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Seagate ships the first 4TB hard drive
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Lonestar_1
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Registered: 2004-8-26 08:40:28
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Date Posted:
9/7/11 11:05am
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Seagate ships the first 4TB hard drive
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Less moving parts = less heat, less chance for something to go wrong. Generally that is true.
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Terminius_Est
Title: Moon River
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Registered: 2002-2-27 06:08:05
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Date Posted:
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and in a year you'll get it for 60 bucks with a 20 dollar rebate.
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Ravynmagi
Title: Moderator
Posts: 1,098
Registered: 2001-12-23 17:10:17
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Date Posted:
9/7/11 11:05am
Subject:
Seagate ships the first 4TB hard drive
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Terminius_Est posted:
and in a year you'll get it for 60 bucks with a 20 dollar rebate.
Might be closer to 2 years. But by then I'll probably be replacing it with a new 6 or 8TB drive anyway. 
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Date Posted:
9/7/11 11:05am
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Seagate ships the first 4TB hard drive
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Lonestar_1 posted:
Less moving parts = less heat, less chance for something to go wrong. Generally that is true.
I think this is half right. Both the platters and heads are stacked and bonded together (as independent units). So you aren't AFAIK changing the "moving part" count but you are definitely increasing the density of physical material packed into the HDD case and you're sandwiching heads between platters.
IE it is the amount of extra material in the HDD that is the problem for creating and not shedding off heat as well. In essence, I agree with the point about having a justified rational to purchase single platter drives. I personally as a end user will always take slower and/or more reliable over speed and early burnout.
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