Thread: Storage - When is enough, enough?

I recall asking for my PI to have a 540meg HDD put in it the computer shop guys said nah you'll never need that you'll never use it no no way.


whats a tera bite

what ever they can get their teeth into

If you gave me a 540meg drive now, I'd say that I'd never use it........WAY too small

I throw 4GB (even 20GB) drives into the bin - I have individual files that are twice that size.

That's a LOT of p0rn Stu...

A mate of mine used to boot his computer up by inserting a floppy disk with all the RAM on it ...500Ks, half a Meg

Originally Posted by Kaiser Soze

A mate of mine used to boot his computer up by inserting a floppy disk with all the RAM on it ...500Ks, half a Meg

In a thread Echnidna started some time back we discussed this
I still have my 5 1/4 floppy and disks to use in it as well in storage packed away a 20meg HDD as well as betweenthat and the 540meg.
I had same reaction when I went and paid $360 for a further 4meg of ram from same shop for same machine weeks after buying it.

Stu, basta*d!,

Beat me by a mere 800GB, I thought 4.2TB would be a decent figure but I was out done AGAIN! There's only 6 X 100GB drives that don't have anything on them......at the moment!

Why do you need 5Tb+?
Do you have an entire video shop on there or some thing?

Enough is only enough until it is full.

5 TB or 10 TB one day we will be talking beyond these numbers easily.

How do you guys backup this size in a reasonable amount of time?
What happens if you loose a whole disk?

I can only manage to backup 1Gb per minute per Tape drive.


Surely some of your 5Tb is redundant data?

Just spoke to my neighbour and he said he has 33 TB at work but only 12 TB at home! So I guess he wins.... lmao

Let's face it... HDD storage is exactly the same as wood racks in yer shed.

No matter how big you make them, they will fill quickly enough that for the next "must do, have no choice" job you will lose a day or two simply rearranging things to make room.

Simple fact of life

Originally Posted by Skew ChiDAMN!!

Let's face it... HDD storage is exactly the same as wood racks in yer shed.

No matter how big you make them, they will fill quickly enough

Except its much easier to once in a while chuck all your old stuff out on the computer, the stuff in your shed no way, you may need that one day, it doesn't age, unlike pc stuff.

I work from Home presently and I'm doing jobs for a few companies with large databases. Including both NAS and (believe it or not) the SAN there's a little over 400tb in here at present. Plenty of room for the MP3 collection although I'm a little concerned about radiation from the spare bedroom and cleaning up sawdust in the garage has become a little more pressing...

These days most people I know just backup ALL their storage unto USB hard drives - it is extreeeeemely unlikely that both drives will go at the same time, and you can always unplug the USB drive & run in event of natural disaster - zip seal plastic bags are your friend