 Seagate's New 750gb Barracuda Drives |
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 Sep 19 2006, 04:04 AM
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Newbie [Level 1]  Group: Members Posts: 18 Joined: 29-April 06 Member No.: 22,732  |
Looks like Seagate slipped up and accidentally released a PDF specification of their upcoming 750GB Barracuda drives. Available in both PATA and SATA configurations, these drives are based on new perpendicular recording technology ranging from 200GB to 750GB in capacity. The Barracuda 7200.10 ST3750640A (PATA) and the ST3750640SA (SATA) are available on the Seagate website with plans for shipping them this year. These 7200RPM drives will come with either 8MB or 16MB buffers, and the prices of 500GB drives should drop upon the new Barracudas’ release.
http://www.ehomeupgrade.com/entry/2436/sea..._readying_750gb |
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 Oct 8 2006, 02:36 PM
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Advanced Member Group: Members Posts: 124 Joined: 8-May 06 From: London, England Member No.: 23,247 |
WOW! 750GB? couldn't you use that as a server? You could run a few different operating systems on that!
It's amazing to think that they can make mass storage devices that big, imagine what they'll be able to make in a decade. and cos of reductions in file sizes, in 10 years you may be able to store the internet on a usbpen in your pocket! 
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Oct 9 2006, 01:50 PM
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Premium Member Group: Members Posts: 162 Joined: 15-September 06 Member No.: 30,010 |
really cool men 750 gbs ,i just dont know how far they will go in increasing the storage capacity in harddisk,may be after this i m thinking of starting a hosting company hehe
 by the way till now i am not even a hosted member
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Oct 18 2006, 11:01 AM
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Member [Level 1] Group: Members Posts: 56 Joined: 2-October 06 Member No.: 30,929 |
Thats superb. I hope they come out with the awesome 750 gb hard disk soon enough and if pocket allows I may be among the first few who buy it.
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Oct 19 2006, 09:40 PM
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Newbie Group: Members Posts: 2 Joined: 12-October 06 Member No.: 31,514 |
great thing ..... but for server not so good ... durability of this in 24/7 in 100% utilisation wouldn't be so great ... but for home use excellent ...
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Oct 19 2006, 11:15 PM
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Super Member Group: Members Posts: 212 Joined: 15-September 06 Member No.: 30,028 |
Wow, that puts my 18Gb hard drive to shame. I could do with a few more Gbs, but I don't think I could use all of a 750Gb installation.
It would be good for trying out a few of the Linux distros I have been meaning to try, but haven't had the space. Knowing me, I won't see a hard drive that big for 5 years. I always seem to get the low end hardware 
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Oct 20 2006, 05:40 AM
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Super Member Group: Members Posts: 400 Joined: 21-June 05 From: Callifornia Member No.: 8,519 |
tell me about it....
they already have terra bytes out.. they are just external... lol anyways if i had the money id get a few 500+ gigs for my computer and get at least 2 terrabytes total lol... im a packrat and i also backup all my dvds on my computer so thats like what 7-10 gbs a disc lol... |
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Oct 20 2006, 05:58 AM
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Advanced Member Group: Members Posts: 116 Joined: 23-September 06 Member No.: 30,433 |
I use big lucy hardrives they have 3 terabyte a drive, use them in racks external storage. But seagate always brings something new and inovating.
For computers inside, I mostly use maxtor 7200rpm / 16mb buffer 250gig hhds. And raptor hhds. s-ata2 / scusi I really hate I mean hate those old gray fat cabels was so happy when they finally found something for it lol. |
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Oct 24 2006, 09:05 PM
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Premium Member Group: Members Posts: 179 Joined: 21-October 06 From: Pennsylvania, USA Member No.: 32,028 |
Ahh, the 750GB Seagate drives, I recently built a computer for a client with two of these very large drives in it. Running in a RAID 0, he had over a terabyte of storage. Why? Haha I dont know, he did alot of video editing I guess? Awesome drives, but let me tell you, you definately dont want to sit through the formatting when you're loading Windows. Took about 8 years in my opinion. For the size they seem to be reliable, I haven't had any complaints so far.
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