Holy cow 4 TB SSDs! (by IBM) - and a seperate note

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1 TB HDs are overkill as it is, even for media artists and the such that like to do video recordings.  4 TB is just...  I'll go with one of the posters comments.  "And who's gonna buy that?!  NASA?!

On a seperate note that IODrive is really interesting, from what my friend understood.... it supposedly speeds up data transfer between I/O bound hardware?  (Stuff like the GPU and Audio cards and such and such.)

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Axel Daemon Members Profile Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Senior Member Joined: 21 Aug 2008 Online Status: Offline Posts: 623	Quote Reply Topic: Holy cow 4 TB SSDs! (by IBM) - and a seperate note Posted: 30 Aug 2008 at 4:07am
	http://www.techpowerup.com/69926/IBM_Tests_4_TB_SSD_Technology.html 1 TB HDs are overkill as it is, even for media artists and the such that like to do video recordings. 4 TB is just... I'll go with one of the posters comments. "And who's gonna buy that?! NASA?! On a seperate note that IODrive is really interesting, from what my friend understood.... it supposedly speeds up data transfer between I/O bound hardware? (Stuff like the GPU and Audio cards and such and such.)
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DST4ME Members Profile Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List DS ELITE Joined: 14 Apr 2008 Online Status: Offline Posts: 36758	Quote Reply Posted: 30 Aug 2008 at 6:11am
	I think ITB is too big, it will take a day or 2 just to derag a 1TB HDD.
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Alex Members Profile Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Admin Group Digital Storm Supervisor Joined: 04 Jun 2012 Online Status: Offline Posts: 16314	Quote Reply Posted: 30 Aug 2008 at 1:26pm
	SSD's are not designed to be defragged.

Axel Daemon Members Profile Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Senior Member Joined: 21 Aug 2008 Online Status: Offline Posts: 623	Quote Reply Posted: 30 Aug 2008 at 1:29pm
	Mhm. It's been mentioned in reviews and such when it came to SSDs they don't need to be defragged in fact. You reduce the life span of the SSD greatly by doing so. (Defrag is for HDs which involves "phsyically" cleaning the HD or something like that) There's no moving parts in a SSD. Makes you wonder what would happen if you defragged the SSD ahaha. Still the IO Drive thing looks neat though.
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widdlecat Members Profile Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List DS Veteran Joined: 11 Mar 2008 Online Status: Offline Posts: 840	Quote Reply Posted: 30 Aug 2008 at 3:06pm
	Fascinating tech! SSD tech is surging forward. In a matter of years it could be the de facto storage device for pcs.


skyR Members Profile Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Newbie Digital Storm Apprentice Joined: 08 Oct 2007 Online Status: Offline Posts: 2220	Quote Reply Posted: 30 Aug 2008 at 3:40pm
	1 TB of storage is not overkill by a long means -.- I know tons of people with more than that... HD coverage of the 2008 Beijing Olympics comes close to 500GB or more...
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DST4ME Members Profile Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List DS ELITE Joined: 14 Apr 2008 Online Status: Offline Posts: 36758	Quote Reply Posted: 30 Aug 2008 at 5:22pm
	OK how about maintaining? backing up and etc? what happens when you lose the drive, you have lost 1TB of info. I have easily over 1TB of info but not in one drive. I have to say its a great way to lose lot of info at once.
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skyR Members Profile Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Newbie Digital Storm Apprentice Joined: 08 Oct 2007 Online Status: Offline Posts: 2220	Quote Reply Posted: 30 Aug 2008 at 6:17pm
	This is why you have raid arrays -.-
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DST4ME Members Profile Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List DS ELITE Joined: 14 Apr 2008 Online Status: Offline Posts: 36758	Quote Reply Posted: 30 Aug 2008 at 6:32pm
	LOL can't say I agree that the answer is to spend double the money, when are other ways.
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Axel Daemon Members Profile Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Senior Member Joined: 21 Aug 2008 Online Status: Offline Posts: 623	Quote Reply Posted: 30 Aug 2008 at 8:03pm
	I can understand a person having files stored say on...dvd discs/blu-ray discs that amount TO 1 TB. I take it back about it being overkill though. 1 TB is plenty. Heck forget about maintenance and the like first. Let's first worry bout actually GETTING to 4 TB. At the very least we so much as what.... occupy 5-10 GBs a day (and I'm just being gracious with this number, personally think it's only 1-2 GBs even lesser than that we occupy per day.) Getting to 1 TB would take awhile, let alone 4 TB ahaha. Maybe this type of hardware is targeted more towards businesses and the like heheh.
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DST4ME Members Profile Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List DS ELITE Joined: 14 Apr 2008 Online Status: Offline Posts: 36758	Quote Reply Posted: 30 Aug 2008 at 8:23pm
	For storage alone, even the 4TB does make sense, plenty of actually, but for regular use I think even 1TB is super over kill.
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SunfighterLC Members Profile Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List DS Veteran Joined: 18 Feb 2008 Online Status: Offline Posts: 1527	Quote Reply Posted: 31 Aug 2008 at 12:35am
	For the common user its overkill, but for specialized groups of people itd be useful. Maybe we will need 4TB in like....2015...i remember 10 years ago i used to complain when a game broke 100MB..now they all break easily break the GB+ range. some are even breaking 20GB ranges.
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DST4ME Members Profile Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List DS ELITE Joined: 14 Apr 2008 Online Status: Offline Posts: 36758	Quote Reply Posted: 31 Aug 2008 at 8:53am
	I have to say I agree SLC, specialized groups and storage alone will make lot of sense for a 4TB drive.
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Randy Members Profile Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Newbie Digital Storm Customer Service Joined: 14 May 2008 Online Status: Offline Posts: 221	Quote Reply Posted: 31 Aug 2008 at 12:30pm
	Well once everything is digitally distributed. The need for the drives will be needed. That isn't that far off. Oh yeah good job IBM. Stepping up the game. Edited by Randy - 31 Aug 2008 at 12:31pm
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DST4ME Members Profile Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List DS ELITE Joined: 14 Apr 2008 Online Status: Offline Posts: 36758	Quote Reply Posted: 31 Aug 2008 at 12:32pm
	I will tell you one thing, my dvr needs a 4TB HDD
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Randy Members Profile Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Newbie Digital Storm Customer Service Joined: 14 May 2008 Online Status: Offline Posts: 221	Quote Reply Posted: 31 Aug 2008 at 12:37pm
	Exactly. Also if you want to back up any of your blueray dvds. those can easily take up 50gbs lol
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DST4ME Members Profile Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List DS ELITE Joined: 14 Apr 2008 Online Status: Offline Posts: 36758	Quote Reply Posted: 31 Aug 2008 at 12:40pm
	Ya storage is needed for sure also, its only for regular use that it would make no sense.
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