Comments on: The Terabyte Omes http://gigaom.com/2005/03/10/the-terabyte-omes/ Tracking the Internet Evolution Wed, 09 Jul 2008 06:47:56 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=MU By: Systems_Glitch http://gigaom.com/2005/03/10/the-terabyte-omes/#comment-8692 Systems_Glitch Mon, 30 Jan 2006 23:51:50 +0000 http://gigaom.wordpress.com/2005/03/10/the-terabyte-omes/#comment-8692 <p>Centralized storage isn't too much of a problem. One can turn an (relatively, in computer-age) old PC into a dedicated Linux fileserver for very little. I currently run an AthlonXP 1700+ with Slackware Linux 10.2 as my fileserver. It acts as the central storage for all of my music, movies, documents and software installation files (CD Images, etc). It is accessible from Windows, Linux, and shouldn't have a problem with Mac systems (I'm not a Mac user, so I haven't tested this). I currently have 250 GB worth of storage capacity, but plan to move to at least .75 TB by the end of the year, due to growing needs. With a journaled filesystem and backups of really essential data (user home directories are backed up to an 8 GB Travan tape weekly), data loss isn't too much of a worry. Add a second IDE controller, and you can run 8 IDE drives simultaneously, or RAID them together -- if you didn't want to go for RAID, you could use external FireWire drives, which would also allow you to remove volumes to take with you, since 250 GB of data is quite a lot to attempt to transfer to another device!</p> Centralized storage isn’t too much of a problem. One can turn an (relatively, in computer-age) old PC into a dedicated Linux fileserver for very little. I currently run an AthlonXP 1700+ with Slackware Linux 10.2 as my fileserver. It acts as the central storage for all of my music, movies, documents and software installation files (CD Images, etc). It is accessible from Windows, Linux, and shouldn’t have a problem with Mac systems (I’m not a Mac user, so I haven’t tested this). I currently have 250 GB worth of storage capacity, but plan to move to at least .75 TB by the end of the year, due to growing needs. With a journaled filesystem and backups of really essential data (user home directories are backed up to an 8 GB Travan tape weekly), data loss isn’t too much of a worry. Add a second IDE controller, and you can run 8 IDE drives simultaneously, or RAID them together — if you didn’t want to go for RAID, you could use external FireWire drives, which would also allow you to remove volumes to take with you, since 250 GB of data is quite a lot to attempt to transfer to another device!

]]> By: Om Malik’s Broadband Blog » Storage, the Rodney Dangerfield of technology http://gigaom.com/2005/03/10/the-terabyte-omes/#comment-8690 Om Malik’s Broadband Blog » Storage, the Rodney Dangerfield of technology Mon, 11 Jul 2005 21:09:51 +0000 http://gigaom.wordpress.com/2005/03/10/the-terabyte-omes/#comment-8690 [...] Pods would cost more than a week’s salary. And I for one would not be able to afford a terabyte home. What really got me thinking about this was Lee Gomes’ excellent column in [...] [...] Pods would cost more than a week’s salary. And I for one would not be able to afford a terabyte home. What really got me thinking about this was Lee Gomes’ excellent column in [...]

]]> By: Om Malik http://gigaom.com/2005/03/10/the-terabyte-omes/#comment-8688 Om Malik Fri, 11 Mar 2005 21:16:05 +0000 http://gigaom.wordpress.com/2005/03/10/the-terabyte-omes/#comment-8688 mr. puri nothing to envy. just too much digital clutter in my life as they say mr. puri nothing to envy. just too much digital clutter in my life as they say

]]> By: Neuvo http://gigaom.com/2005/03/10/the-terabyte-omes/#comment-8686 Neuvo Fri, 11 Mar 2005 14:06:26 +0000 http://gigaom.wordpress.com/2005/03/10/the-terabyte-omes/#comment-8686 <strong>A terabyte at home</strong> Om Malik has over a terabyte worth of data storage at home. This is unusual now (especially given his setup) and it is only a matter of time until it is commonplace to have so much storage. The broadband evolution and the availability of multimedia o... A terabyte at home

Om Malik has over a terabyte worth of data storage at home. This is unusual now (especially given his setup) and it is only a matter of time until it is commonplace to have so much storage. The broadband evolution and the availability of multimedia o…

]]> By: Abhishek Puri http://gigaom.com/2005/03/10/the-terabyte-omes/#comment-8685 Abhishek Puri Fri, 11 Mar 2005 04:05:52 +0000 http://gigaom.wordpress.com/2005/03/10/the-terabyte-omes/#comment-8685 With all the iPods and Power Macs floating around, I envy you Mr.Om! With all the iPods and Power Macs floating around, I envy you Mr.Om!

]]> By: GlennLog http://gigaom.com/2005/03/10/the-terabyte-omes/#comment-8684 GlennLog Fri, 11 Mar 2005 02:18:24 +0000 http://gigaom.wordpress.com/2005/03/10/the-terabyte-omes/#comment-8684 <strong>How Much Have You Got?</strong> Om Malik discovered that he has more than a terabyte (1024^3 or about a trillion bytes) of storage that he owns. I countered in comments on his site that I own a terabyte just in backup drives! I have two sets (one with two drives and one with one dri... How Much Have You Got?

Om Malik discovered that he has more than a terabyte (1024^3 or about a trillion bytes) of storage that he owns. I countered in comments on his site that I own a terabyte just in backup drives! I have two sets (one with two drives and one with one dri…

]]> By: Om Malik http://gigaom.com/2005/03/10/the-terabyte-omes/#comment-8683 Om Malik Thu, 10 Mar 2005 22:50:37 +0000 http://gigaom.wordpress.com/2005/03/10/the-terabyte-omes/#comment-8683 I know suddenly i am just realizing how much crap i have digitally accumulated. i think gigaom will be soon renamed teraom I know suddenly i am just realizing how much crap i have digitally accumulated. i think gigaom will be soon renamed teraom

]]> By: Glenn Fleishman http://gigaom.com/2005/03/10/the-terabyte-omes/#comment-8674 Glenn Fleishman Thu, 10 Mar 2005 22:28:30 +0000 http://gigaom.wordpress.com/2005/03/10/the-terabyte-omes/#comment-8674 Dear Mr. M., I eat terabytes for breakfast and move on to petabytes for afternoon tea. The terabyte seemed ridiculously large to me about 2 or 3 years ago, until I realized that my office full of several freelancers was already above a terabyte. I now own three drives that, together, are a terabyte JUST for backup. It cost $1,000 for a terabyte of FireWire 800 (IEEE 1394b) equipped 7200 rpm drives in enclosures. Yikes. Dear Mr. M., I eat terabytes for breakfast and move on to petabytes for afternoon tea.

The terabyte seemed ridiculously large to me about 2 or 3 years ago, until I realized that my office full of several freelancers was already above a terabyte.

I now own three drives that, together, are a terabyte JUST for backup. It cost $1,000 for a terabyte of FireWire 800 (IEEE 1394b) equipped 7200 rpm drives in enclosures. Yikes.

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