If you store movies on your computer it can fill up smaller HDs quickly. later since the space is there programs will continue to get larger. a few years ago people were wondering how someone could ever fill up that new 1GB HD, now 1GB isn't much space, the same thing will happen with 1TB drives in the near future.
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Who's planning on a Terabyte?
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If you store movies on your computer it can fill up smaller HDs quickly. later since the space is there programs will continue to get larger. a few years ago people were wondering how someone could ever fill up that new 1GB HD, now 1GB isn't much space, the same thing will happen with 1TB drives in the near future.
That won't happen for quite awhile if it is even possible with that size of HD
slightly off topic...
but I feel that most people who need vast amounts of storage is probably for video. it takes hours for any normal person. why arent the movie companies putting computer style files on the dvds, like an extra feature. it seems like something they would be embracing. they could even require you to register your copy before it can be played. seems logical, efficient, and really good for all consumers involved. liek someone above said. computer is to movies what ipod was to music. why should you need media really?
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but I feel that most people who need vast amounts of storage is probably for video. it takes hours for any normal person. why arent the movie companies putting computer style files on the dvds, like an extra feature. it seems like something they would be embracing. they could even require you to register your copy before it can be played. seems logical, efficient, and really good for all consumers involved. liek someone above said. computer is to movies what ipod was to music. why should you need media really?
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My next Mac will have a 750 with a TB for backups using Time Machine. Right now I've got a 250 with a 300 and a 400 as backups on my Mac with dual 320s on my PC server. Soon to be 2x 500 or 2x750. Video/audio/images. Eats up a lot of space quick.
I already have well over 1TB, and this will go up when I treturn to the UK this summer. Basically I store all my DVDs and Music on my external 500 GB. This is almost full, so I will transfer all of this to my Backup disc and get a 2TB replacement as a backup.
And to answer a previous poster as to why anyone would store so many DVDs on there computer, in my situation, which is long periods of time in the middle of the desert with nothing to do, the more movies and TV shows I have the better. Remember, quantity is a quality!
I have been looking for a more elegant solution to my storage needs, something like a RAID box, so I will only have one large storage device, and then a portable one to take with me back and forth between the UK and Saudi in order to transfer all of me newly purchased CDs and DVDs. Haven't been able to find anything that will exactly suit my needs. Maybe because I'm not totally sure, when it comes to RAID, exactly what my needs are!
And to answer a previous poster as to why anyone would store so many DVDs on there computer, in my situation, which is long periods of time in the middle of the desert with nothing to do, the more movies and TV shows I have the better. Remember, quantity is a quality!
I have been looking for a more elegant solution to my storage needs, something like a RAID box, so I will only have one large storage device, and then a portable one to take with me back and forth between the UK and Saudi in order to transfer all of me newly purchased CDs and DVDs. Haven't been able to find anything that will exactly suit my needs. Maybe because I'm not totally sure, when it comes to RAID, exactly what my needs are!
Storage in my household GB
Power Mac = 1,000 (2x500's)
12" PowerBook = 60
15" PowerBook = 60
BLK MacBook = 100
HP Desktop = 80
HP Old = 40
Dell Precision = 160
Acer Laptop = 20
Dell Inspiron = 100
HP Notebook = 80
USB Lacie = 250
Seagate Portable = 40
Firewire 400 Lacie = 160
Firewire 800 Lacie = 500
There are more, just can't remember and i dont think the 400mb in the old 486 really counts, and if you add up iPod's and Flash storage i'd add another 200g's easy
so i guess i'm the best part of 3TB
And i'm running out of space so
Power Mac = 1,000 (2x500's) 12" PowerBook = 60 15" PowerBook = 60 BLK MacBook = 100HP Desktop = 80
HP Old = 40
Dell Precision = 160
Acer Laptop = 20
Dell Inspiron = 100
HP Notebook = 80
USB Lacie = 250
Seagate Portable = 40
Firewire 400 Lacie = 160
Firewire 800 Lacie = 500
There are more, just can't remember and i dont think the 400mb in the old 486 really counts, and if you add up iPod's and Flash storage i'd add another 200g's easy
so i guess i'm the best part of 3TB
And i'm running out of space so
Please guys just because the original poster doesn't know how to spell terabyte, that's no reason to copy that mistake. This is just painful.
160 GB internal
120GB firewire
250GB firewire
1.2TB NAS in RAID5
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1.73 TB total
and i use a lot of that; the externals are for offsite backup of critical files, the NAS has all of my client work archived as well as backup of the main computer, and scratch space for incidentals.
120GB firewire
250GB firewire
1.2TB NAS in RAID5
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1.73 TB total
and i use a lot of that; the externals are for offsite backup of critical files, the NAS has all of my client work archived as well as backup of the main computer, and scratch space for incidentals.
Doesn't this cause problems at customs though? Aren't they curious to know what exactly it is you have stored on there taking into account the conservative nature of the regime etc?
I do video and 3D animation and have 2 TB hooked up to my Quad G5
1 TB internal and 1 TB external.
If you need it, you need it. I'm really looking forward to get a new Pro machine in the near future with a Blu-Ray drive so I can start archiving things.....
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1 TB internal and 1 TB external.
If you need it, you need it. I'm really looking forward to get a new Pro machine in the near future with a Blu-Ray drive so I can start archiving things.....
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All of the above.
3 x 320
2 x 250
4 x 120
1 x 160
1 x 100
1 x 80
1 x 60
2 x 40
I think that's all of my current drives.
