Terabyte

[Rami7007]

I honestly dont need a Terabyte of HDD space (with my new gaming pc im getting a WD 80gig) but im just curious as to how much they cost??

 

[amol]

for internal, you'd have to get 4x 250GB HDD

at least $600

there's also THIS ONE from lacie thats external

$1000

 

[ComatoseDelirium]

Their aren't too many that are commercially or end user available, heres some info I pulled up tho its on external ones. http://www.guru3d.com/newsitem.php?id=1339

 

[natto fire]

That depends on the combination of drives you would be using to get said terabyte.

 

[LtPage1]

you could go for 2x400gb and 1 200gb. i think the lacie bigger disk is actually 4 drives in one enclosure, formatted as one.

 

[Safeway]

Also, do you want cd-drives as well? If you do, and you want 1TB IDE, you need a controller card. If you have a 4 SATA mobo though, then you can get away with it. My friend built a 2 TB RAID 0,1 (4 stripped, then the other 4 stripped and mirrored) for his architect parents using 8 x 250GB. He wants to build a new 8 x 250 and RAID 0 that and use the entire other computer as backup. So a 2TB server with a 2TB backup. HDs failed too much so I think he should use a tape array or something.

 

[Gothgar]

Originally posted by: Rami7007
I honestly dont need a Terabyte of HDD space (with my new gaming pc im getting a WD 80gig) but im just curious as to how much they cost??

there is not one internal drive that is a TB in size, at least that I know of, biggest I know of is 400 gigs...

 

[halfadder]

Here's what you really need:
http://www.sgi.com/products/storage/tech/array.html

Or maybe:
http://www.raidweb.com/images/16bayrackfront.jpg

 

[Safeway]

I guess WD or Maxtor could make a 50 platter HD ... with a huge ass motor. Heat issues though.