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30GB and 50GB Removables

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the bigger-faster-better dept.

After yesterdays bit on the 10 gig removables, Chad Pommiss wrote in to tell us about "A Philip Electronics offshoot named OnStream that has developed 30GB and 50GB removable drives, based on "Advanced Digital Recording", boasting variable data rates of 1 or 2MB/second (3GB/hour). Parallel, SCSI and IDE/ATAPI versions are available from $299" Ok now that is what I wanna keep my MP3s on.

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  1. Does CT read what we send him? by CodeShark · · Score: 3
    Not that I have any insider information on what CT does in his (dripping sarcasm) "copious" spare time, but let me offer an observation: there are only so many hours in a day to keep /. operational, let alone reviewing stories and trying to separate the duplicated submissions, post the best one, etc. As an example, a few days ago I submitted an item (no, I haven't seen it yet either) and there were more than 110 submissions pending. NOT BECAUSE ANYONE AT /. IS LAZY, but because we tend to overwhelm them with our responsiveness. (AKA, the /. effect)

    What I do know is that this site is (IMHO) improving rapidly. The new moderation system seems to promote layers of quality, and the better comments/commentors seem to rise to the top.

    My bottom line has been (suggestion for all to think about here) support /., keep coming back, do your best work in posting comments and submitting stories, and be patient with the guys at the back end.

    They ARE listening, and quality does seem to be rewarded here.

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  2. Question... by Anonymous+Shepherd · · Score: 4

    What a waste of alignment points... Oh well.

    This, as been aptly pointed out by many in the forum, is a tape drive, with uncompressed storage close to 15GB or 25GB on a variable speed media. Evidently it also has data write speeds up to 2mb/s, and currently supports only Windows solutions with Linux support soon, and other OSes such as Mac at a later date...

    Why are they targetting the Windows market? Are there that many Windows systems that need tape backup that it makes more sense to do Windows first and Linux/Unix second? I thought servers with high data requirements were still predominantly Unix boxes, though perhaps they aren't targetting servers. Who is their target market then?

    Maybe some clued in Windows sysadmin will be able to tell me differently, or someone will know of a use that begs for this solution in the large Windows desktop market, or perhaps the workstation market?

    AS

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