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MBM3 May 17, 2006 9:12 am
Originally Posted by dizzy
My guess (not positive) is that poster carried "naked" hard drives in a pelican-type case or rollaboard. Naked hard drives are actually pretty small (laptop ones are downright tiny).

Hmm 20 drives x 60GB (if laptop drives) = 1200GB=1.2TB
20 drives x 150GB (if desktop drives) = 3000GB=3.0TB

Impressive-RAID anyone?
Yes, we do use special cases to haul the drives and they are typically 200GB drives without enclosures.

Why? Well, I work for a legal technology consulting firm that specializes in computer forensics, data harvesting and electronic data discovery. It is not out of the question for us to manage 5+ TBs worth of data for our clients.

Loren Pechtel May 17, 2006 11:01 am
Originally Posted by dizzy
I was going with a conservative estimate. I didn't know if the poster was talking about an experience last week or 5 years ago.

I'm not very up to date on desktop specs. Alas, my laptop has much less than even 150GB (actually, I don't think I've seen a 120GB+ laptop hard drive)
I've got 100's in my LT. 160's are out but I haven't actually encountered one yet.

dizzy May 18, 2006 8:54 pm
Originally Posted by Loren Pechtel
I've got 100's in my LT. 160's are out but I haven't actually encountered one yet.
Are the 160's 7200RPM? If not, I'm not sure how much benefit they would be. Normally, getting that much space would require another platter-but that wouldn't fit...

Loren Pechtel May 19, 2006 9:43 am
Originally Posted by dizzy
Are the 160's 7200RPM? If not, I'm not sure how much benefit they would be. Normally, getting that much space would require another platter-but that wouldn't fit...
I haven't looked at the speed, I'm not currently considering an upgrade anyway.


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