Well, this post could be considered as, contributing to the delinquency of a downloading addict. And or thirst trapping.Those of you touting megabucks for "large" ssd's might want to wait and check again in a few months...
'A game of chicken': Samsung set to launch new storage chip that could make 100TB SSDs mainstream — 430-layer NAND will leapfrog competition as race for NAND supremacy heats up
V10 NAND could arrive as early as next yearwww.techradar.com
I didn't say it was my Backup Strategy ... just that I want to avoid losing data due to a faulty drive.RAID is not a backup strategy
just that I want to avoid losing data due to a faulty drive
If you have a backup (which you always should), good, in case1 you would still have the hassle restoring your data.
My 4TB HD when installed and formatted for Windows ends up being 3.63TB in usable size, my 1TB SSD ends up at 931GB usable. Even if your "maths" are off, you are correct with the notion that hardware manufacturers are "lying" about the actual size.Sure, it will be 24 TB, but power of 10, not 2. HDD manufacturers learned a long time ago that they could make their drives seem larger by switching.
24*1024^4: 26,388,279,066,624
24*1000^4: 24,000,000,000,000 (will appear in Windows as about 21 TB)
[Someone check my math...]
The reason why I put "lying" in quotes.Not lying, just a light "cheating"
My 4TB HD when installed and formatted for Windows ends up being 3.63TB in usable size, my 1TB SSD ends up at 931GB usable. Even if your "maths" are off, you are correct with the notion that hardware manufacturers are "lying" about the actual size.
My 1TB SSD (Boot)
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My 4TB HD (Data)
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Either you or Windows is a bit off on the number of bytes on the drives.
Yes, see above. It will never been exact.Notice what Windows is showing as the capacity in bytes. Slightly more for 1TB and 4TB respectively than the numbers you used. Not enough to to be effected by round-off errors, but still more than the numbers you used.
I know that, which is why I said "either you or Windows is lying." My bet would be on Windows.Yes, see above. It will never been exact.
The main point is the OS is using 1024 bytes per KB, while the HDD makers use 1000 bytes per KB to make it look bigger.
HAHA. I'm not upset. It's all good.I know that, which is why I said "either you or Windows is lying." My bet would be on Windows.
Lighten up, Francis.
24TB/s WD Gold 616.00 €Yup, that will be my next size step after my 18's ... but not Seagate, I'm a WD boy
Not much different for a 24TB WD Gold drive in US Dollars on Amazon: $616.9524TB/s WD Gold 616.00 €