Did you forget about elitetorrents.org? The thing that makes private sites worse it that when they do get busted the probably have some sort of log that points back to you and exactly what you have uploaded. They have to enforce the ratios some way.
The MPAA is suing your ass for some movie you never heard of. They offer you to settle for $4000 or risk going to court and loosing thousands more. This is what happened to me. I talked to several lawyers and they all came to the same conclusion; "If it's only $4K you should take the settlement." It doesn't matter that I was innocent. The only thing that matters is the RIAA/MPAA has more money and time than me and they can bankrupt me, but not the other way around.
A dangerous precident is being set right now and I feel as if we as private citizens are helpless.
I wasn't making fun of the Yonah in particular just the idea of dual core in general. Dual core = twice the power of a single core no matter who made it.
There is no "hand me down" technology. WD doesn't make SCSI drives. This is the primary reason why they are the only ones in the 10000rpm SATA game. Seagate, Hitachi and Maxtor don't want to erode the sweet margins they make on their high-end drives.
That said, the actual discs (media) used are bought on the open market. So the Raptor most likely has the same discs as the similar SCSI drives.
I think there are already 300GB 4 platter SCSI drives. 75GB/platter @ 10K is not cutting edge in general.
Just trust me and wait a few weeks for the announcement. Storage Review should be getting samples soon.
If you increase the bits per track then performance increases. However, if you increase the total number of tracks your data rates doesn't increase. In fact, you make it harder to settle on track which hurts seek times.
All the latest increases in areal density have been due to increased TPI (tracks per inch). This is the reason (besides spinning faster) that the Raptor has held the performance crown for so long.
Yeah, I have seen several drives recently for less than $.033/GB at Frys or after rebate. I think the sweet spot is about 250GB right now.
Keep in mind that the most GB/$ will always be in the $80-$150 range regardless of current densities. The premium product always sells for > $150. Also, the manufacturing costs keep the prices from dropping much less than $50. So if a drive only passes on half the heads you get 1/2 capacity for $50 instead of $80 for all the heads and surfaces.
The SCSI platters have a smaller diameter which drastically reduces the per platter density. Don't expect a 500GB SCSI drive anytime in the next year but maybe a 320GB is on the horizon.
The value of clean power is grosely exaggerated these days. Constant voltage is the real problem. An insufficiently rated (W) power supply will have trouble maintaining voltage expecially under varying loads. This is usually seen by crashes during games and random power downs.
The internal power circuitry of the cpu/mobo can easily "clean up" noisy power with a simple network of capacitors, however if the voltage is too low it can do nothing.
Seriously, who would pay this kind of money? There are the select few but I doubt their numbers are enough to keep this from getting clearanced at some point.
Right now you can get 2GB flash chips. Put a few of these together and you have enough space for a decent install. The problem is that the performance is not quite there yet. You can expect raw read and right performance aroun 10MB/s on the fastest chips on the market. This is still alot less than the 50MB/s+ you find on desktop drives.
Samsung will do it before anyone else. WD, Seagate and Hitachi don't have any flash business so they are not going to push for it.
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Did you forget about elitetorrents.org? The thing that makes private sites worse it that when they do get busted the probably have some sort of log that points back to you and exactly what you have uploaded. They have to enforce the ratios some way.
The MPAA is suing your ass for some movie you never heard of. They offer you to settle for $4000 or risk going to court and loosing thousands more. This is what happened to me. I talked to several lawyers and they all came to the same conclusion; "If it's only $4K you should take the settlement." It doesn't matter that I was innocent. The only thing that matters is the RIAA/MPAA has more money and time than me and they can bankrupt me, but not the other way around.
A dangerous precident is being set right now and I feel as if we as private citizens are helpless.
We are now no longer the Knights Who Say Ni.
We are now the Knights Who Say Ecky- ecky- ecky- ecky- pikang- zoop- boing- goodem- zoo- owli- ziv.
Try to imagine all life as you know it stopping instantaneously and every molecule in your body exploding at the speed of light.
Round round get around
I get around
Yeah
Get around round round I get around
And 256MB is cutting edge? You can get 2GB flash drives now.
is that these gimmick flash drives never keep up with the pace of regular vanilla flash drives. 64MB swiss army knife or 32MB usb watch anyone?
