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> Some people had gathered more than 40 terabytes (TB) of digital content over time. With a quick search I was able to find 16TB harddrives for sale, so you co
by im3w1l 4y ago
> Some people had gathered more than 40 terabytes (TB) of digital content over time.
With a quick search I was able to find 16TB harddrives for sale, so you could easily fit more than 40TB in a single tower. Doesn't sound like their hoarding rises to the level of dysfunctional.
- kkfx 4y agoThe issue is not for you but for those who want to have all users data on their systems, let's say "the big of cloud" who start having scalability issues...
- unstatusthequo 4y ago22 TB drives also exist. Slam 10 of those into a NAS and you’re good for a while.
- sekh60 4y agoYou can fit 40TB in a tower no problem, however you have to remember to add disks for parity, and your backups should at least be a separate box. Doing it right adds up quick in terms of cost.
- adrian_b 4y agoYou can have 240 TB in a suitcase with 20 LTO magnetic tape cartridges. The volume is about the same as it would be with hard disks of 24 to 30 TB per HDD, but the weight and cost is much less.