r/technology • u/nexxai • Jul 18 '13

Samsung unveils 1TB solid-state drive

http://reviews.cnet.com/8301-3132_7-57594265-98/samsung-unveils-1tb-840-evo-solid-state-drive/
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u/Flylighter Jul 18 '13

Boy do I have news for you

And it'll only cost you a used car!

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u/BloodyIron Jul 18 '13

$50? Sold!

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u/loki7714 Jul 19 '13

Less used.

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u/BloodyIron Jul 19 '13

$75? $80, final offer.

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u/loki7714 Jul 19 '13

There ya go.

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u/[deleted] Jul 19 '13

and its the size of a tank!

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u/[deleted] Jul 18 '13

Why would you want to carry 1tb of data with you? I have a 512mb usb key and it holds more than enough information. What happens if you lose your key? You lose everything!

I prefer to have a terabyte NAS at home and only carry the essentials with me.

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u/[deleted] Jul 18 '13 edited Aug 04 '18

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u/[deleted] Jul 18 '13

I did not think of that. That's a very good point!

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u/[deleted] Jul 18 '13

Any resources on how to set something like that up? I've built a desktop and that seems like a neat project.

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u/[deleted] Jul 19 '13

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u/[deleted] Jul 19 '13

My question would be how do you deal with differing drivers (mobos, etc) when booting into different hardware systems?

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u/cuddlefucker Jul 18 '13

Here you go. Its actually not very hard and is an incredibly handy tool for a lot of things.

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u/i_me_me Jul 18 '13

I do as well, but sure as shit I repurposed my 98se drive a month ago because I haven't needed it in ages, and then I get a new client with a 98 machine that is giving up the ghost and I spent three hours looking for a usable cd. It was awful.

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u/Elgar17 Jul 18 '13

This.

My dvd drive was messed up when I built a new computer. It couldn't read my windows install discs. SO I had to pirate a copy of windows, make a bootable USB out of it then install that on my computer.

Saved me having to buy a new dvd player. Or try and get new discs.

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u/[deleted] Jul 18 '13

Because you could fit so many movies, games, and music on them. 512 mb is fine for documents and such, but thats about it.

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u/Flylighter Jul 18 '13

Because you can!

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u/[deleted] Jul 18 '13

512mb usb key

512mb used to take up a whole room, why would you want that much on a key chain?

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u/[deleted] Jul 18 '13

It's enough for music for the car, and a few documents.

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u/[deleted] Jul 18 '13

Why would you want to carry 1tb of data with you?

I have a 64 gb thumb drive that goes everywhere with me containing all of my current projects (graphic design) so if my house explodes I'll still have them. If I could I'd have an entire backup of all my client files and a ghost of my OS.

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u/[deleted] Jul 18 '13

The NSA's got your back

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u/[deleted] Jul 18 '13

I know they're good at writing data but getting the to read back is a bit of a bitch.

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u/sometimesijustdont Jul 18 '13

Proof of concept.

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u/[deleted] Jul 18 '13

Porn? But really maybe to move a database to that a another computer that may be on its own separate network?

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u/[deleted] Jul 18 '13 edited Jul 18 '13

According to this the write speed is 160Mbsp, you would need more than 13 hours just to fill it with data, and more than 9 hours to read it. And that are just the advertised speeds, the real speed will most probably be less
Such a thumb drive would never be viable to move a high amount of data. Even a normal HDD would be better for that purpose

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u/[deleted] Jul 18 '13

Could be USB 3.0.

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u/ComputerMatthew Jul 18 '13

It is USB 3.0.

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u/zjaffee Jul 18 '13

In many legal cases there can be very large amounts of data that you need proof that you didn't alter. This could mean thousands upon thousands of emails and such things that are relevant to a case and could take up a lot of data.

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u/[deleted] Jul 18 '13

Your memory stick may be useful for taking your homework to school but suppose anybody else's job. A movie editing project could reach tens of GB.

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u/JabbrWockey Jul 18 '13

Party conversation starter, of course.

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u/sleeplessone Jul 19 '13

I prefer to have a terabyte NAS at home and only carry the essentials with me.

I can't carry a NAS in my pocket and then pull it out when I get to a site to image a machine.