How much storage do YOU have?

cefx- · July 03, 2004, 01:25 PM

Hey,

I'm excited.
I ordered a LaCie d2 external hard drive.
250gb - usb/fireware 400&800 connections, i.Link/DV port, some other goodies.
regular 7200rpm/8mb cache hdd
But 250gb!

Most storage I've owned, ever.

This will up my storage to 410gb.

Link:
http://www.lacie.com/products/product.htm?id=10116
Then a 120gb that I put in my xbox, and 40gb on the laptop...

You?

Grok · July 03, 2004, 01:56 PM

You have a little more combnied, than I have on my main PC.

Thing · July 03, 2004, 02:04 PM

Code Select

Filesystem            Size  Used Avail Use% Mounted on
/dev/hdb2              74G  5.3G   69G   8% /
tmpfs                 506M   12K  506M   1% /dev/shm
/dev/hda1             112G   25G   87G  23% /windows/C

./edit Mine doesn't look as pretty as Grok's.

cefx- · July 03, 2004, 02:07 PM

Thing, is that a WD Raptor?

Grok: Just wait till I attach this baby to my laptop, hehe.

MyndFyre · July 03, 2004, 02:41 PM

This is SUCH A SCAM among hard drive makers:

Quote
1 gigabyte = 1,000,000,000 bytes. Once formatted, the actual available storage capacity varies depending on operating environment.

No. 1 gigabyte = 2³⁰ = 1,073,741,824 bytes. Actual available storage capacity is 232.8 gb, when done using ACTUAL numbers. Not because of formatting.

Damn. Hard drive makers are gay.

Yoni · July 03, 2004, 04:18 PM

That scam has been known for years.

The conversion is linear: To convert FGB (Fake Gigabyte) to GB, multiply by the Fake Gigabyte Constant equal to 10⁹/2³⁰, or approximately 0.93.

For example, a HD claiming to have 40 GB actually has 40 FGB, or 40 * 0.93 = 37.2 GB.

I'm not sure why the HD companies started or are continuing this scam. Marketing, maybe.

Netcooler · July 03, 2004, 04:21 PM

I got 2 Western Digital 120GB SATA drives and I'm happy with it =)

muert0 · July 03, 2004, 04:24 PM

I have a 6 and a 20 gig. Both western digital.

Meh · July 03, 2004, 06:46 PM

Quote from: Netcooler on July 03, 2004, 04:21 PM
I got 2 Western Digital 120GB SATA drives and I'm happy with it =)

Eww

, Western Digital. Every HD I have had made by them has stoped working with in months.

muert0 · July 03, 2004, 07:23 PM

I've had about 10 of em and they work fine for me. The six gig I have is from 98 and it works just fine.

hismajesty · July 03, 2004, 07:43 PM

This Comp: 120gigs
External: 80gigs
Other Comp: 120gigs
Laptop: 40gigs
Extra/Linux: 3-5gigs.

quasi-modo · July 03, 2004, 07:53 PM

1 western digital 200gb sata
1 western digital 80gb ide
1 samsung 40gb ide
1 maxtor 40gb ide
The maxtor is in my b**** box.

muert0 · July 03, 2004, 07:59 PM

Quote from: peofeoknight on July 03, 2004, 07:53 PM
The maxtor is in my b**** box.

b****= black?
That's scary....

Falcon[anti-yL] · July 03, 2004, 08:00 PM

2 WD 80GBs

Grok · July 03, 2004, 08:05 PM

One of my servers at work has 34 73GB SCSI drives in RAID 5 configuration.

How much storage do YOU have?

Netcooler

hismajesty