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Old Oct 18, 2006 | 01:09 AM
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Inside A Hard Drive

ever wonder what your hard drive looks like when its creating a folder? copy/pasting? quick format?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9eMWG3fwiEU

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Old Oct 18, 2006 | 11:49 AM
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Ive dont that for a school project before. People love it.
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Old Oct 18, 2006 | 12:06 PM
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seen it
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Old Oct 18, 2006 | 12:08 PM
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Very cool. No wonder they break so much....I can't wait for solid state hard drives.
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Old Oct 18, 2006 | 12:29 PM
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Watching this makes me want to backup my data ASAP.
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Old Oct 18, 2006 | 12:30 PM
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Originally Posted by Whiskers
Very cool. No wonder they break so much....I can't wait for solid state hard drives.

They have them, but they are expensive. You are better off running a RAID 5 Array.
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Old Oct 18, 2006 | 12:43 PM
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They have them, but they are expensive. You are better off running a RAID 5 Array.
Im waiting for them to be affordable...
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Old Oct 18, 2006 | 01:22 PM
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Im waiting for them to be affordable...
They are...?


I've scored SCSI RAID HDs for cheap off of old Proliant servers off the bargain finders and on the web in my past job.
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Old Oct 18, 2006 | 01:26 PM
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I hadn't wondered, but now I don't have to. Pretty cool.
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Old Oct 18, 2006 | 01:33 PM
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Originally Posted by Yumchah
They are...?


I've scored SCSI RAID HDs for cheap off of old Proliant servers off the bargain finders and on the web in my past job.

He was talking about solid state drives.
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Old Oct 18, 2006 | 01:59 PM
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Originally Posted by fdl
He was talking about solid state drives.
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Old Oct 18, 2006 | 02:38 PM
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It took 20 seconds to delete a folder... which equates to gigs of stuff.
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Old Oct 18, 2006 | 02:43 PM
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The new WD raptors have a window on them... those are some baad hdds
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Old Oct 18, 2006 | 03:32 PM
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Originally Posted by fdl
They have them, but they are expensive. You are better off running a RAID 5 Array.
Raid 1+0 ftw
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Old Oct 18, 2006 | 03:57 PM
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Originally Posted by mr.motoring
It took 20 seconds to delete a folder... which equates to gigs of stuff.
No - that's an old/slow samsung drive. Looks like a 2-4 gig drive.
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Old Oct 18, 2006 | 03:58 PM
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Originally Posted by mr.motoring
It took 20 seconds to delete a folder... which equates to gigs of stuff.
Most likely porn.
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Old Oct 19, 2006 | 12:28 PM
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HDD's are one of the most complicated devices we have, utilizing many many different technologies.... Yes, it is amazing these things work at all....

Aerodynamics
Magnetic Recording
Material Science
High speed motor design
Servo control (DSP)
Analog ASIC
Digital ASIC
Thin film processes
Embedded controllers
Performance algorithms
Software simulations
Analog signal processsing
Voice Coil Motor Control
High volume manufacturing
Data encoding
Error correction codes
High speed digital signal processing
Fluid dynamics
Electronics
Digital computer interfaces
Predictive Failure Analysis
Thermal Dynamics
Tight tolerance mechanical design
Spindle Motor Control
Ability to deal with users dropping their laptops or harddrives....
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Old Oct 19, 2006 | 12:40 PM
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impressive. as nerdy as i am... i never did open a HD while in use...

shame on me.
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