Western Digital haven't officially launched their brand-new WD20EADS 2TB Western Digital Caviar Green HDD, however it is already available for purchase at Australia's Mwave online store. Priced at AU$377.80 (US$250) Western Digital will be the first ever hard drive maker to provide users with a 2TB hard disk drive.
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So far, Seagate's Barracuda 7200.12 packs 500GB per platter, and has the highest areal density of 329 Gigabits per square inch. Western Digital might have reached this areal density with the release of its 2TB hard drive. Further product specifications are not known yet.
Seagate and Samsung offer a maximum drive capacity of 1.5TB and yet another hard drive manufacturer Hitachi offers hard drives of capacity upto 1TB.
Seagate is also expected to release its line of 2TB hard drives sometime this year , but the company has its own problems dealing with the enraged customers who own the Barracuda 1.5TB hard drives. This could be an opportunity for Seagate's competitors - Western Digital, Hitachi and Samsung, to gain a better market position?
1.5GB? Wow... what an age we live in :p
But seriously, thanks for the news
I'd really really hate to lose 2TB out of the blue.
I'd really really hate to lose 2TB out of the blue.
I have two backup drives (500Gb each) and they stay far away of another.. I will never ever be without an backup.
I plan to buy a 2TB dive or mabe higher in 2010 so I will be able to record HD Tv shows with Media Center. But for sure that I will only do this if I am able to make backups.
I'd really really hate to lose 2TB out of the blue.
If it's private data, you do as you did with a 500 GB drive -- encrypt it.
If it's valuable data, you still do like you did with other drives -- backup it. (uhm, preferrably to other hard drive(s))
Oh, and RAID is no backup solution; this is an all too common misconception. RAID is there mostly for e.g. server uptime reasons; if a drive would fail, the server would be up until a new replacement drive is added. But if you overwrite data on a RAID-mirrored drive, the mirror will get overwritten as well, and then no RAID system in the world will help you, only actual backups. The same goes if you have your computer stolen, or if there is an unfortunate "catastrophic" failure. JournalSpace.com was one web site that used RAID-1, where the admin thought it was OK for backing it up. Until something went awry on a disk and overwrote/deleted tons of data, which the other RAID drive dutyfully replicated. Mwhahaha.
Last edited by Jugalator on 27 Jan 2009 - 12:58
I'd really really hate to lose 2TB out of the blue.
Buy two of them and use RAID.
If it's valuable data, you still do like you did with other drives -- backup it. (uhm, preferrably to other hard drive(s))
Oh, and RAID is no backup solution; this is an all too common misconception. RAID is there mostly for e.g. server uptime reasons; if a drive would fail, the server would be up until a new replacement drive is added. But if you overwrite data on a RAID-mirrored drive, the mirror will get overwritten as well, and then no RAID system in the world will help you, only actual backups. The same goes if you have your computer stolen, or if there is an unfortunate "catastrophic" failure. JournalSpace.com was one web site that used RAID-1, where the admin thought it was OK for backing it up. Until something went awry on a disk and overwrote/deleted tons of data, which the other RAID drive dutyfully replicated. Mwhahaha.
lol, love how you post all that only for the next poster to suggest,"Buy two of them and use RAID."
I'd really really hate to lose 2TB out of the blue.
Get two and run them in RAID 1. I'd do nothing less even for a 1TB drive as well. That's just too much data to risk.
You RAID them.
Striking a nice balance for my storage at the moment.
I think he means the "after" formatting size.. You know, like with CRTs where an inch or so was hidden by the frame and you couldn't use it yet they still advertised it as being that big.
1GB = 1000MB.
1GiB = 1024 MiB.
1GiB = 1024 MiB.
The whole GiB thing has only been around since 1999 and at that it is just a recommendation by the International Electrotechnical Commission. Computers store information in binary (base 2) thats why binary Gigabyte is the correct method.
That is why on the boxes it always said in smaller print " Viewable size 13.6" for 15''and it'd give you the correct number. This varies with vendors though.
I've owned a 2TB drive for months!! Got it back on 10/15/2008 from newegg.com:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx...N82E16822204072
This article needs to be removed right now, makes neowin look like real dumb asses!!
Notice neither of the pages linked make that stupid statement!!
hahah I knew it would work, wanted some addition and boy did I get it.. Was hoping for some fan boys..
Last edited by war on 28 Jan 2009 - 03:10
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx...N82E16822204072
Did you notice that the thing you linked is a TWO DISK raid array. Neowin doesn't look so stupid now does it?
Hehhe
One day when they get cheaper, I will grab myself a 2TB drive
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