-01 11:30 -0600
      Re: HDD capacity stagnation DevilsPGD <boogabooga@crazyhat.net> - 2012-02-01 20:15 -0800
        Re: HDD capacity stagnation Arno <me@privacy.net> - 2012-02-02 05:44 +0000
          Re: HDD capacity stagnation David Brown <david@westcontrol.removethisbit.com> - 2012-02-02 08:51 +0100
        Re: HDD capacity stagnation "Rod Speed" <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> - 2012-02-03 13:20 +1100
  Re: HDD capacity stagnation rb <rb.57942z@no.email.invalid> - 2012-01-31 11:56 -0600
  Re: HDD capacity stagnation Lynn McGuire <lmc@winsim.com> - 2012-02-02 16:47 -0600
  Re: HDD capacity stagnation Man-wai Chang <toylet.toylet@gmail.com> - 2012-02-06 22:23 +0800
    Re: HDD capacity stagnation Arno <me@privacy.net> - 2012-02-06 19:10 +0000
      Re: HDD capacity stagnation "Tom Del Rosso" <td_03@verizon.net.invalid> - 2012-02-06 14:32 -0500
        Re: HDD capacity stagnation Arno <me@privacy.net> - 2012-02-07 08:36 +0000
  Re: HDD capacity stagnation Lynn McGuire <lmc@winsim.com> - 2012-02-07 11:48 -0600
    Re: HDD capacity stagnation "Tom Del Rosso" <td_03@verizon.net.invalid> - 2012-02-07 13:17 -0500
    Re: HDD capacity stagnation "Rod Speed" <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> - 2012-02-08 07:04 +1100
    Re: HDD capacity stagnation Arno <me@privacy.net> - 2012-02-07 22:30 +0000
      Re: HDD capacity stagnation Noob <root@127.0.0.1> - 2012-02-08 11:19 +0100
        Re: HDD capacity stagnation Arno <me@privacy.net> - 2012-02-09 08:13 +0000
          Re: HDD capacity stagnation DevilsPGD <boogabooga@crazyhat.net> - 2012-02-09 16:04 -0800
            Re: HDD capacity stagnation Arno <me@privacy.net> - 2012-02-10 17:48 +0000
              Re: HDD capacity stagnation DevilsPGD <boogabooga@crazyhat.net> - 2012-02-10 11:14 -0800
    Re: HDD capacity stagnation Franc Zabkar <fzabkar@iinternode.on.net> - 2012-02-12 06:23 +1100

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