Seagate 8 TB HDDs Widely Available Next Quarter, Shipping Now
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N.Broekhuijsen
August 26, 2014 12:02:28 PM
Seagate announced that it is shipping 8 TB hard drives to its key customers, and that's it. Period.
Seagate 8 TB HDDs Widely Available Next Quarter, Shipping Now : Read more
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back_by_demand
August 26, 2014 12:25:35 PM
ssdpro
August 26, 2014 12:33:02 PM
Working for Tom's must be easy... just scan what other sites report yesterday or earlier this morning, patch it all together into something that looks like it is freshly written and post. I watch 3 sites on a daily basis and Tom's always, without exception, posts the same stories just 4-24 hours later. I don't hate Tom's for it, just a reality... heck I am still here aren't I?
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ssdpro: constantly daily monitoring multiple sites for new updates and then complaining that one site is a little slower for a particular story than another is a wee bit unfair. Remember, there are real people involved. Many do this in their free time, and, we don't have to pay to visit these sites. If you have proof that information is routinely being plagiarised - word for word - then please detail.
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warezme
August 26, 2014 1:20:41 PM
srap
August 26, 2014 1:35:22 PM
@ssdpro:
At least they aren't jumping at the bullshift bandwagon like some "write early-write much" sites.
At least they aren't jumping at the bullshift bandwagon like some "write early-write much" sites.
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mesab66 said:
ssdpro: constantly daily monitoring multiple sites for new updates and then complaining that one site is a little slower for a particular story than another is a wee bit unfair. Remember, there are real people involved. Many do this in their free time, and, we don't have to pay to visit these sites. If you have proof that information is routinely being plagiarised - word for word - then please detail.It's not about being slower of faster, some are a day head so they get to publish the article first. If you're on the other side of the globe, right now you would still be in bed and going on to 8/27. If your on the Western side where the U.S. is, you'll probably be still at work and the day is 8/26.
Same article from Tom's UK
http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/seagate-8tb-hard-drive-hd...
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I am hoping this isn't another baby-step in platter density but a full-blown 4-platter 1Tb-per-side density - a substantial increase.
Of course, "What took them so long?" and "Why isn't it 2Tb per side?" are some of my next questions. With a baker's dozen of the 2Tb-per-side (16Tb total), I could finally settle down to a real media center.
Of course, "What took them so long?" and "Why isn't it 2Tb per side?" are some of my next questions. With a baker's dozen of the 2Tb-per-side (16Tb total), I could finally settle down to a real media center.
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zanny
August 26, 2014 4:28:28 PM
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Of course, "What took them so long?" and "Why isn't it 2Tb per side?" are some of my next questions. With a baker's dozen of the 2Tb-per-side (16Tb total), I could finally settle down to a real media center.with 16tb drives, it only takes 64 drives to have a petabyte raid 6.
64 drives ain't that many, relatively speaking.
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I really don't need that many. Honest. I'd do two 6-drive RAID5s (16Tb per drive X 5 usables = 80Tb each). That's give me enough for even some TV series boxsets - now that DOBIE GILLIS is out, and that COMPLETE HONEYMOONERS arrived 18 months ago... gotta have more disk space!
Of course, that rebuild time might be a tad lengthy... any idea if Rebuilds will be using Stone Tablet-and-Chisel speeds still?
Of course, that rebuild time might be a tad lengthy... any idea if Rebuilds will be using Stone Tablet-and-Chisel speeds still?
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neiroatopelcc
August 26, 2014 5:20:18 PM
Darkk
August 26, 2014 5:33:11 PM
Yes. Now, just think of copying those media files to fill those puppies up. "I'll see you in a year or two, OK?"
(I once remember installing some 6-diskette software package... someone brought me lunch. "Still going?" Yes.
Ah, the joys of Netware 2.2 and 3. The good ol' days might be back!
Holy ArcNet, Batman!
(I once remember installing some 6-diskette software package... someone brought me lunch. "Still going?" Yes.
Ah, the joys of Netware 2.2 and 3. The good ol' days might be back!
Holy ArcNet, Batman!
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elbert
August 26, 2014 6:39:11 PM
chaosmassive
August 26, 2014 6:53:51 PM
(Oh yeah... I've got 4Tbs that I'd swear it would be quicker to do Full Copies to Empty Drive than wait for defrags. Well, that's why God invented "doing it every day/week", I suppose. That really doesn't take so long then!)
ELBERT, yes, "late in capacity change". And also prices aren't so terrific, either. Back before the Thailand Floods (cough cough), we bought a stack of Hitachi 3Tb 7200s for $139 retail. They've only hit that price recently, and only passing under that mark 'on sale specials'.
I think this high-price for drives AND memory - and heck, notebooks too - are what's stifled the custom sales market. The first generation of i5 notebooks ("4Gb RAM, 500Gb HDD") were on sales specials in the $470 range.
That's what they are now, too. Occasionally, we'll see a low-end name brand (Gateway, cough cough) that will be closer to $400, or refurbs for somewhat less. But these should have followed the market trend of dropping by a $100 or more by this time.
