Comments on: 2TB RAID Array From Other World Computing: Enough Space For You? http://www.crunchgear.com/2007/05/09/2tb-raid-array-from-other-world-computing-enough-space-for-you/ Gadgets, gear and computer hardware. Sat, 05 Dec 2009 12:04:43 -0500 hourly 1 By: yea right will http://www.crunchgear.com/2007/05/09/2tb-raid-array-from-other-world-computing-enough-space-for-you/comment-page-1/#comment-289073 yea right will Mon, 25 Jun 2007 06:54:29 +0000 http://crunchgear.com/2007/05/09/2tb-raid-array-from-other-world-computing-enough-space-for-you/#comment-289073 You don't have 5PB, because that would be 5120 (1024*5) of the latest 1TB hard drives (they just came out). A one TB hard drive is 600$, so 5120*$600= a total of $3,072,000 dollars and not only would the hard drives alone be over 3 million dollars, but what exactly do you plug all those 5120 hard drives into? Most racks cost about 1000$ and have 12 spaces. so you'd need about 450 server racks. so thats another 450,000$. Thats without taxes, shipping, power and space that must take... AFTER the initial 3.4million dollars. You keep telling yourself you have 5 petabytes of stuff. You don’t have 5PB, because that would be 5120 (1024*5) of the latest 1TB hard drives (they just came out). A one TB hard drive is 600$, so 5120*$600= a total of $3,072,000 dollars and not only would the hard drives alone be over 3 million dollars, but what exactly do you plug all those 5120 hard drives into? Most racks cost about 1000$ and have 12 spaces. so you’d need about 450 server racks. so thats another 450,000$. Thats without taxes, shipping, power and space that must take… AFTER the initial 3.4million dollars. You keep telling yourself you have 5 petabytes of stuff.

]]> By: yea right will http://www.crunchgear.com/2007/05/09/2tb-raid-array-from-other-world-computing-enough-space-for-you/comment-page-1/#comment-289069 yea right will Mon, 25 Jun 2007 06:52:23 +0000 http://crunchgear.com/2007/05/09/2tb-raid-array-from-other-world-computing-enough-space-for-you/#comment-289069 You don't have 5PB, because that would be 5120 (1024*5) of the latest 1TB hard drives (they just came out as of january 2007). A one TB hard drive is 600$, so 5120*$600= a total of $3,072,000 dollars and not only would the hard drives alone be over 3 million dollars, but what exactly do you plug all those 5120 hard drives into? Most racks cost about 1000$ and have 12 spaces. so you'd need about 450 server racks. so thats another 450,000$. Thats without taxes, shipping, power and space that must take... AFTER the initial 3.4million dollars. You keep telling yourself you have 5 petabytes of stuff. You don’t have 5PB, because that would be 5120 (1024*5) of the latest 1TB hard drives (they just came out as of january 2007). A one TB hard drive is 600$, so 5120*$600= a total of $3,072,000 dollars and not only would the hard drives alone be over 3 million dollars, but what exactly do you plug all those 5120 hard drives into? Most racks cost about 1000$ and have 12 spaces. so you’d need about 450 server racks. so thats another 450,000$. Thats without taxes, shipping, power and space that must take… AFTER the initial 3.4million dollars. You keep telling yourself you have 5 petabytes of stuff.

]]> By: lol @will http://www.crunchgear.com/2007/05/09/2tb-raid-array-from-other-world-computing-enough-space-for-you/comment-page-1/#comment-289033 lol @will Mon, 25 Jun 2007 06:39:33 +0000 http://crunchgear.com/2007/05/09/2tb-raid-array-from-other-world-computing-enough-space-for-you/#comment-289033 you dont have 5PB, because that would be 5120 (1024*5) of the latest 1TB hard drives (they just came out). thats total BS. A one TB hard drive is 600$, so 5120*$600= a total of $3,072,000 dollars and not only would the hard drives alone be over 3 million dollars, but what exactly do you plug all those 5120 hard drives into? most racks cost about 1000$ and have 12 spaces. so youd need about 450 server racks. so thats another 450,000$. and thats without taxes, shipping, power and space that must take... AFTER the inital 3.4million dollars. You keep telling yourself you have 5 petabytes of stuff jackass. you dont have 5PB, because that would be 5120 (1024*5) of the latest 1TB hard drives (they just came out). thats total BS. A one TB hard drive is 600$, so 5120*$600= a total of $3,072,000 dollars and not only would the hard drives alone be over 3 million dollars, but what exactly do you plug all those 5120 hard drives into? most racks cost about 1000$ and have 12 spaces. so youd need about 450 server racks. so thats another 450,000$. and thats without taxes, shipping, power and space that must take… AFTER the inital 3.4million dollars. You keep telling yourself you have 5 petabytes of stuff jackass.

]]> By: Jon http://www.crunchgear.com/2007/05/09/2tb-raid-array-from-other-world-computing-enough-space-for-you/comment-page-1/#comment-218047 Jon Thu, 10 May 2007 06:12:06 +0000 http://crunchgear.com/2007/05/09/2tb-raid-array-from-other-world-computing-enough-space-for-you/#comment-218047 1K$US = 2TB I think that is a great deal... comes to about the same price if you build your own system (depending on the drive quality). Jon 1K$US = 2TB

I think that is a great deal… comes to about the same price if you build your own system (depending on the drive quality).

Jon

]]> By: Will http://www.crunchgear.com/2007/05/09/2tb-raid-array-from-other-world-computing-enough-space-for-you/comment-page-1/#comment-217914 Will Thu, 10 May 2007 02:40:36 +0000 http://crunchgear.com/2007/05/09/2tb-raid-array-from-other-world-computing-enough-space-for-you/#comment-217914 Nope, not even close to enough. In total, my collection is over 5 PB (petabytes). Forced to delete most stuff... Nope, not even close to enough.

In total, my collection is over 5 PB (petabytes). Forced to delete most stuff…

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