Hitachi 400GB SATA

[Whizbang]

I would like to see a new thread started on the Terabyte drives, especially with technical info.  In practical terms, much smaller OS drives would be better than a hulking drive that required a summer's vacation to format and partition.  It may have bragging rights, but until someone can come up with a program that can do multiple cylinder scanning simultaneously, I do not see the practicality of it, however fascinating it sounds.

To get an idea of how much a trillion of anything is, if you counted a stack of one-hundred-dollar bills at two per second, it would take 39,432 years to get to a trillion.  

[sentofuno]

i simply wouldn't trust that much stuff on one drive..  :-X

[iansl]

I wouldn't either. RAID 1 plus backups of important files to HD-DVD...

[Carskick]

Hitachi are already able to get 4GB in a 1-inch drive and this will be used in the new mini iPod (according to a report I read)

I believe that the new iPod 4GB uses flash memory. Also, there are already multiple GB hard drives available as CF cards. I know they go up to at least 4 GB, and I think they go higher now.

[query]

No, the iPod mini uses a 4GByte Hitachi microdrive.

A 4GByte flash card would far exceed the $250 selling price of an iPod mini.

[Chandler]

The drive used in the iPod is a Hitachi microdrive as query stated, but using a CF+ compatible interface:

http://www.hitachigst.com/hdd/support/micro/micro3k4.htm

[iansl]

Another player uses the same drive but gets twice the battery life. Forgot which one, though. :(

Lexar has 8GB CF cards out now. I think SimpleTech does, too.

[Carskick]

OH well. Guess I was misinformed. Not a big iPOD fan anyways. Go iRIVER!!!  :) ;)

[sentofuno]

I would like to see a new thread started on the Terabyte drives, especially with technical info.  

http://www.lacie.com/products/product.htm?id=10118 you mean like this? :)

edit: http://www.pcpro.co.uk/?http://www.pcpro.co.uk/reviews/reviews_story.php?id=57552&searchString=lacie+terabyte+lacie+terabyte this review mentions the fact this is actually 4x 250GB drives

(Link fixed by Mark H)

[Buffalo2102]

Here's a link to an article about the future drive technology.

http://www.mercurynews.com/mld/mercurynews/business/technology/8282168.htm?1c

[Whizbang]

I would like to see a new thread started on the Terabyte drives, especially with technical info.  

http://www.lacie.com/products/product.htm?id=10118 you mean like this? :)

edit: http://www.pcpro.co.uk/?http://www.pcpro.co.uk/reviews/reviews_story.php?id=57552&searchString=lacie+terabyte+lacie+terabyte this review mentions the fact this is actually 4x 250GB drives

(Link fixed by Mark H)

That just about tells it all.  Thanks.  ;)