Hard Drives To Reach 600GB By 2007

[Ioman]

http://news.designtechnica.com/article2628.html

The standard desktop PC of 2007 will have a hard disk drive with capacity between 500GB and 600GB, according to the managing director of research company TrendFocus Inc.

Speaking at a briefing organized by the International Disk Drive Equipment and Materials Association (IDEMA) Monday, Mark Geenen said there were no serious competitors to current hard disk technology for cost-effective data storage.

Notebook computers will be fitted with 300GB drives and small drives which can be used in mobile phones and PDAs (personal digital assistants) will be able to store around 20GB, Geenen said.

Trend focus is not a very good research company. I have a 300GB drive now, waiting 3 years for a 500GB is not accurate. I predict a 500GB conumer drive by next year.

[jfila]

I thought the same at first but re-read it: the "standard" drive.

Today's standard is about 120GB I'd say. They are saying your average pre-bought computer will have a pre-installed 600GB drive.

[ECA]

1. WHY do we need so much SPACE. Are the current progs that big.(YES)
2. At this point in time there are so many persons that DONT partition there drives its STUPID.
3. checking 1 drive for flaws, reformat, Virus, anything is getting to the point of AWE inspiring.

This would be wonderful "IF" they would let each head in the drive Search individually. For multiple data transfer. Now its shared, so that it goes back and forth between data packs and slows the drive.

[znaps]

I would say it's more to do with storage for video on demand and such, rather than programs..unless I misunderstood what you mean by 'progs.'

Anyone have an idea how much space a HDTV format 2 hour movie (with subtitles/multiple languages) would take up?

[ECA]

but wouldnt 6-100gig drives on a raid be much better? And cheaper?

[znaps]

Not for consumer electronics, no.

[ECA]

And wouldnt it be safer?
And faster access when getting data from multiple drives?

[techfreak]

Originally posted by znaps
Not for consumer electronics, no.

Agreed. And BTW you are in a hopeless battle with ECA, might as well surrender now... haha:D

[Ioman]

I have an external 300GB hard drive that is half full already. We use it to back up our main computers drives and store files too.

[jfila]

Originally posted by ECA
And wouldnt it be safer?
And faster access when getting data from multiple drives?

Agreed and agreed.

RAID would NOT be cheaper. 6 drives, the raid controllers, extra power it requires, setup and maintenance and the extra heat it creates would NOT be cheaper.

With file sharing, MP3s, digital pics and movies, the average household does need this kind of storage.

Many people only have digital cameras now and need a place to store 1000s of pictures and back them up.

Read this article I wrote Monday. It's about a new chip that broadcom is marketing that will make NAS viable for the home user. I think it is going to be huge.

http://news.designtechnica.com/article2866.html