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5TB HDDs in the pipeline
Check these leaked roadmaps that show Western Digital's plans for its NAS-optimized Red and energy-efficient Green hard drive lineups. The slides reveal that we can expect the first 5TB HDDs about a year from now. A little earlier than that, the two lines will be updated with 4 TB variants, the WD40ERFX and WD40EZRX. All four drives feature 64 MB of cache, SATA 6 Gb/s interface, and are built in the 3.5-inch form-factor. Roadmap after the break.
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#4470767 Posted on: 12/04/2012 02:41 PM
Hello 25 TB RAID 5 array
Hello 25 TB RAID 5 array
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#4470776 Posted on: 12/04/2012 02:48 PM
Good, that should make 4TB prices drop. My file server needs more space. Now.
Good, that should make 4TB prices drop. My file server needs more space. Now.
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#4470789 Posted on: 12/04/2012 03:06 PM
Ive got a 1TB in my PC and a 1TB in my server and ive still got 1TB between them to spare!
5TB drive would last me.. well forever!
Ive got a 1TB in my PC and a 1TB in my server and ive still got 1TB between them to spare!
5TB drive would last me.. well forever!
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#4470807 Posted on: 12/04/2012 03:26 PM
I'm pretty surprised that I managed to make it through most of the artificial price inflation with just 1 spare 2TB drive (on top of what I had before). I thought I'd run out of space for sure and have to end up paying a ridiculous 2-3x an HDDs previous cost when at the moment there was no shortage. I still have a few hundred gigs to spare so I'll be waiting for prices to go down again before I buy anything.
Last I checked prices were still towards double normal, they only went down to normal on Black Friday, and I had no car at the time so I couldn't even pick up anything (no I'm not about to spend 4 hours waiting and on buses for a trip that's about 50 minutes by car).
I'm pretty surprised that I managed to make it through most of the artificial price inflation with just 1 spare 2TB drive (on top of what I had before). I thought I'd run out of space for sure and have to end up paying a ridiculous 2-3x an HDDs previous cost when at the moment there was no shortage. I still have a few hundred gigs to spare so I'll be waiting for prices to go down again before I buy anything.
Last I checked prices were still towards double normal, they only went down to normal on Black Friday, and I had no car at the time so I couldn't even pick up anything (no I'm not about to spend 4 hours waiting and on buses for a trip that's about 50 minutes by car).
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Bring on those WD Reds. I could use a few more.