IBM Launches New Product Line

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IBM Launches New Product Line

Posted by CmdrTaco on Tuesday October 12, 2004 @06:40PM from the and-its-only-125-pounds dept.

An anonymous reader notes that "IBM has launched its new product line of storage devices: the DS6000 and the DS8000. The results are quite impressive, with the DS6000 being rack mountable, 3U, and ONLY 125 pound storage device that will hold up to 67.2 TB! The DS8000 is equally impressive, with 6x performance of ESS 800 (Shark), making it the most powerful storage system to date. "

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Hot Damn, now I can finally ... by bushboy · 2004-10-12 18:44 · Score: 5, Funny

download the whole internet !

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1. Re:Hot Damn, now I can finally ... by moro_666 · 2004-10-12 18:54 · Score: 5, Funny
  
  if you are strong enough, get also the ds6000/8000 backpack from ibm and carry the whole internet around with you :)
  
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2. Re:Hot Damn, now I can finally ... by Emugamer · 2004-10-12 18:56 · Score: 3, Funny
  
  download the whole internet !
  
  not according to your sig
3. Re:Hot Damn, now I can finally ... by Cygnus78 · 2004-10-12 20:11 · Score: 2, Funny
  
  download the whole internet !
  
  Do you have a torrent ?
4. Re:Hot Damn, now I can finally ... by moyix · 2004-10-12 23:42 · Score: 4, Funny
  
  I believe you mean you can download one of the "internets".
DS? by Anonymous Coward · 2004-10-12 18:44 · Score: 5, Funny

Does that stand for *cough* DeathStar, er *cough* I mean DeskStar hard drives?
Huh? by bigberk · 2004-10-12 18:47 · Score: 4, Funny

IBM has launched its new product line of storage devices
What's that?? I can't hear you over my screeching Deskstar 75 GXP!!
hyperbole.slashdot.com by wombatmobile · 2004-10-12 18:54 · Score: 3, Funny

"These are the most significant storage announcements we have made in more than a decade. IBM is focused on being the storage innovator and clear technology leader," said Dan Colby, General Manager, IBM Storage Systems. "Today, we are delivering new economics and choice by leveraging common components, breakthrough technologies from mainframes and supercomputers, and unmatched virtualization and management capabilities."

Most significant in a decade? New economics? Wow, this is too important for Slashdot. Somebody should call Time magazine. Or Newsweek.
Only 125 pounds? by mrjb · 2004-10-12 18:54 · Score: 5, Funny

At that price I'll have one.

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Finally enough space! by indiancowboy · 2004-10-12 18:55 · Score: 3, Funny

Phewww! finally enough space to keep all my porn in one place!
Longhorn System Reqs. by jaephu · 2004-10-12 18:59 · Score: 5, Funny

uh oh... Microsoft Windows Longhorn Minimum System Requirements: ... Hard Drive: 30TB Memory: 2 GB
An open question. by Temporal · 2004-10-12 19:03 · Score: 4, Funny

If only there were some sort of visual stimuli -- say, something which appeals to our most basic primal instincts -- which could be stored on such a device, and subsequently accessed whenever one is bored and no one is watching. Alas, I am unable to imagine anything suitable. Perhaps one of my fellow Slashdotters has an idea?
1. Re:An open question. by mvdw · 2004-10-12 19:12 · Score: 2, Funny
  
  I can see it now: 4 Ask Slashdots in the next week: "I have 67.5TB of online storage, what do you guys use to back up all that data?"
2. Re:An open question. by zoeblade · 2004-10-12 20:29 · Score: 4, Funny
  
  If only there were some sort of visual stimuli -- say, something which appeals to our most basic primal instincts -- which could be stored on such a device, and subsequently accessed whenever one is bored and no one is watching. Alas, I am unable to imagine anything suitable. Perhaps one of my fellow Slashdotters has an idea?
  
  Pictures of yummy doughnuts?
3. Re:An open question. by R2.0 · 2004-10-13 02:55 · Score: 2, Funny
  
  Please add a constraint such that said data must be fully accessible using only one hand for input devices while the other hand is otherwise occupied.
  
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67.2TB by TheRealStaunch · 2004-10-12 19:03 · Score: 3, Funny

67.2TB should be enough for anyone!

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Re:Expensive logo? by zbuffered · 2004-10-12 19:30 · Score: 2, Funny

That's 88 years' worth of music. Finally, something that can store enough music so that I don't have to change disks every 50 years!

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Re:insert witty pr0n comment here by Anonymous Coward · 2004-10-12 20:12 · Score: 2, Funny

sorry, but the number of people who are into old people porn is much lower than the number who like to look at young cheerleaders...
Re:insert witty pr0n comment here by Tezkah · 2004-10-12 20:19 · Score: 3, Funny

I dunno man, after listening to William Shatner's new album, I dont feel the need for porn.
Re:Backup 4TB? by cakefool · 2004-10-12 20:27 · Score: 3, Funny

punch cards. lots and lots of punch cards...
Re:With all that storage... by Mjlner · 2004-10-12 21:17 · Score: 4, Funny

If only I had the money
RTFA! It's only 125 pounds! (Sterling, I'm sure.)

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Shame by oojah · 2004-10-13 01:13 · Score: 2, Funny

As a Brit, I'm somewhat disappointed that the writeup meant the other "pound".

The ONLY 125 pound storage device that will hold up to 67.2 TB!

I don't really need 67.2TB of storage, but at £125 I would certainly have considered it. £1.86 per TB is not a bad price (US$3.33)

Cheers,
Roger

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