What is the Capacity of your Hard Drive(s)?

[HappinessNow]

What is the Capacity of your Hard Drive(s)?

[sports fan Matt]

500 gb

[Ozor Mox]

Two 320 GB drives in my desktop, of which I'm using a pitiful 56.1 GB.

[Lemmy's Wart]

Is this one of those trick reverse psychology questions about the size of my male appendage (and my inherent insecurity) that uses technological terminology aimed at a specific target audience, ie me?

If this is the case then I am testing the prototype of a drive that will not be available for another 50 years. It storage capacity is unlimited (so I am told) because it stores information that transcends this dimension and the space time continuum as well, so there. :---)

[coldReactive]

498 gb

[SuperSonic4]

[17:19:59] sonic /mnt/Music $ sudo fdisk -l
Password:

Disk /dev/sda: 640.1 GB, 640135028736 bytes
Disk /dev/sdb: 500.1 GB, 500107862016 bytes
Disk /dev/sdc: 500.1 GB, 500107862016 bytes

[coolbrook]

I'm going to reactivate a Samsung 540 MB drive and put a small Linux footprint on it.

[RiceMonster]

[17:19:59] sonic /mnt/Music $ sudo fdisk -l
Password:

Disk /dev/sda: 640.1 GB, 640135028736 bytes
Disk /dev/sdb: 500.1 GB, 500107862016 bytes
Disk /dev/sdc: 500.1 GB, 500107862016 bytes



Just so you know, you don't have to run that command as root.

[doas777]

1TB each (on my fileserver), but I'm not saying how many

[hessiess]

1.25 tb total

[fela]

I HAD a 250GB and a 750GB on my desktop. I was using about 75% of the combined storage space.

Then my 750GB broke (head crash) and I was stuck on 250GB. I couldn't live with that so I pulled an old 80GB IDE drive out of my server that was a bit redundant in there, and installed Linux on that. So now I have on my desktop, one 250GB SATA and one 80GB IDE.

On my server I have one 500GB and one 1TB drive, the 1TB is for backups.

On the shared PowerMacG5 computer (which isn't mine and is used by everyone in the house except me) there are 2 250GB drives.

They're the main workhorse computers in the house (the rest are pretty much 'internet machines'), so my combined storage for the main computers is 2330GB, ie 2.33TB. Enough? :P

[j.bell730]

My installation of Ubuntu is on a really old hard drive which is only 40 GB. But the other hard drive in this computer is 180 GB. Still, nothing compared to some of you.

[BunTai]

only 160gb

[ninjapirate89]

250GB internal
500GB external

Edit -> 60GB on my laptop.

[fela]

I'm going to reactivate a Samsung 540 MB drive and put a small Linux footprint on it.

That drive must have lasted well. My 750GB samsung that I got this year already broke - I've sent it back but haven't recieved a replacement yet. How old is that 540MB one? 90s I suppose :)

[enskillz]

80GB and never once filled it, if I ever needed more space then the 500GB external HDD

stored under my bed would suffice.

[Lemmy's Wart]

Is this one of those trick reverse psychology questions about the size of my male appendage (and my inherent insecurity) that uses technological terminology aimed at a specific target audience, ie me?

If this is the case then I am testing the prototype of a drive that will not be available for another 50 years. It storage capacity is unlimited (so I am told) because it stores information that transcends this dimension and the space time continuum as well, so there. :---)

Despite my lame attempt at humour.

Box One: 500 gb main + 1 tb storage. (both SATA 2)
Box-two: 160 gb main + 1 tb storage. (IDE + SATA 2)
Box-three: 200 gb main + 200 and 300 gb storage (IDE + 2 x SATA 1)
Box-four: 120 gb (IDE)

[doorknob60]

500 GB (really its ~460 something, because of the whole 1000 bytes vs 1024 bytes thing)

[speedwell68]

320gb + 250gb external on my desktop, 160gb on my netbook, 60gb on my laptop. Then 160gb on my first work desktop, 74.5gb on my second work desktop and 13.4tb across my six work network drives.

