Looking for monster hard disk

[KillerBug]

I am looking for a 40gb+ hard disk.

It has to be either either ata66 or ultra wide scsi 2.

I am looking for a relativly cheap drive, but it needs to hit the following specs...

7200rpm
ata66 must have 2mb cache

any ideas?

[grandslammer]

No killer, but I'd sure like one too...

Mikey

[Warthog]

Sorry, I don't know where you can get one individually but you can buy a 40gb 7200RPM hard drive with a Dell Dimension B Series computer. Doesn't help you much but at least you know that they're out there...

Warthog

[KillerBug]

I also there is a 73gb drive shipping in deep blues...with enough brothers and sisters to make about 3 terabytes...

[Dominus]

Largest ATA66 7200RPM drive is here:

http://www.storage.ibm.com/hardsoft/diskdrdl/desk/ds75gxp.htm

[jadison]

so 100GB = 1TB

oh...I though it was 1000GB = 1TB...oh well

-jd-

[daveleau]

Pretty sure it's 1000GB=1TB
Dave

[smokin1]

Actually you're both close
1024 megabytes= 1 terrabyte
http://www.sysopt.com/forum/smile.gif
I know, useless info...
http://www.sysopt.com/forum/smile.gif

[seti]

Maxtor DiamondMax Plus 40.

Fastest ata drive on the shelves. http://www.sysopt.com/forum/smile.gif

I don't think there's anything bigger avalible just yet. You can always wait. The new 75GXP is going to use glass platters instead of aluminum. Apparently they can pack more data/platter in there because glass expands less with heat.

Press Release (http://www.storage.ibm.com/hardsoft/diskdrdl/desk/deskstar75gxp40gv.htm)

They're claiming it's going to be the first to break the sustained data transfer rate barrier of 33mb/s (37mb/s). It's funny, they just start taping the capabilities of ata66, and they move to ata100.

Anyway, should be a screamer. http://www.sysopt.com/forum/smile.gif




[This message has been edited by seti (edited 03-29-2000).]

[psyklone]

smokin1 ...

actually 1024 megabytes= 1 Gig
http://www.sysopt.com/forum/smile.gif
i know, useless correction...
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[Colonel Casio]

Maxtor is coming out with a 60 gig HD, but it has a spindle speed of 5400.

[Prospero]

I have one of the maxtor diamond max plus's, and it does indeed scream. I bought it to use for video capture on my marvel g400 and I have yet to see it hickup. You should be able to find it for a little less than $300.

[Axel]

Ahhhhh - the ability to loose soooo much data all at once when the drive finally crashes -

Use a RAID array, my son - and you'll thank me after you replace the first drive that crashes without losing any data.....

There are SCSI and IDE RAID solutions out there - take a look at promise technologies - they've got all sorts of goodies, and the logical drive is seen as one unit and access speed is actually faster than a 7500 RPM single drive for RAID solutions....

thing is, they don't come cheap - but the savings are in the back-up media you'll never need and the hours of lost time you'll never miss restoring from back-up....

[BBA]

KB...CompUSA just had a sale for 40G Maxtor 7200RPM drives w/2M cache for $249.00

I know 4 people who bought them.

It's over now, but they still have the drives.

[Missing the point]

I know of a 73 GB 10,000 RPM drive! Its only $2,300 CDN though........

[oblivion]

I think IBM has a 70 gig 7200 rpb deal.....it has supposedly upped the bar on HDD technolgy........

[hd581]

Yeah Axel, but if you lose 2 drives in your array, you're toast. And even though I agree that 75 GB in one place is awful risky, it's a well known fact that IBM drives are indestructable. http://www.sysopt.com/forum/wink.gif

[ytay]

can you imagine defragging a 75gig drive, do it and then go on vacation for a week

[Colonel Casio]

You had better use Norton's Speeddisk or it will be a week!

[Morpheus1964]

IBM drives are certainly not indestructible. In the course of adding an additional 850M hard drive to a friend's P100 (total time about 10 minutes) the IBM 540 crashed HARD. I mean it rattled and everything. And I have no idea what happened.

What I do know is that a .44 magnum will make a drive look like very expensive swiss cheese...

[hd581]

Morpheus#### said:
IBM drives are certainly not indestructible.

BLASPHEMY!! Away with you, you HEATHEN!!

[Romulus2]

Yet more useless information:

While strictly 1024Kb=1Mb or 1024Mb=1Gb, hard drive manufacturers have always liked to make their drives sound bigger than they really are and therefore established their own convention. They follow the rule: 1000Kb=1Mb, 1000Mb=1Gb and so on. Hence the discrepancy between the size marked by the manufacturer on a hard drive and the size reported by FDISK or Windows.

Re: IBM hard drives. They're great drives but at the risk of upsetting their loyal fans, I have to say that they are by no means "indestructable"! Unfortunately, they come back to our returns dept. on a fairly regular basis - not as often as some other makes but they certainly do come back. A surprising percentage of our 25Gb versions failed even straight out of the box. http://www.sysopt.com/forum/frown.gif

[Barney]

About the sizes:I have a 4 gig (it should be) Quantum,it is only 3.72.I had a 1.1 gig and was only 1073mb.It sucks!

BTW,It isn't the biggest,but the fastest,I'm talking about a scsi hd,don't know the brand.It is 20gb 10,000rpm,4mb cache and ATA66.

Ronald the Notorious

[Underclocked]

Computer Geeks have a HUGE hard drive listed as a special right here:
http://www.compgeeks.com/cgi-bin/2054100.asp

[seti]

A 10k rpm, 82gb, 6mb cache, ata100 drive for $195......HMMMMMM??? Another april fools joke???

[seti]

LOL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Thanks for the e-mail Underclocked...I missed that one! http://www.sysopt.com/forum/smile.gif

LOL!

[Underclocked]

Hurry, the rest of you don't want to miss that deal!!

[jeana]

I ordered three!!

Cool-- how do they do that?!

[Barney]

Yippeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee

This is INCREDIBLE!!!!!

Now I know what my next hd will be!

I just can't believe it!

It probably isn't somekind of SH*T becaus it has got three year warranty.This is REALLY incredible.This is the price you normally pay for a 20gig,which is a lot slower!

Ronald

[Barney]

I must say a was a little disappointed when I found out it was an April fools joke.Since it was already the 5th of April,so I didn't expect it to be a joke.

Ofcourse I already had doubts about it,it was so cheap.And when I watched that site again I wanted to push the 'add' button it moved and ofcourse I tried to 'shoot' the button,I did and found out it was an April fools joke.

I hate that nobody will fall for it anymore,but since it is already the 6th it doesn't matter (I guess)

Ronald