Slashdot Mirror

← Back to Stories (view on slashdot.org)

TB-Sized Solid State Drives Announced

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the soon-to-be-implantable dept.

prostoalex writes "Several companies have announced solid state hard drives in excess of one terrabyte in size. ComputerWorld describes one from BitMicro that's just 3.5". Their flash drive will support up to 4 Gbps data transfer rate. From the article: 'SSDs access data in microseconds, instead of the millliseconds that traditional hard drives use to retrieve data. The BitMicro E-Disk Altima 4Gb FC delivers more than 55,000 I/O operations per second (IOPS) and has a sustained data transfer rate over 230MB/sec. By comparison, a fast hard drive for example will run at around 300 IOPS.'" Ah, the speed of tech. Seems like only last month we were talking about 500GB drives.

11 of 130 comments (clear)

  1. In other news by moogied · · Score: 5, Funny

    Wells Fargo, Bank of America, Washington Mutual, and Chase all annouced there new "PC Home Equity Loans". Averaging at 5.8% APR(OAC) you can take out a home equity loan for the purpose of purchasing a 1TB SSD.

    --
    So basically, -1 troll/offtopic is really slashdots way of saying "I hate that you thought of something before me."
    1. Re:In other news by SatanicPuppy · · Score: 4, Funny

      Well, at 2500W you could probably buy it as a space heater with a home improvement loan, and snip it off your taxes for the year as well.

      --
      ad logicam Claiming a proposition is false because it was presented as the conclusion of a fallacious argument.
  2. One terrabyte! by ArAgost · · Score: 4, Funny

    Finally! One terrabyte! I was hoping to get more than mere giggabytes (or, even worse, meggabytes) for SSD. I still remember the epic moment when SSD reached killobytes, after years struggling with just some bbytes.

  3. TB-sized? by peacefinder · · Score: 5, Funny

    Is it really a good idea to make a hard drive the size of mycobacterium tuberculosis? I'm just sure I'd lose it before I figured out how to plug it in.

    --
    With reasonable men I will reason; with humane men I will plead; but to tyrants I will give no quarter. -- William Lloyd
  4. Re:Quick Erase? by LighterShadeOfBlack · · Score: 5, Funny

    Right, because when your house gets raided and the police see you erased your hard drive they just turn around and say "well played". 'Obstruction of justice' ringing any bells?

    Not to mention the British police will assume it's just encrypted and you'll get 5 years jail-time for not providing the key.

    --
    Spelling mistakes, grammatical errors, and stupid comments are intentional.
  5. getoffmylawn by ronadams · · Score: 3, Funny

    Yeah, these look pretty nice, but you can't beat those old tube drives for that warm, acoustic sound.

    --
    Appended to the end of comments you post. 120 chars.
    1. Re:getoffmylawn by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

      I prefer non-acoustic sound, thanks very much.

  6. Re:Quick Erase? by noidentity · · Score: 4, Funny

    Not to mention the British police will assume it's just encrypted and you'll get 5 years jail-time for not providing the key.

    All those zeroes... there must be something hidden in them. Produce the key at once!

  7. Re:Don't Forget Fusion IO's PCIe Card Drive by arminw · · Score: 3, Funny

    .....The Texas Memory Systems RAMSan requires 2500W of power........

    It appears that one of these is NOT ready to be used in your next laptop in the near future!

    --
    All theory is gray
  8. Re:Don't Forget Fusion IO's PCIe Card Drive by Gr8Apes · · Score: 2, Funny

    .....The Texas Memory Systems RAMSan requires 2500W of power........

    It appears that one of these is NOT ready to be used in your next laptop in the near future! Well, if you're looking for the quick and easy cure to procreation....
    --
    The cesspool just got a check and balance.
  9. Re:Quick Erase? by PitaBred · · Score: 2, Funny

    I don't think you mean rubber-hose cryptography. Torturing someone to get them to... encrypt information? Maybe rubber-hose decryption...

    --
    My blog. Good stuff (when I remember to update it). Read it.