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First post, by robertmo

Posted on 2019-03-19, 14:30

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https://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/15-years … ory,1368-2.html

1Manufacturer	Maxtor	Quantum	IBM	Seagate	Seagate	Western Digital
2Product	7000 Series IDE 3524	Fireball ST	Deskstar 16GP	Barracuda IV	Barracuda	WD Raptor
3Model Number	7040A	ST3.2A	DTTA-351010	ST360021A	7200.10	WD1500ADFD
4Capacity	40 MB	3.2 GB	10.1 GB	60 GB	750 GB	150 GB
5Rotation Speed	3524 RPM	5400 RPM	5400 RPM	7200 RPM	7200 RPM	10,000 RPM
6Other Capacities	60 - 130 MB	1.6, 2.1, 3.2, 4.3, 6.4 GB	3.2, 4.3, 6.4, 8.4, 10.1, 12.9, 16.8 GB	20, 40, 60, 80 GB	500, 400, 320, 300, 250, 200 GB	74, 36 GB
7Platters	3	2	3	2	1 to 4	1 to 4
8Heads	5	4	6	3	8	8
9Capacity per Platter	26 MB	1.6 GB	5.6 GB	40 GB	200 GB	37.5 GB
10Cache	32 - 64 kB	128 kB	512 kB	2 MB	16 MB	16 MB
11Interface	IDE	UltraATA/33	UltraATA/33	UltraATA/100	SATA/300	SATA/150
12Manufacturing Date	1991	1996	Jul-98	2003	2006	2006

hdd 14TB
ssd 1TB

Reply 1 of 21, by retardware

Posted on 2019-03-19, 17:37

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While IDE (=consumer grade drives) started in 1991 with 40MB, they were far away from being state of the art.
I'd love to find a 1989 CDC/Imprimis WrenRunner 5.25" FH SCSI drive, 330MB, 5400 RPM and very fast access times again - it was the fastest HDD 30 years ago. (It was so fast that MFM/RLL drives almost felt like floppies in comparison)
15k Seagate Cheetahs are almost inaudible compared to the roar and clicking that monster made.

1956 IBM 350 5MB, 50 24.5" platters, 600ms avg access time
1961 Bryant Computer Products 4000 series, 205MB, 30 39" platters, 50-205ms access time.

The latter unit had to be bolted onto cement floor to avoid itself dislodging while operation.

Some HDD porn here: https://www.eweek.com/storage/walking-through … k-drive-history

Reply 2 of 21, by robertmo

Posted on 2019-10-10, 18:17

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hdd 16TB
ssd 4TB

Reply 3 of 21, by Caluser2000

Posted on 2019-10-10, 19:03

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retardware wrote:
While IDE (=consumer grade drives) started in 1991 with 40MB, they were far away from being state of the art.

Why has my Zenith 286 Z286LP Plus got IDE on the mobo which was constructed and sold in 1990? It was sold with a 40meg drive and a Zenith MS Dos 4.01 and Windows 3.0. Also my 286 I bought new in 1990 had a 40meg IDE hdd on which I used Compaq MS Dos 3.31 until I got DR Dos 6.0. Compaq had IDE drives in their systems from 1986. Even produced there own variation of MS Dos called 3.31 in 1987 to cater for 40mg IDE drives. Getting over the 32meg partitioning barrier in 3.3.

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Reply 4 of 21, by robertmo

Posted on 2019-10-11, 10:53

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the funny thing is that even if there were 100TB hdds we would still need 20 of them for the next flight sim 😉
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YkuWkBqiEQE

Reply 5 of 21, by robertmo

Posted on 2021-01-16, 13:07

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hdd 18TB
ssd 8TB

Reply 6 of 21, by red-ray

Posted on 2021-01-16, 13:13

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robertmo wrote on 2021-01-16, 13:07:
~~ssd 8TB~~

SSD 100 TB

Reply 7 of 21, by debs3759

Posted on 2021-01-16, 13:29

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red-ray wrote on 2021-01-16, 13:13:

robertmo wrote on 2021-01-16, 13:07:
~~ssd 8TB~~

SSD 100 TB

With my ultra high speed fibre connection, I could fill that in 2 months 😀

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Reply 8 of 21, by robertmo

Posted on 2021-01-16, 13:38

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100 tb is 500/460MB/s
8 tb is M.2

Reply 9 of 21, by Almoststew1990

Posted on 2021-01-16, 14:06

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Family PC in 1995 had 800MB (100MHz)
Family PC in 1999 had 12GB (P2 400MHz)
Family PC in 2003 had 80GB (Athlon 2GHz)
My own PC in 2008 had 250 (I put more money towards the graphics card... An 8600GT. Clearly a wise decision!)
My own PC in 2011 had 500GB plus that 250GB above
My own PC in 2015 had 750GB SSD plus the 500GB above
My own PC in 2020 had 1TB and 512GB both m.2 stick NAND things.

I love m.2 drives. No cables!

Reply 10 of 21, by robertmo

Posted on 2021-01-16, 14:45

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and you connect them even easier than a cpu 😉

Reply 11 of 21, by robertmo

Posted on 2021-01-17, 13:25

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~~apple mac pro 2022 16 tb ssd~~

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Reply 12 of 21, by Caluser2000

Posted on 2021-01-17, 17:20

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robertmo wrote on 2021-01-17, 13:25:

apple mac pro 2022 16 tb ssd

Is that some sort of clothing?

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Reply 13 of 21, by robertmo

Posted on 2023-06-09, 11:06

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robertmo wrote on 2021-01-17, 13:25:

apple mac pro 2022 16 tb ssd

this revealed to be a 2*8GB

Reply 14 of 21, by Errius

Posted on 2023-06-10, 09:14

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I remember the buzz over Western Digital's 200GB 'Drivezilla' 20 years ago.

At the time I had a grand total of 30GB in my computer (10+20) and was astounded by this. Who would ever need so much space?

Is this too much voodoo?

Reply 15 of 21, by robertmo

Posted on 2023-06-11, 09:43

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Reply 16 of 21, by rasz_pl

Posted on 2023-06-11, 14:55

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32tb now, 40TB coming https://www.anandtech.com/show/18901/big-leap … 40tb-on-horizon

https://github.com/raszpl/FIC-486-GAC-2-Cache-Module for AT&T Globalyst
https://github.com/raszpl/386RC-16 memory board
https://github.com/raszpl/440BX Reference Design adapted to Kicad
https://github.com/raszpl/Zenith_ZBIOS MFM-300 Monitor

Reply 17 of 21, by appiah4

Posted on 2023-06-11, 15:49

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robertmo wrote on 2023-06-11, 09:43:
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This graph.. it is a testament to what a magical time 1990-2010 was..

Reply 18 of 21, by robertmo

Posted on 2023-06-11, 18:11

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well.. actually according to this graph, the magic never disappeared, just moved to different background layer and starts to be visible again just about now 😀

Reply 19 of 21, by robertmo3

Posted on 2024-01-26, 18:41

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