[-grubby]

500 gb

[coolbrook]

That drive must have lasted well. My 750GB samsung that I got this year already broke - I've sent it back but haven't recieved a replacement yet. How old is that 540MB one? 90s I suppose :)

I believe it's all that's left of the 486 from '94. It's been sitting for a while but I've tested it recently and it still spins. I'm doing parts transplants this week, so I'll make some more lemonade. In fact that will make a perfect name for the system.

[Richard9795]

8GB SSD on my Eee PC 900... lol

[JonRohan]

I have a 400 and 300GB drive in my pc with a 750GB to back it up.

Laptop has a 500gb drive.

[NoaHall]

On the current Ubuntu one I'm using,
1 x 1.5TB,
1 x 500 GB,
3 x 80GB.

[rudihawk]

In PC:

2 X 500GB Seagates
1X 250GB Seagate

External: 1 X 250GB Seagate

[Paqman]

160GB, but i'm going to reduce that down to a 64GB SSD soon.

Storage is all on the NAS, 1TB shared between me and the wife. Her laptop has an 80GB drive I think.

[Exodist]

I have two Western Digital Raptor 10,000RPM 74GB Hard Drives.
74GB = System/Swap
74GB = /Home


I am looking to get a new hard drive for my home folder.

[bear24rw]

2x 1.5 TB
1x 30GB Vertex SSD

[PhoHammer]

160 GB, of which I am using about 32 GB... I have 70 GB used on my 250 GB external, but
about 40 GB of that is my wife's Gilmore Girls collection:lolflag:
I really have never been close to using more than about 40 GB, myself. It makes me want
to go for a small SSD for my laptop...

[sports fan Matt]

How much are TB Drives these days?

[bodyharvester]

8GB SSD
500GB external HDD

a 1TB external costs around a hundred, id look for one thats less

[DivineTemplar]

500GB internal, 250GB external.

I have an older 60GB internal laptop drive that I am eventually going to adapt into an external.

[Firestem4]

Laptop 1 > 60gb HDD
Laptop 2 > 1x120gb & 1x150gb
Desktop > 1x250gb & 1x500gb
250gb external USB
8gb and 2x4gb flash drives.

[bruno9779]

2.25 TB on Desktop.

about 1 TB used at the moment (computer is one month old) and 100GB partition for "other OS" (at the moment trying to get Haiku to run there)

[LookTJ]

Just so you know, you don't have to run that command as root.
If I don't, it lists nothing.



[23:52 taylor] > fdisk -l [/home/taylor/sermons/ehcc]
[0:12 taylor] > sudo fdisk -l [/home/taylor/sermons/ehcc]
Password:

Disk /dev/sda: 40.0 GB, 40007761920 bytes

[ctrlmd]

2x320

[renkinjutsu]

3 feet long


i mean 1 TB :wink:

[PurposeOfReason]

Total I have 3.75Tb of HDD space. About 400GB free.

[DivineTemplar]

2.25 TB on Desktop.

about 1 TB used at the moment (computer is one month old) and 100GB partition for "other OS" (at the moment trying to get Haiku to run there)

Damn, that is a lot of used space in a month's time.

[cammin]

Is this one of those trick reverse psychology questions about the size of my male appendage (and my inherent insecurity) that uses technological terminology aimed at a specific target audience, ie me?

If this is the case then I am testing the prototype of a drive that will not be available for another 50 years. It storage capacity is unlimited (so I am told) because it stores information that transcends this dimension and the space time continuum as well, so there. :---)

Actually, it's one of those trick reverse psychology questions about the size of your male appendage (and your inherent insecurity) that looks at how you overcompensate for your physical inadequacies when purchasing other things that are rated based on size.

Sorry.

[fela]

How much are TB Drives these days?

