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Seagate Releases 3TB External Drive for $250

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the approaching-infinity dept.

A few anonymous readers noted that Seagate has released a 3TB external drive. This makes it the largest 3.5-inch in its class, and it is available with USB 2, 3, or FireWire. That's more capacity than my entire four-drive RAID for just $250.

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  1. SOTP TEH PRESSAS!!!! by Rogerborg · · Score: -1, Troll

    Storage is getting bigger and cheaper, you say? Unpossible, sir! I simply must purchase a dozen of these Slashvertised products forthwith, before this inconceivable trend reverses itself and leaves me flummoxed.

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  2. Re:A lot of eggs in one basket... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    You'll be hard pressed to find a modern DB server under a significant read and write load that isn't using RAID 10 either directly or on a SAN to improve its IO throughput.

    Only cheapskates and hobbyists use RAIDed HDDs for IO-intensive tasks. Decent SSDs blow away any RAID in terms of storage/watt or I/O by an order of magnitude.