Yup - Moore's law (or similar) takes care of the hard-disk capacity - I was
actually thinking of your other prediction: "you won't need one in your
camera" !
br
jez
On 12/1/06, Chuck Norcutt <chucknorcutt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> 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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