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Re: 256TB SSD from Samsung

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Post by ipaddr »

rbanffy wrote: post #25
nmcela wrote: post #4

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I am 100.0% sure this is what someone has said for 256GB drives, 256MB drives, 256KB drives, and the same person will be saying it for 256YB drives.

While I agree, it's been hard filling up the 2TB drive in my laptop. My home server has a couple dozen terabytes (on spinning metal) and, with current fill rate, it's predicted it'll need an increase in space only after two of the drives reach retirement according to SMART. It hosts multiple development VMs and stores backups for all computers in the house. Another aspect is that the total write lifetime is a multipl…

Once you start saving media or playing with ai models space goes quickly.

Re: 256TB SSD from Samsung

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Post by lesuorac »

jaggederest wrote: post #10
nmcela wrote: post #4

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I am 100.0% sure this is what someone has said for 256GB drives, 256MB drives, 256KB drives, and the same person will be saying it for 256YB drives.

I clearly remember getting an 80gb drive, circa 2001-2002 I think, and talking with my friends about how impossible it would be to ever fill.

The problem is that the size of media has been growing exponentially.

When I keep wondering how my phone is running out of space every time its images / videos. Even when you look at an app that is like 400 MB its not 400 MB of code, its like 350 MB of images and 50 MB of code.

Re: 256TB SSD from Samsung

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Post by dbg31415 »

rbanffy wrote: post #25
nmcela wrote: post #4

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I am 100.0% sure this is what someone has said for 256GB drives, 256MB drives, 256KB drives, and the same person will be saying it for 256YB drives.

While I agree, it's been hard filling up the 2TB drive in my laptop. My home server has a couple dozen terabytes (on spinning metal) and, with current fill rate, it's predicted it'll need an increase in space only after two of the drives reach retirement according to SMART. It hosts multiple development VMs and stores backups for all computers in the house. Another aspect is that the total write lifetime is a multipl…

Oh look at Mr. “I pay legitimate streaming services for all my tv shows and movies” over there. (=

I have a 12 TB NAS that is 99% full at the moment. Should I delete movies I may want to watch later, knowing full well they aren’t easily available on the streaming services I pay for? Ha.

It fills fast!

Re: 256TB SSD from Samsung

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Post by doublepg23 »

robotnikman wrote: post #28

I'm curious what form factor the drive is. I've wondered if you could squeeze a bunch of m.2 SSD's into a 3.5 HDD case, how much capacity you would have. I wouldn't be surprised if this SSD ends up fitting the 3.5in standard form

I think the current replacement for 3.5" style drives is done with the U.2 connector / form factor (?). https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/U.2

Not sure if anyone has maximized the space like you're thinking however.

Re: 256TB SSD from Samsung

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Post by alternatetwo »

FirmwareBurner wrote: post #30
rbanffy wrote: post #25

Earlier quoted context omitted.

While I agree, it's been hard filling up the 2TB drive in my laptop. My home server has a couple dozen terabytes (on spinning metal) and, with current fill rate, it's predicted it'll need an increase in space only after two of the drives reach retirement according to SMART. It hosts multiple development VMs and stores backups for all computers in the house. Another aspect is that the total write lifetime is a multipl…

>While I agree, it's been hard filling up the 2TB drive in my laptop. Then you're defiantly not torrenting enough "definitely legit" content as I am. Once you sail the dark seas it piles up quick. Or maybe I have ADHD.

Or just download a few modern games.

No torrents here, absolutely none.

Re: 256TB SSD from Samsung

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Post by yread »

onychomys wrote: post #5
twerkmonsta wrote: post #3

Are there actual situations where you would even want this much data on a single drive?

I do digital histology, and our (research) lab currently has 204TB of image files. They live in a data center, of course, but if my institution decided to spin us off as a company or something and we needed to move the data, it'd be way faster to download it to disk and upload it in the destination center. I'm not really sure we'd do it with just one giant drive instead of a whole lot of 1TB ones, but who knows. (I'm…

Exactly, we just gobble up all the storage there is. In diagnostics it's easily 250GB per patient just for HEs. And if stuff like CODEX or light-sheet (or some other 3D) microscopy become common place even these drives won't be enough.

Re: 256TB SSD from Samsung

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Post by FractalParadigm »

FirmwareBurner wrote: post #30
rbanffy wrote: post #25

Earlier quoted context omitted.

While I agree, it's been hard filling up the 2TB drive in my laptop. My home server has a couple dozen terabytes (on spinning metal) and, with current fill rate, it's predicted it'll need an increase in space only after two of the drives reach retirement according to SMART. It hosts multiple development VMs and stores backups for all computers in the house. Another aspect is that the total write lifetime is a multipl…

>While I agree, it's been hard filling up the 2TB drive in my laptop. Then you're defiantly not torrenting enough "definitely legit" content as I am. Once you sail the dark seas it piles up quick. Or maybe I have ADHD.

I think, for me, it satisfies some kind of hoarding instinct. I have a hard time keeping 'random junk' laying around my apartment, but I have absolutely no problem keeping a copy of a DVD I ripped 15 years ago that I will probably never watch again, and would probably be upset if it disappeared for some reason.
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