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Am 27.10.2011 19:30, schrieb Dale: |
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> Volker Armin Hemmann wrote: |
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>> Am Donnerstag 27 Oktober 2011, 13:09:17 schrieb Nikos Chantziaras: |
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>>> On 10/27/2011 11:15 AM, Dale wrote: |
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>>>> Howdy, |
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>>>> I'm wanting to get a hard drive that is pretty good size. I'm looking |
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>>>> for about 1 to 2TBs or so. Thing is, a lot of them seem to be 5900 or |
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>>>> even 5400 rpm drives. I realize that the data on there is packed pretty |
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>>>> tight so I want to ask a few people that may have one or more of these |
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>>>> things a few questions. Are they as fast as a slower RPM drive? |
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>>> I assume you meant to say "as fast as a faster RPM drive". No, of |
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>>> course not. If we're speaking about the same capacity and amount of |
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>>> platters, of course. If we're not, then yes, they can be as fast |
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>>> because of the higher data density. |
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> I just wonder how much data they will be able to pack into a 3.5" drive |
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> tho. Hmmmmm. Surely they will run out of room at some point. I mean, |
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> the heads have got to have a little room to work with. |
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> Dale |
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> :-) :-) |
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Well, then this story might cheer you up ;) |
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http://arstechnica.com/gadgets/news/2011/10/researchers-increase-hard-drive-density-sixfold-with-salt.ars |
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Regards, |
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Florian Philipp |
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