The Storage Revolution

[threegee]

A one terabyte 3.5" Hard Drive just spotted on offer for below £60 (yes, even including that increased VAT).

Two terabytes for around £116 - so even cheaper per Gigabyte.

How long before we see the sub-£100 two terabyte drive? i.e. £50 a terabyte (or a fiver for 100GB).

My first hard drive 10MB ( 0.01GB), and it cost an arm and a leg! There were 5MB ones available at the time. What's really galling about the storage revolution is that the things are now far faster, and many many times more reliable too. If only other things had seen this rate of improvement over thirty years!

[Monsta®]

A one terabyte 3.5" Hard Drive just spotted on offer for below £60 (yes, even including that increased VAT).

where was this? ebuyer, play amazon?

never mind its ebuyer

1 tb ecogreen f2 for 59.99!

good reviews to! even one from alan smith!

[threegee]

dabs.com (on Hitachi) - ebuyer too, and perhaps others.

[Monsta®]

won't be long before we start seeing petabyte and exabyte hdds!

wonder how many mp3s you could get on a yottabyte hdd!

[threegee]

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How long before we see the sub-£100 two terabyte drive? i.e. £50 a terabyte (or a fiver for 100GB).

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The answer: not much more than five months!

http://www.ebuyer.com/product/190145

I expect the VAT rise on 22nd June will provide (a purely temporary) setback.

[threegee]

Samsung EcoGreen 2TB now selling for exactly £90.

That's £4.50 for 100GB.

How long before we see a reasonable cost 3TB drive?

[threegee]

Now a Samsung 2TB for under £80!

http://www.dabs.com/products/samsung-2tb-spinpoint-hd203wi-3-5--sata-300-5400rpm-32mb-cache-6L7F.html

< £4 for 100GB!