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I'm expecting a resurgence of quantum bigfoot style drives. So, while the idea was ridiculed in the press, the advent of SSD's and the usecase for harddrives t
by StillBored 6y ago
I'm expecting a resurgence of quantum bigfoot style drives.
So, while the idea was ridiculed in the press, the advent of SSD's and the usecase for harddrives these days actually means it makes a lot of sense given the area (and therefor the capacity) increases with the square. Combined with the slower spin rates also increasing the density, and you get a device which is far more generally useful for bulk storage than SMR.
- dylan604 6y agoI miss my full-height Micropolis drives (said nobody, ever)
- StillBored 6y agoIf you consider a 2x area increase going from a 3.5->5.25, and another 4x going from a 3.5" HH to a 5.25 FH, your talking a 8x capacity increase. That is ballpark over 100TB in a 5.25" drive bay. 5 of those standing vertical would fit in a 19" rack for ~600TB in the front panel. Of course a 3U is exactly 5.25", so you would have to modify the original form factor a bit to make it fit or use 4U and waste a half inch. Bottom line, assuming 20T 3.5" drives, you have doubled the front capacity of a 3U case. OTOH, if you really wanted to play games consider how much capacity could be stored on a 19" platter like the old IBM mainframe disk units.
- bigiain 6y ago> or use 4U and waste a half inch. ... or use 4U so you can use the half inch clearance to try and help cool them enough... :-)