Stuff you didn't know and probably don't care about

[JujuFish]

Apparently, density is up to almost 30TB. Well 28TB but . . . . give it a minute . . . OK, now 30TB

A basic 5 bay raid enclosure only gives you 150TB

Woo-hoo - almost halfway there.

For a paltry $15k per, you could get a few of these https://www.newegg.com/p/N82E16820318203

 

[Charmonium]

For a paltry $15k per, you could get a few of these https://www.newegg.com/p/N82E16820318203

I didn't scrutinize the page but it looks a little light on performance specs. I mean, sure, 122+ gigglebytes is impressive but not if you and your children grow old and die while you're waiting to fill it up.

The R/W times probably aren't awful but . . .

 

[Charmonium]

To think, in the 90's, that many MB would have been a lot.

Oh you spoiled, spoiled chilluns. You need to try to think in kb. In fact, I think the first IBM PC had less than that in total ram - 640kb if memory serves.