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Seagate’s new 8TB hard drive is the first of its kind
SlashGear.com ^ | 8/26/14 | Brittany Hillen

Posted on 08/26/2014 7:18:15 PM PDT by ButThreeLeftsDo

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To: ButThreeLeftsDo

When are they going to figure out how to stop computers from crashing so that the hard drive becomes worthless to the average person. It just means we lose more data.


81 posted on 08/27/2014 6:43:28 AM PDT by 1Old Pro
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To: Dr. Sivana

The suitcase modem was indeed a coupler.

Wish I still had it, just for laughs...


82 posted on 08/27/2014 8:52:42 AM PDT by Vendome (Don't take life so seriously-you won't live through it anyway-Enjoy Yourself ala Louis Prima)
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To: Darth Reardon
SSD based system time to do dedupe/compression.

An SSD constantly doing dedupe/compression will degrade and fail more quickly due to the constant writes.
83 posted on 08/27/2014 9:10:05 AM PDT by Dr. Sivana ("If you're litigating against nuns, you've probably done something wrong."-Ted Cruz)
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To: sten

Yep. I bought a 4 drive synology NAS a couple years ago. Recently added two 4G drives, mirrored, to supplement the mirrored 2G drives already in it. It is a nice setup.


84 posted on 08/27/2014 9:28:09 AM PDT by FreedomPoster (Islam delenda est)
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To: ican'tbelieveit; cynwoody

Well, I always wait at least a year before trying a new OS so that the mfr. can get the ‘bugs’ out of the OS. I milked XP as long as I possibly could. I do the same thing with new hardware so that I shall wait awhile longer before trying SSD. ;-)

Which brand of SSD would you recommend?


85 posted on 08/27/2014 10:10:19 AM PDT by spel_grammer_an_punct_polise (Why does every totalitarian political hack think that he knows how to run my life better than I do?)
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To: spel_grammer_an_punct_polise

Windows 8 isn’t the bugs. It is actually quite smooth. It is the presentation. Just don’t like this “tablet” presentation for a desktop operating system. Too big, I guess.

I only have the one SSD, think it is Samsung. It is fast.

Right after you install/reinstall Windows, you have this perception that Windows is really fast. Well, I have been running this for a couple of months, I think. Still zippy. HDD don’t compare. Can’t compare.


86 posted on 08/27/2014 11:24:14 AM PDT by ican'tbelieveit
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To: ican'tbelieveit

Well, I do know that Samsung makes other, good products. Thank you for the response. ;-)


87 posted on 08/27/2014 11:50:28 AM PDT by spel_grammer_an_punct_polise (Why does every totalitarian political hack think that he knows how to run my life better than I do?)
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To: Dr. Sivana
An SSD constantly doing dedupe/compression will degrade and fail more quickly due to the constant writes.

They do a lot optimization to avoid writes, let alone "constant" writes, (and to load balance writes so the drives age evenly) and it's pre not post-process processing. And the drives are replaced under maintenance anyway.

88 posted on 08/27/2014 12:17:51 PM PDT by Darth Reardon (Is it any wonder I'm not the president?)
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