Why did this get modded offtopic while the 100x lame jokes get modded up?
I wasn't making fun of the Yonah in particular just the idea of dual core in general. Dual core = twice the power of a single core no matter who made it.
personal heating device?
There is no "hand me down" technology. WD doesn't make SCSI drives. This is the primary reason why they are the only ones in the 10000rpm SATA game. Seagate, Hitachi and Maxtor don't want to erode the sweet margins they make on their high-end drives.
That said, the actual discs (media) used are bought on the open market. So the Raptor most likely has the same discs as the similar SCSI drives.
I think there are already 300GB 4 platter SCSI drives. 75GB/platter @ 10K is not cutting edge in general.
Just trust me and wait a few weeks for the announcement. Storage Review should be getting samples soon.
2 platter ~75GB per platter. 16MB cache.
BTW, expect data rates in excess of 85MB/s.
If you increase the bits per track then performance increases. However, if you increase the total number of tracks your data rates doesn't increase. In fact, you make it harder to settle on track which hurts seek times.
All the latest increases in areal density have been due to increased TPI (tracks per inch). This is the reason (besides spinning faster) that the Raptor has held the performance crown for so long.
WD is coming out with a new Raptor in January. 150GB and a clear cover. You head it here first.
Yeah, I have seen several drives recently for less than $.033/GB at Frys or after rebate. I think the sweet spot is about 250GB right now.
Keep in mind that the most GB/$ will always be in the $80-$150 range regardless of current densities. The premium product always sells for > $150. Also, the manufacturing costs keep the prices from dropping much less than $50. So if a drive only passes on half the heads you get 1/2 capacity for $50 instead of $80 for all the heads and surfaces.
You are only reading or writing to one surface at a time. There is only a single lane between the channel interface and the Head Stack Array.
The SCSI platters have a smaller diameter which drastically reduces the per platter density. Don't expect a 500GB SCSI drive anytime in the next year but maybe a 320GB is on the horizon.
The value of clean power is grosely exaggerated these days. Constant voltage is the real problem. An insufficiently rated (W) power supply will have trouble maintaining voltage expecially under varying loads. This is usually seen by crashes during games and random power downs.
The internal power circuitry of the cpu/mobo can easily "clean up" noisy power with a simple network of capacitors, however if the voltage is too low it can do nothing.
Data Stolen From Storage Review:
Transfer Rate - Begin (MB/s)
Seagate Barracuda 7200.8 (400 GB SATA) - 69.8
Western Digital Caviar WD3200JD (320 GB SATA) - 66.5
Maxtor MaXLine III (300 GB SATA) - 65.7
Western Digital Caviar WD2500JD (250 GB SATA) - 60.6
Hitachi Deskstar 7K400 (400 GB SATA) - 60.4
Samsung SpinPoint P80 (160 GB SATA) - 60.2
Transfer Rate - End (MB/s)
Western Digital Caviar WD3200JD (320 GB SATA) - 40.8
Seagate Barracuda 7200.8 (400 GB SATA) - 39.9
Western Digital Caviar WD2500JD (250 GB SATA) - 37.8
Maxtor MaXLine III (300 GB SATA) - 37.2
Samsung SpinPoint P80 (160 GB SATA) - 36.5 |
Hitachi Deskstar 7K400 (400 GB SATA) - 32.9
Looks like the flash drives still have a way to go to compete with current hard drives data rates.
You might get 2 to 1 compression with FLAC if you are lucky. 128MB isn't going to cut it either way.
So wait a little longer =)
Seriously, who would pay this kind of money? There are the select few but I doubt their numbers are enough to keep this from getting clearanced at some point.
Seeing that you will be paying more than $10 a disc is this worth it? Shouldn't you get some kind of discount for getting so many discs?
Wait until it's at least 30% off.
I don't think $1900 means its ready to take over.
Right now you can get 2GB flash chips. Put a few of these together and you have enough space for a decent install. The problem is that the performance is not quite there yet. You can expect raw read and right performance aroun 10MB/s on the fastest chips on the market. This is still alot less than the 50MB/s+ you find on desktop drives.
Samsung will do it before anyone else. WD, Seagate and Hitachi don't have any flash business so they are not going to push for it.