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Terabyte Hard Drive Put To the Test

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the where-did-the-missing-69-gigs-go dept.

EconolineCrush writes "As a technical milestone, Hitachi's Deskstar 7K1000 hard drive is undeniably impressive. The drive is the first to pack a trillion bytes into a standard 3.5" form factor, and while some may argue the merits of tebi versus tera, that's still an astounding accomplishment. Hitachi also outfitted the drive with 32MB of cache—double what you get with standard desktop drives—making this latest Deskstar a leader in both cache size and total capacity. That looks like a great formula for success on paper, but how does it pan out in the real world? The Tech Report has tested the 7K1000's performance, noise levels, and power consumption against 18 other drives to find out, with surprising results."

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  1. Test? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Now, my porn collection, THAT is what would put this drive to the test.

    1. Re:Test? by Hydryad · · Score: 5, Funny

      Why am I not surprised at all that porn is the third word in the comments about a terabyte hard drive. Pushing forward innovation since the dawn of time, hot steamy sex.

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    2. Re:Test? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

      Pushing forward.... and back... and forward.... and back....

  2. kanashhk shhk shhk by BadAnalogyGuy · · Score: 5, Funny

    ge ge ge kanashhk shhk shhk fzzke kek shhk shhk

    I love the sound of head crashes in the morning. Smells like... a coffee break.

    1. Re:kanashhk shhk shhk by Sensible+Clod · · Score: 4, Funny

      That's no moon, it's a hard drive!

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    2. Re:kanashhk shhk shhk by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

      Thats no moon - thats yo mama

  3. RAID 5 Please by FF8Jake · · Score: 5, Funny

    I'm not losing my 1.5TB of porn to a single Hitachi Deathstar.

    1. Re:RAID 5 Please by tibike77 · · Score: 4, Funny

      Only 1.5 TB of porn ? That's like what, 350 DVDs worth ?

      That's 85-125 USD for your entire collection in one single copy.
      Or make that a nice round 200$ for two sets of copies.
      So, where can I get two 1.5 TB HDDs for 100$ each ?

      Sure, the "seek time" would suck, but then again who cares, it's porn, not like you'll die if you wait 15 more seconds before you start looking at it... or are you ?

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    2. Re:RAID 5 Please by Applekid · · Score: 5, Funny

      Only 1.5 TB of porn ? That's like what, 350 DVDs worth ? But how would we hide 350 DVDs from our parents?
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    3. Re:RAID 5 Please by biocute · · Score: 1, Funny

      not like you'll die if you wait 15 more seconds before you start looking at it

      Yeah but who would still watch it after coming within 5 seconds?

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    4. Re:RAID 5 Please by TurboStar · · Score: 4, Funny

      But how would we hide 350 DVDs from our parents?

      You have an entire basement. Look around, I'm sure you'll find somewhere.
  4. Comment removed by account_deleted · · Score: 3, Funny

    Comment removed based on user account deletion

  5. Re:Data loss by ipooptoomuch · · Score: 5, Funny

    500GB of data loss?!? I CRIED for a half hour over a filled 160GB drive after it got killed by an electrical storm. Even though it wasn't technically covered under warranty, the fine folks at best buy still took it back after I said a defective flux capacitor on the drive started it on fire.

  6. Visit our site! by Zebedeu · · Score: 4, Funny

    The Tech Report has tested the 7K1000's performance, noise levels, and power consumption against 18other drives to find out, with surprising results. Suspense!

    Come on! Just tell us what the results were directly, don't make us have to break Slashdot law and RTFA!
  7. Fills up too fast anyways by emj · · Score: 3, Funny

    The problem is this will be full in 24h with a 100Mbps connection anyways, or ~6 hours if you live in sweden.

    1. Re:Fills up too fast anyways by joke_dst · · Score: 5, Funny

      No matter how big a hard drive gets it still only has two states: new and full.

  8. cat got my tongue by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Funny

    Yes, but does it Destroy Planets ?

  9. Re:Data loss by MrNaz · · Score: 5, Funny

    You really, really need to buy a lottery ticket.

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  10. Re:Power-of-10 prefixes are the norm in IT by Fex303 · · Score: 2, Funny

    Here's hoping quantum computing doesn't make a sudden arrival - otherwise people may start using qbits and confusion would really reign! ;-)
    Schrödinger's hard drive - you don't know the capacity until you open the box.
  11. Haven't you seen "Avenue Q"? by wsanders · · Score: 3, Funny

    http://www.stlyrics.com/lyrics/avenueq/theinternet isforporn.htm ...

    TREKKIE AND GUYS
    Porn, porn, porn, porn
    porn, porn, porn, porn
    KATE
    I hate the internet!
    TREKKIE AND GUYS
    Porn, porn, porn, porn

    TREKKIE
    The internet is for

    TREKKIE AND SOME
    The internet is for

    TREKKIE AND ALL
    The internet is for PORN!

    TREKKIE
    YEAH!

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    1. Re:Haven't you seen "Avenue Q"? by HobophobE · · Score: 2, Funny

      The video is on YouTube...

      http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QtiGd58J0bY

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