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Re: HDD capacity stagnation

From	"Rod Speed" <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com>
Newsgroups	comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.storage
Subject	Re: HDD capacity stagnation
Date	2012-02-03 13:20 +1100
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DevilsPGD wrote
> Lynn McGuire <lmc@winsim.com> wrote

>> Don't forget that the cloud systems are the number
>> two client of hard drives after consumers right now
>> (saw that somewhere but dont remember where).

>> http://arstechnica.com/business/news/2012/01/the-big-disk-drive-in-the-sky-how-the-giants-of-the-web-store-big-data.ars

>> The cloud systems would love to have 1 PB drives.

> I doubt they care.

Corse they do, 50 times less physical drives is a hell of a lot easier to handle.

> Rather, they care about the cost:efficiency ratio,

Sure.

> where cost factors in the original purchase price and
> energy consumption over it's lifespan (including cooling)
> vs some combination of performance and size. Physical
> size and formfactor is also a factor, of course.

Waffle.

> In other words, I agree, but it's more complicated than just saying "a 1 PB drive"

> Sure, large drives would be great, but only once they
> beat out the price point that modern drives achieve.

Duh.

But you stupidly claimed that there is no market for drives bigger than 2/3TB.

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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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