I just found one for £57.

http://www.novatech.co.uk/novatech/prods/Components/HardDrives-Internal/SATA500GBto1TB/Samsung/HD103UJ.html

We got an external western digital one for 64 quid.

[fela]

Actually, it's one of those trick reverse psychology questions about the size of your male appendage (and your inherent insecurity) that looks at how you overcompensate for your physical inadequacies when purchasing other things that are rated based on size.

Sorry.

Actually, it's nothing to do with your male appendage - remember that women need to store their data somewhere aswell :P

[ZarathustraDK]

3x 1 TB WD Green-something, nice and silent, and very low-power.
1x 70GB WD Velociraptor for system disk, almost as fast as SSD.

I think the sweet spot for price pr. GB is around 1TB drives nowadays.

[Joeb454]

1.25 TB in my desktop (Samsung Spinpoint F1 & Seagate 250GB), and 250GB in my laptop.

I also have a 400GB external drive, if we're counting those :)

[hoppipolla]

I think I only have 2 20s! rofl let me check... O.O

Wait no, 2 40 gig drives! One SATA one IDE lol

But I don't really worry too much anymore, so long as they hold everything I need them to hold, I'm pretty content :)

[ZarathustraDK]

But I don't really worry too much anymore, so long as they hold everything I need them to hold, I'm pretty content :)

Data-loss *shivers*.

Could probably do RAID, but slashing 1.5 TB off my storage is painful in its own right.

[fela]

Data-loss *shivers*.

Could probably do RAID, but slashing 1.5 TB off my storage is painful in its own right.

Trust me you should get a RAID1 setup to prevent physical damage data loss. I thought there was no need to backup until my HDD got a head crash.

[Machnikowski]

Laptop: 250 GB

Tower: 2x250 GB

Externals: Lost track ;)

[Joe_Linux]

250 gb

[Paqman]

Could probably do RAID, but slashing 1.5 TB off my storage is painful in its own right.

When one of your drives dies, you'll lose that storage anyway, PLUS all the data. Might as well take the storage hit now and safeguard your files.

And it is when, not if your drive fails.

[PurposeOfReason]

3x 1 TB WD Green-something, nice and silent, and very low-power.
1x 70GB WD Velociraptor for system disk, almost as fast as SSD.

I think the sweet spot for price pr. GB is around 1TB drives nowadays.
Keep telling yourself that.

[EV500B]

4.2GB
20.4GB
40GB
250GB
and a 320GB hidden somewhere...

[Lightstar]

HDD #1: 500gb
-200gb for documents
-200gb for windows
-100gb for linux
(I use linux 90% of the time, windows partition is big because of games)

HDD #2: 250gb, for music

External HDD: 500gb for anime/movies + documents backup

[fela]

(I use linux 90% of the time, windows partition is big because of games)

I'm in the same situation. I use Linux almost all the time, the only thing I use windows for is games. Yet, windows and its games seem to need much more space so windows has 250GB and Linux has 80GB. It says nothing of how much I use either. I use my NAS for storage which has a 500GB drive in it.

[fela]

Keep telling yourself that.

The raptor is actually faster for write speeds - harddisks are.

SSDs, in my opinon, should ONLY be used for programs that need very fast read access, such as games and not much else. Most things that require fast data access require both read and write to be fast, but SSD doesn't deliver on write speeds.

[Tharkun]

160 gb

[xpod]

Nothing bigger than 250GB here but by time you add them all up there must be a good couple of TB now.All i do know is it`s far more than we`re ever likely to need.

[sideaway]

Box 1: 4700 gb (1x200, 2x500, 2x1000, 1x1500)
Box 2: 140 gb (1x60, 1x80)
Box 3: 1000 gb (1x1000)
Box 4: 120 gb (1x120)
Ext 1: 1000 gb
Ext 2: 250 gb

So just over 7tb all up? No idea how much is in use.

[t0p]

20 GB in desktop
4 GB in netbook
400 GB external.

Without my external I'd be lost.