It's not that these are truly "unaffordably high prices" - it's just that they haven't dropped as much, as fast, and customers are saying, "Why spend the same amount when I'm getting minor or perhaps not even noticeably faster performance? And where's the new killer apps? I'm still doing exactly the same productive work I was in 2003. Why get a new computer at all?"
The maintenance of these high prices AND relatively slow increases in services or performance improvements gives consumers the idea: "Sure - stick with XP... why not? Stick with my 2010 notebook - why not?"
Cut the massive HDDs into the $100 range... 16Gb RAM into the $50-80 range... (it IS great to see 1Tb drives in the $50-60 range. Honestly, they can't get much lower.)
ELBERT, yes, "late in capacity change". And also prices aren't so terrific, either. Back before the Thailand Floods (cough cough), we bought a stack of Hitachi 3Tb 7200s for $139 retail. They've only hit that price recently, and only passing under that mark 'on sale specials'.
I think this high-price for drives AND memory - and heck, notebooks too - are what's stifled the custom sales market. The first generation of i5 notebooks ("4Gb RAM, 500Gb HDD") were on sales specials in the $470 range.
That's what they are now, too. Occasionally, we'll see a low-end name brand (Gateway, cough cough) that will be closer to $400, or refurbs for somewhat less. But these should have followed the market trend of dropping by a $100 or more by this time.
It's not that these are truly "unaffordably high prices" - it's just that they haven't dropped as much, as fast, and customers are saying, "Why spend the same amount when I'm getting minor or perhaps not even noticeably faster performance? And where's the new killer apps? I'm still doing exactly the same productive work I was in 2003. Why get a new computer at all?"
The maintenance of these high prices AND relatively slow increases in services or performance improvements gives consumers the idea: "Sure - stick with XP... why not? Stick with my 2010 notebook - why not?"
Cut the massive HDDs into the $100 range... 16Gb RAM into the $50-80 range... (it IS great to see 1Tb drives in the $50-60 range. Honestly, they can't get much lower.)
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teknomedic
August 26, 2014 7:30:57 PM
Tek, I've been told "no, we're at our limits of mechanical reads..."
I heard this in 1988, too. 1995. Onward.
And actually, if I think about it, all drives are RAIDs. I mean - what's a RAID? "Data recorded across drives", right? So, when I have 2 or 5 platters inside a drive casing, aren't I "writing across platters/drives", therefore? Bits here, bytes there?
Yes. The Formal RAID is now "spanning platter-writing across more platters" now. I do wonder what happened to those 36-inch pizza platters that IBM installed in so many systems in the 80s...
"Welcome to Dominos!" Ah yes...
I heard this in 1988, too. 1995. Onward.
And actually, if I think about it, all drives are RAIDs. I mean - what's a RAID? "Data recorded across drives", right? So, when I have 2 or 5 platters inside a drive casing, aren't I "writing across platters/drives", therefore? Bits here, bytes there?
Yes. The Formal RAID is now "spanning platter-writing across more platters" now. I do wonder what happened to those 36-inch pizza platters that IBM installed in so many systems in the 80s...
"Welcome to Dominos!" Ah yes...
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BadBoyGreek
August 27, 2014 1:17:19 AM
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August 27, 2014 10:40:19 AM
gm0n3y
August 27, 2014 11:27:10 AM
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ickibar1234
August 27, 2014 1:50:09 PM
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Tek, I've been told "no, we're at our limits of mechanical reads..." I heard this in 1988, too. 1995. Onward.
And actually, if I think about it, all drives are RAIDs. I mean - what's a RAID? "Data recorded across drives", right? So, when I have 2 or 5 platters inside a drive casing, aren't I "writing across platters/drives", therefore? Bits here, bytes there?
Yes. The Formal RAID is now "spanning platter-writing across more platters" now. I do wonder what happened to those 36-inch pizza platters that IBM installed in so many systems in the 80s...
"Welcome to Dominos!" Ah yes...
Internal RAID across the platters doesn't happen, because there is an offset somehow. I don't know if it's by sector or by track but with a sequential read or write, I know more platters doesn't equal more performance, or not more than 10% or so going from 1 platter to 4+ platters of the same density/product family. It's too bad, it would be great to see.
WD's 6TB red and I think 6TB green 5400RPM drives use 1.2TB/platter with no helium.
Will Seagate do the same with 8TB and 7 platters or will they have to use helium? 6 platters at 1.5TB/platter?
Can't wait for these to reach consumer level, then finally 3TB , 4TB drives will get into the $100 dollar range after what, 4 years of stagnation!?
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We might also giggle about the number of screw-holes that this Seagate casing will offer. They're down to 4 on their 6Tb models.
Icki, I completely agree with the lengthy price stagnation. But memory's there, too - it doubled but it's never retreated back, and I think both HDD and incredibly high mem prices have as much to do with the custom-PC plummet as anything else.
Icki, I completely agree with the lengthy price stagnation. But memory's there, too - it doubled but it's never retreated back, and I think both HDD and incredibly high mem prices have as much to do with the custom-PC plummet as anything else.
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Informant
August 28, 2014 4:35:44 AM
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