Dang, that's about 2.5 terabytes! Until now, I handed calculated the whole amount. No wonder I have trouble finding some things!
And what is pathetic, is that I need, er. want more space.
It depends on what you do.
I have 20+ terabytes on SANs, which I expect to need to upgrade in 18 months.
If you're talking about all my computers... well, that's going to be quite a lot.
I have 20+ terabytes on SANs, which I expect to need to upgrade in 18 months.
If you're talking about all my computers... well, that's going to be quite a lot.
Ok... Well including my new MacPro... My storage goes something like this...
4*750GB - MacPro
2*250GB - External
1*400GB - External
1*500GB - External
1*120GB - MacBookPro
2*400GB - NAS Storage using Buffalo Drives
1*80GB - PC Server (Dell)
1*250GB - PC Workstation (Wife's)
I think that comes out to 5.64TB... Whew... And I am going to need a huge Teraserver to backup the MacPro eventually but I'm waiting for the 1TB drives to get into the Buffalo Teraserver stuff so I can have a 4TB backup drive.
BTW. I mostly store video on this massive amount of storage in HD which really chews up the space.
4*750GB - MacPro
2*250GB - External
1*400GB - External
1*500GB - External
1*120GB - MacBookPro
2*400GB - NAS Storage using Buffalo Drives
1*80GB - PC Server (Dell)
1*250GB - PC Workstation (Wife's)
I think that comes out to 5.64TB... Whew... And I am going to need a huge Teraserver to backup the MacPro eventually but I'm waiting for the 1TB drives to get into the Buffalo Teraserver stuff so I can have a 4TB backup drive.
BTW. I mostly store video on this massive amount of storage in HD which really chews up the space.
We have an 80-inch television downstairs (gotta love HD projectors) and we've hooked up a linux box with MythTV. Then my fiance's computer upstairs shares out the DVDs, and ta-da: we have a blockbuster in our living room.
The 160gb drive in my iMac is pretty much almost used up. I try and keep it above 20gb but it's difficult, what with EyeTV. The paltry 30gb I gave XP is filled up.
I have a 300gb external and that's filling up with my sudden interest in storing all my TV shows and films in iTunes (17gb music, 9gb film, 38gb TV).
I have an extra spare 60gb that doesn't even bother being turned on nowadays.
60gb on PowerBook is nowhere near filled. I pretty much just have the portable essentials since it just gets used for uni and essay work now. About 20gb used on that.
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Plan is to get a 500gb Sata2 drive for my iMac, stick the old 160gb into the 60gb HDD caddy, and put the 60gb aside for future use.
I just really hate having to think about storage space and being close to filling something. Strange I know! Mostly taken up by backups of my university projects (audio, HD video, games...).
I have a 300gb external and that's filling up with my sudden interest in storing all my TV shows and films in iTunes (17gb music, 9gb film, 38gb TV).
I have an extra spare 60gb that doesn't even bother being turned on nowadays.
60gb on PowerBook is nowhere near filled. I pretty much just have the portable essentials since it just gets used for uni and essay work now. About 20gb used on that.
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Plan is to get a 500gb Sata2 drive for my iMac, stick the old 160gb into the 60gb HDD caddy, and put the 60gb aside for future use.
I just really hate having to think about storage space and being close to filling something. Strange I know! Mostly taken up by backups of my university projects (audio, HD video, games...).
I am very close to breaking a TB. My Power Mac G5 has 960GB worth of storage:
1) 800GB internatl (2x400GB HDDs in RAID)
2) 160GB external LaCie HDD.
So almost at 1TB (not that I am even close to filling my machines current storage capacity).
1) 800GB internatl (2x400GB HDDs in RAID)
2) 160GB external LaCie HDD.
So almost at 1TB (not that I am even close to filling my machines current storage capacity).
How should I go about it
I've asked this question a few other places.
I have an eMac with something like an 80GB HD. I have a Maxtor external 30GB HD. I have a windows machine thats fairly young with a good processor and a hefty HD as well. I don't use the Windows machine. I would love to gut it. I would love to make it into a Media Console or something of the sort. At least it could be converted into a tower of TB HD storage, right?
How do I go about doing this? Can someone direct me to some cool instruction page in Mac colloquialism? I don't know a whole lot of the windows jargon and find that every time I get into it I get extremely frustrated.
I just want to do something neat with this windows machine so it's not sitting there getting older and collecting dust.
BTW, I'm a poor guy. So, I can't go blow a bunch of money on it.
I've asked this question a few other places.
I have an eMac with something like an 80GB HD. I have a Maxtor external 30GB HD. I have a windows machine thats fairly young with a good processor and a hefty HD as well. I don't use the Windows machine. I would love to gut it. I would love to make it into a Media Console or something of the sort. At least it could be converted into a tower of TB HD storage, right?
How do I go about doing this? Can someone direct me to some cool instruction page in Mac colloquialism? I don't know a whole lot of the windows jargon and find that every time I get into it I get extremely frustrated.
I just want to do something neat with this windows machine so it's not sitting there getting older and collecting dust.
BTW, I'm a poor guy. So, I can't go blow a bunch of money on it.
get freenas and make it into a network attached storage device. thats what i did. its just a very light flavor of Linux that lets you make almost any box with a network card and a hard drive(s) into a big fileserver. free and easy; you do not even need an extra keyboard + monitor after the initial setup, its all web-based.