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high-capacity 12TB, 14TB helium-filled hard drives
Posted: Thu Dec 15, 2016 4:47 am
by Pete Stobbs
Good for a laugh?
If the price is right I reckon they will take off!
http://www.extremetech.com/computing/24 ... ard-drives
Re: high-capacity 12TB, 14TB helium-filled hard drives
Posted: Thu Dec 15, 2016 1:22 pm
by lord_galathon
How do they plan on us backing up 12Tb? Already just backing up 2Tb is a PITA...
Re: high-capacity 12TB, 14TB helium-filled hard drives
Posted: Fri Dec 16, 2016 7:38 am
by Pete Stobbs
maybe use them as backup drives?
Re: high-capacity 12TB, 14TB helium-filled hard drives
Posted: Fri Dec 16, 2016 10:15 am
by lord_galathon
That sounds both legit, and possibly even worse. I'm thorn.
Re: high-capacity 12TB, 14TB helium-filled hard drives
Posted: Fri Dec 16, 2016 8:56 pm
by AHornsby
lord_galathon wrote:How do they plan on us backing up 12Tb? Already just backing up 2Tb is a PITA...
You'd just have to partition it and back up the active area. It wouldn't be unusual to have 15-20 partitions on a drive like that. -h
Re: high-capacity 12TB, 14TB helium-filled hard drives
Posted: Sat Dec 17, 2016 7:05 am
by Mark Bliss
FWIW.
I think you would find those drives are intended for server and backup use, not a primary drive, as they are not overly fast.