Oh yeah, and a stack of CD-Rs with stuff backed up. I intend to buy another external soon for the back-up, but I haven't got round to it yet.

[apocalypse80]

PC1: 200 + 300 + 500
PC2: 250 + 2x500 + 1000
Laptop: 160 (SSD)
External: 160 + 250 (both 2.5")


but SSD doesn't deliver on write speeds.

:lolflag:

[fela]

(about my claim of write speeds being faster on hdds):lolflag:

I'll stand corrected once you show me valid benchmarks of write speeds on SSDs vs. harddisks.

[PurposeOfReason]

I'll stand corrected once you show me valid benchmarks of write speeds on SSDs vs. harddisks.
And gskill ones aren't even good.

http://guru3d.com/article/gskill-falcon-128gb-ssd-review/7



HD Tach Average Write Speed -

4x Core Series V2 in RAID 0 on Highpoint Raid 3520 = 262 MB/sec
4x Core Series V2 in RAID 0 on ICH9/R = 258 MB/sec
2x Western Digital Velociraptor in RAID 0 on ICH9/R = 164 MB/sec
2x Samsung Spinpoint F1 (one terabyte on three platters) in RAID 0 on ICH9/R = 151 MB/sec
2x Western Digital Raptor X in RAID 0 on ICH9/R = 138 MB/sec
2x Core Series V2 in RAID 0 on Highpoint Raid 3520 = 137 MB/sec
2x Core Series V2 in RAID 0 on ICH9/R = 127 MB/sec
1x Velociraptor on ICH9/R = 107 MB/sec
1x Samsung Spinpoint F1 on ICH9/R = 96 MB/sec
1x Raptor X on ICH9/R = 76 MB/sechttp://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/showthread.php?t=204748

A vraptor has a write speed of 107, many SSDs push 120+.

[fela]

And gskill ones aren't even good.

http://guru3d.com/article/gskill-falcon-128gb-ssd-review/7



HD Tach Average Write Speed -

4x Core Series V2 in RAID 0 on Highpoint Raid 3520 = 262 MB/sec
4x Core Series V2 in RAID 0 on ICH9/R = 258 MB/sec
2x Western Digital Velociraptor in RAID 0 on ICH9/R = 164 MB/sec
2x Samsung Spinpoint F1 (one terabyte on three platters) in RAID 0 on ICH9/R = 151 MB/sec
2x Western Digital Raptor X in RAID 0 on ICH9/R = 138 MB/sec
2x Core Series V2 in RAID 0 on Highpoint Raid 3520 = 137 MB/sec
2x Core Series V2 in RAID 0 on ICH9/R = 127 MB/sec
1x Velociraptor on ICH9/R = 107 MB/sec
1x Samsung Spinpoint F1 on ICH9/R = 96 MB/sec
1x Raptor X on ICH9/R = 76 MB/sechttp://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/showthread.php?t=204748

A vraptor has a write speed of 107, many SSDs push 120+.

I stand corrected.

[apocalypse80]

I'll stand corrected once you show me valid benchmarks of write speeds on SSDs vs. harddisks.

Writes vary in 2 ways; randomness and file size.
Benchmarks (and numbers quoted by manufacturers) are usually sequential (0% random) using huge files.
In these the fastest hdds can get close or over some SSDs - like my intel G2.

Real life writes tend to be random and using small files.
In which case something like this happens;
http://images.anandtech.com/reviews/storage/Intel/34nmSSD/Review/used-4kb-write-mbs.png
http://www.anandtech.com/storage/showdoc.aspx?i=3631

The difference can get even larger than that if there are multiple concurrent IOs.
Any other variations of size/randomness fall somewhere in between.
But overall there is no comparison, unless all you do is copy-paste huge files from a (very fast) external source.

From personal experience, I can copy-paste huge files from my intel SSD to itself at about 65MB/s.
Which is about as fast as I get copying between a pair of hdds.
Small files are just a massacre.