On Mar 7, 2013, at 20:37 , Matthew Hunt <m...@pobox.com> wrote: > On Thu, Mar 7, 2013 at 9:31 PM, Charles Robinson <charl...@visi.com> wrote: > >>> During my most recent weekly pilgrimage to my local computer store, 3TB >>> 7200rpm Seagate drives were less than $140. > >> Well... at 7200RPM you'll have to find another vendor. Seagate isn't going >> to make 'em. I don't argue that you get more storage for the buck with >> oxide - but the high-speed drives (7200+ RPM) are/were aimed at those >> looking for Performance (with a capital P) and for that you'll probably be >> seeing hybrid or SSD-only drives filling that niche. > > The 3 TB drive would be a 3.5" desktop drive... Seagate's only > discontinuing 7200 RPM 2.5" (laptop) drives (as you said earlier). I > expect the market for large-capacity, high-speed desktop drives to be > robust for a while yet. There's data centers buying them by the > rackful. >
Good point. And as I work at a data center, I know that to be true. We buy 'em by the ton, almost. I did say "2.5" drives in my initial email... :-) -Charles -- Charles Robinson - charl...@visi.com Minneapolis, MN http://charles.robinsontwins.org http://www.facebook.com/charles.robinson -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
