New Hard Drives Hold a Terabyte of Data
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SHADOW57
There is one problem with huge drives......
If it fails then you 'lose it all'.
I have over a terabyte of storage but I spread it across
many drives. Some are in racks (drawers) and some are
installed in external enclosures. Most of my drives are
between 120gb and 250gb.
The price difference is closing between normal size and huge size drives
but I still like to 'spread my risk'!!!
Another reason that I use many drives instead of one large one is that
it lets me keep swapping drives between various PCs.
If it fails then you 'lose it all'.
I have over a terabyte of storage but I spread it across
many drives. Some are in racks (drawers) and some are
installed in external enclosures. Most of my drives are
between 120gb and 250gb.
The price difference is closing between normal size and huge size drives
but I still like to 'spread my risk'!!!
Another reason that I use many drives instead of one large one is that
it lets me keep swapping drives between various PCs.
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sjj1805
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- ram: 2 GB
- Video Card: Intel 945 Express
- sound_card: Intel GMA 950
- Hard_Drive_Capacity: 1160 GB
- Location: Birmingham UK
A good tip.
I do the same sort of thing with SD cards and my digital camera.
I found the same issue that if it fails you lose lots. In fact the first 1GB SD card I bought did just that. No problem getting it exchanged but the photographs could not be replaced.
Another thing I noticed using larger SD cards with the digital camera was the time interval between taking a picture and then being able to take the next picture. The larger cards had a longer delay between being able to point and shoot one picture and the next.
Like Shadow57 I too use several smaller hard drives of up to 300Gb and use disc caddies. This makes the drives removable and so you can store important DATA and back ups of program set up files on a hard drive that is then kept in a drawer away from the computer.
If an electrical fault develops it could easily destroy ALL of the drives currently inserted in your computer. In fact the best place to keep back ups is in another building completely. No one expects their house to catch fire or suffer an earthquake, tornado or some other natural disaster.
Big is not always best.
I do the same sort of thing with SD cards and my digital camera.
I found the same issue that if it fails you lose lots. In fact the first 1GB SD card I bought did just that. No problem getting it exchanged but the photographs could not be replaced.
Another thing I noticed using larger SD cards with the digital camera was the time interval between taking a picture and then being able to take the next picture. The larger cards had a longer delay between being able to point and shoot one picture and the next.
Like Shadow57 I too use several smaller hard drives of up to 300Gb and use disc caddies. This makes the drives removable and so you can store important DATA and back ups of program set up files on a hard drive that is then kept in a drawer away from the computer.
If an electrical fault develops it could easily destroy ALL of the drives currently inserted in your computer. In fact the best place to keep back ups is in another building completely. No one expects their house to catch fire or suffer an earthquake, tornado or some other natural disaster.
Big is not always best.