It's not a hard prediction. Seagate 3-1/2" drives (personal stuff, not
enterprised storage) are already at 750 GB or 3/4 terrabyte. It
shouldn't take more than a few more generations to hit 2 terrabytes.
Getting beyond that will require either 64 bit addressing or the use of
clusters or larger sectors as was done with FAT. Just think of how much
you'll lose when the drive crashes.
Chuck Norcutt
Jez Cunningham wrote:
> I think I'll archive that prediction - let's see how long it is before I
> have to re-post it:
> "Do you remember when Chuck predicted < > - ha-ha-ha..."
> br
> Jez
>
>
> On 11/30/06, Chuck Norcutt <chucknorcutt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>>Yes, it is as I said: 512 byte sector size x 2^32 sectors =
>>2,199,023,255,552 bytes or two terrabytes.
>>
>>It's a little technologically scary to realize that a couple more
>>generations of 3-1/2 drives will probably get us to that number.
>>Anyhow, you won't need one in your camera.
>>
>>Chuck Norcutt
>>
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