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1.6TB In a Shoebox, If You've Got the Money

Posted by timothy on from the incrementalism dept.

zmcnulty writes "While not exactly a technological marvel in itself, IO Data Device's new 'HDZ-UE1.6TS' exemplifies the recent trend towards demand for higher storage capacities -- it's an external hard drive setup offering a total capacity of 1.6TB. Not much larger than four 3.5" hard drives, the HDZ-UE1.6TS goes to show that any (rich) consumer can now easily have a boatload of storage space. Here's the Japanese press release." (At current conversion rates, this would cost nearly $2,900.)

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  1. Obligatory pr0n comment by syntap · · Score: 5, Funny

    But seriously... with this and an optical data line, running your own household Usenet server starts to become practical.

  2. Creative paperweight... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Seems to me like this will be one of those pieces of equipment we will all "laugh at" next fall. I mean the size is good and all... but it is huge.

    Sorta reminds me of the 270gb MaxAttach file storage unit I have sitting in my rack @ work. The thing is huge... but 3 years ago it was "modern." Now I can buy a 400gb SATA hard drive that is 1/20th the size and has even MORE space.

    Infact -- speaking of which -- with SATA getting bigger and bigger this thing is a "waste of money."

    1. Re:Creative paperweight... by saintp · · Score: 4, Informative
      Infact -- speaking of which -- with SATA getting bigger and bigger this thing is a "waste of money."
      Right on. This past weekend, I priced out a 2.5 Tb roll-your-own NAS box from Newegg for about $2500. Why would I spend $400 more for 900 Gb less?
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  3. internets by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    how many internets can this hold?

  4. $2900 = $1500 for prettiness? by stupidfoo · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Hmm... $2900 for 1.6TB of storage? And no ethernet? Why not just build your own NAS unit that has the same amount of storage, includes ethernet, and would cost you about $1200-$1400? You could even put it in a fancy case for that price.

  5. LaCie has 1.6TB external as well by Schweg · · Score: 5, Informative

    LaCie has an external FireWire800/USB2 external drive available for about $1000, see here.

  6. If it's 1.6TB... by Slayback · · Score: 5, Informative

    Then why does it clearly say 1.2TB on the front of the case?

  7. LaCie Bigger Disk Extreme by luiss · · Score: 4, Informative

    Only $2199. Been available for a while now, there's probably a Slashdot story about it too.
    http://www.lacie.com/products/product.htm?pid=1055 1

    1. Re:LaCie Bigger Disk Extreme by DLG · · Score: 4, Interesting

      We are using the 1TB variety as an experiment in harddrive back ups. We ship the drives offsite. The cost is not that much larger than our tape budget and we are able to back and restore more quickly.

      They are firewire 800 so they go pretty fast.

  8. Boatload? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Not much larger than four 3.5" hard drives, the HDZ-UE1.6TS goes to show that any (rich) consumer can now easily have a boatload of storage space.

    Stupid metric system... what's the conversion rate from boatloads to Libraries of Congress?

  9. CORRECTION by Schweg · · Score: 5, Informative

    LaCie's 1.6TB drive lists for $2199, their older 1TB drive is $999.

  10. 1.6TB In a Shoebox, If You've Got the Money by Jumbo+Jimbo · · Score: 4, Funny

    I'd rather have the $2,900 in a shoebox, thanks

  11. Who needs it? I'll get one from China by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Here's the Japanese press release." (At current conversion rates, this would cost nearly $2,900.)

    Hahah who needs a hard drive? I don't have hard drives. i just keep 30 chinese teenagers in my basement and force them to memorize numbers. It's a lot cheaper.

  12. Which is how much space? by Freexe · · Score: 5, Funny

    Can someone convert it to Libraries of Congress, I cant work in Terabytes.

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    1. Re:Which is how much space? by theparanoidcynic · · Score: 5, Insightful

      You want "real world" units?

      700 kbps video + 128 kbps audio * 2 channels = 410 MB per hour.

      1.6 (marketing) terabytes / 410 MB = 3900 hours of divx porn.

      "Real world" enough for you? :)

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  13. Re:How Much is Enough? by vidarh · · Score: 4, Informative
    I've got about 300 DVD's, and I want them available on demand and there's no way I'm going to reencode anything in MPEG4. Filling 1.6TB is easy :) Add my almost-there MythTV setup and storage needs rapidly increase.

    Archiving video is becoming a mainstream activity these days :-)

  14. At last some competition... by CPM+User · · Score: 4, Funny

    for /dev/null ...

  15. Re:Sheesh.... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Who would have a use for this type of storage, yet would at the same time run Windows Me?

  16. Not mine by supergiovane · · Score: 4, Funny
    Unfortunately, my Internet broke yesterday. I backed it up last week by dragging it from the desktop to the CDR, but I don't know how to copy it back to my PC. I see it on the CD, but if I click the 'e' it doesn't do anything.

    Can anyone send me a working Internet by e-mail, please?

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