New 1-Terabyte Hard Drive Is Tiny

[Suhit Gupta]

<div class='os_post_top_link'><a href='http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2001895705_btsoho05.html' target='_blank'>http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2001895705_btsoho05.html</a><br /><br /></div>"Today's hard drives typically store around 80 gigabytes, or 80 billion bytes. Top-of-the-line models hold around 250 gigabytes and cost approximately $300. A thousand gigabytes equal a terabyte, or one trillion bytes. That's a lot of storage. A 1-terabyte drive, for example, can hold almost two years of continuous music or one month of nonstop MPEG-2 video! Talk about a bottomless pit. <br /><br />The terabyte drive will be coming from <a href="http://www.lacie.com">LaCie</a>, a company that's been around for about 12 years. The first model will be called the "Bigger Disk d2." The 1-terabyte drive is an external device that stands on its side and measures a scant 6.3 inches high, 3.4 inches wide and 10.6 inches in length. The d2 sports a triple interface ability that supports the USB 2.0, Firewire 400 and Firewire 800 standards."<br /><br /><img src="http://www.digitalmediathoughts.com/images/lacie.jpg" /><br /><br />The d2 has been designed to work on both the Windows and Macintosh platforms without the need for additional software drivers. It spins at 7200rpm and has an 8MB buffer. The drive also offers a unique automatic startup, shutdown and hibernation option that reduces excess noise and saves energy. The LaCie Bigger Disk appears to have a price tag of $1,199. Additionally, they plan to release a new revision called Bigger Disk d2 Extreme, by May, that is identical to the d2 except the Firewire 800 interface will be further enhanced to take full advantage of the standard's highest-speed data-transfer rates. Check out their <a href="http://www.lacie.com/products/product.htm?id=10118">web site</a> for more details.

[Phoenix]

Ahhhhhh, yeheheeess... Just the thing to rip DVD's onto. 8)

[foldedspace]

Is this ONE drive or is it just 2 500mb drives in one case? I have an arguement about this with a co-worker.

[Suhit Gupta]

Neither actually, they are 4 * 250GB drives. I don't believe 500GB (or 1TB for that matter) drives exist yet. LaCie does not have these units shipping yet so they are not providing any information on the make/model of the actual drive (i.e. WD or Seagate, etc.) but the size of each drive is set at this point. Anyways, now that I have settled that argument, all financial earnings from that bet should be forwarded my way, right? :twisted:

Suhit

[foldedspace]

Kind of a rip. Everything I read about this gives you the idea that it's 1 drive, not 4. Seems they ought to come right out and say they squeezed 4 drives into a little case, not leave the impression it's one drive.

...but I'm just bitter because I was wrong...

[David Prahl]

Didn't DMT report this same product March 1st?

http://www.digitalmediathoughts.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=4631

[Neil Enns]

A 1-terabyte drive, for example, can hold almost two years of continuous music or one month of nonstop MPEG-2 video! Talk about a bottomless pit.

And how long does it take to actually copy all that data over? A month? A year? :P

Neil

[Lee Yuan Sheng]

Hmm.. 4x 250gb HDDs + USB 2.0 casings = $1300.. in MY currency! muhahaha!

Of course it ain't as slick, but..

[klinux]

Didn't DMT report this same product March 1st?


It's like déjà vu all over again! :)

&lt;snip> USB 2.0 casings &lt;snip>

If you are willing to be spend that kind of dough/goal - FW800 is the only way to go!

[RenesisX]

As promised.. a pic of me and my mate's current set-up:
http://www.choloconsultancy.com/hddtower/435I0058.jpg

1Tb is far too small! That's over 3Tb right there :)

And USB + Windows XP starts to go a bit wrong with this many large drives plugged in :(
Plus, it's a waste of USB2 hubs, so we linked them all with Firewire and it's a lot happier that way.

[David Prahl]

Wow, RenesisX! What kind of work/play are YOU in? Video production?

You mis-quoted me, klinux. Lee Yuan Sheng said that. :wink:

[Lee Yuan Sheng]

Ehh..

FW800 casing - nowhere in sight
USB 2.0 casing - US$20+

:P