1TB, 1.5TB, 2TB... Does Anyone Want More?

jmke · 7th May 2009, 11:01

Our today’s review is going to talk about the recently released hard disk drive models with 375GB and 500GB per platter data density. We are going to introduce to you the new dual-platter Seagate 7200.2 with 1TB storage capacity, 1.5TB Seagate 7200.11 and the today’s capacity leader – 2TB Western Digital Caviar Green.

http://www.xbitlabs.com/articles/sto...-2tb-hdds.html

jmke · 7th May 2009, 11:02

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1TB, 1.5TB, 2TB... Does Anyone Want More?

yes please! give me 50Tb disks please, put 3-4 of them in RAID5 and you got plenty of storage, for the time being, for all your data, fault tolerant .

7th May 2009, 11:47

Is there a single platter 500 GB drive?

jmke · 7th May 2009, 12:06

yes

http://www.xbitlabs.com/news/storage..._2TB_HDDs.html

7th May 2009, 13:28

If I have 50TB of data I wouldn't risk it on a RAID 5. I'd want 2-disk redundancy or better, offsite redundancy... way to much data to leave to chance (or Intel's worthless software RAID).

jmke · 7th May 2009, 13:30

please explain how RAID5 is "risky"?

7th May 2009, 13:51

When one disk fails, a RAID 5 array is at risk. If anything should happen to a second disk before the array was rebuilt, all data would be lost. Chances are slim, yes, but would you gamble with 50TB of data?

Also, imagine how long it would take to rebuild a 50TB array.

jmke · 7th May 2009, 14:02

put 5 of them in RAID 5, with 2 hot spares, problem solved

7th May 2009, 14:26

Or 6 in RAID 10 with 1 hot spare.

jmke · 7th May 2009, 14:32

and use a PCIe dedicated raid card of course

€200-300

7th May 2009, 11:01	#1
jmke Madshrimp Join Date: May 2002 Location: 7090/Belgium Posts: 79,021	1TB, 1.5TB, 2TB... Does Anyone Want More? Our today’s review is going to talk about the recently released hard disk drive models with 375GB and 500GB per platter data density. We are going to introduce to you the new dual-platter Seagate 7200.2 with 1TB storage capacity, 1.5TB Seagate 7200.11 and the today’s capacity leader – 2TB Western Digital Caviar Green. http://www.xbitlabs.com/articles/sto...-2tb-hdds.html __________________

7th May 2009, 12:06	#4
jmke Madshrimp Join Date: May 2002 Location: 7090/Belgium Posts: 79,021	yes http://www.xbitlabs.com/news/storage..._2TB_HDDs.html __________________

7th May 2009, 13:30	#6
jmke Madshrimp Join Date: May 2002 Location: 7090/Belgium Posts: 79,021	please explain how RAID5 is "risky"? __________________

7th May 2009, 14:02	#8
jmke Madshrimp Join Date: May 2002 Location: 7090/Belgium Posts: 79,021	put 5 of them in RAID 5, with 2 hot spares, problem solved __________________

7th May 2009, 14:32	#10
jmke Madshrimp Join Date: May 2002 Location: 7090/Belgium Posts: 79,021	and use a PCIe dedicated raid card of course €200-300 __________________

7th May 2009, 11:47	#3
Rutar Posts: n/a	Is there a single platter 500 GB drive?

7th May 2009, 13:28	#5
Kougar Posts: n/a	If I have 50TB of data I wouldn't risk it on a RAID 5. I'd want 2-disk redundancy or better, offsite redundancy... way to much data to leave to chance (or Intel's worthless software RAID).

7th May 2009, 13:51	#7
Kougar Posts: n/a	When one disk fails, a RAID 5 array is at risk. If anything should happen to a second disk before the array was rebuilt, all data would be lost. Chances are slim, yes, but would you gamble with 50TB of data? Also, imagine how long it would take to rebuild a 50TB array.

7th May 2009, 14:26	#9
Kougar Posts: n/a	Or 6 in RAID 10 with 1 hot spare.

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