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Hmm, Now I know im not getting a hard drive for Christmas now. LOL
WD format provides "free" 11% extra storage
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New #12
Surely you can already save space in a similar way by redefining your drive cluster size, on any kind of HDD, or by compressive storage methods where the gains can result in figures well over eleven percent...
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New #13
I am not well studied in the area of HD compressions or drive clusters...care to share some knowledge in these areas?
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New #14
On a positive note about ALL HDDs:
This will drive the price of all of them down.
Go WD!
~Lordbob
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Posts : 2,899 Windows 7 Ult x64(x2), HomePrem x32(x4), Server 08 (+VM), 08 R2 (VM) , SuSe 11.2 (VM), XP 32 (VM)New #15
yeah i remember this from PM (partition magic, then the best partitioning tool in the market)I am not well studied in the area of HD compressions or drive clusters...care to share some knowledge in these areas?
look at Internal Fragmentation
Fragmentation (computer) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia]
and here
http://www.ntfs.com/ntfs_optimization.htmLast edited by darkassain; 13 Dec 2009 at 03:29.
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New #16
It's a very technical subject, and to a degree gaining disk space by fiddling with your cluster sizes depends upon what's in your archives, but WD making a song and dance over 11% doesn't represent much at the end of the day, especially since mechanical storage is already fading into the realms of being a legacy technology...
We could soon even be looking at organic components in computers...
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New #17
i dont think so, mechanical disks still have the longest lifespan and sizes. also write speed. remember that a SSHD has a finite amount of writes possibleIt's a very technical subject, and to a degree gaining disk space by fiddling with your cluster sizes depends upon what's in your archives, but WD making a song and dance over 11% doesn't represent much at the end of the day, especially since mechanical storage is already fading into the realms of being a legacy technology...
We could soon even be looking at organic components in computers...
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New #18
Do you think I should wait before buying a HDD? I was thinking about buying a 1 TB HDD for Christmas but now I'm thinking about waiting a bit.
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Posts : 2,899 Windows 7 Ult x64(x2), HomePrem x32(x4), Server 08 (+VM), 08 R2 (VM) , SuSe 11.2 (VM), XP 32 (VM)New #19
wait for sure since that it might just might mean that HDD could go down in price to be competitive...
this has got me waiting on two 2tb drives that i would otherwise lose a huge amount of space on, especially since thats the limit for most drives...
instead im getting a 1 tb in the meantime...:)
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