Seagate: 60TB HDDs possible with next-generation storage tech

[Guest]

Actually experimentation with Crystal Storage is most likely the future they have so far been able to store 25 mb on a non dense grain of sand think of what a highly compressed peice of quartz will be able to hold!

 

[dikbozo]

Sadly you must have forgotten the maxim 'Data expands to exceed capacity'. i remember 2 GB drives as immensely beyond what I would need in 1998 and found in 2000 that 3.2 GB as way too small.

 

[rvnwlfdroid]

Both the standard HDD and SDD have their place right now. For those who need a lot of storage space (10tb) or more would need to be independently wealthy do use all SDD to get to that point. Myself I have a little over 15tb of storage, mostly 2tb drives and a few 3tb. I switched to a 180gb SDD for the OS drive. As time goes on I?m sure HDD and SDD manufactures will continue to make significant advancements in their respective areas. When I build my first PC I remember thinking I will never fill this 320mb drive. I also think both HDD and SDD will be around for a long time. At least until cloud computing has gone completely main stream and almost all software manufactures are using it as a means of distribution.

 

[Guest]

Boring.

So people can store more porn and stolen digital media ?

 

[Guest]

Yeah, well... it might seem like you would never need more space than that, but "if you build it, they will come". Remember the days when a 40 megabyte drive seemed like endless space, and 1MB of RAM was more than anyone would ever need?

 

[Guest]

Can't wait to install Windows XP on Laser Hard drive, this call like (HAMR). It will become ultimate killer than regular hard drive and SSD. Wow!!! :-D

 

[DAOWAce]

Now let's hope any different formatting standards that are potentially developed between here and now get applied to previous OS versions instead of releasing a new OS entirely claiming it has support.

Windows 7, I'm looking at you. (SSDs)