How much Hdd space do you have? poll!

[imposter]

Hey all, i thought it would be interesting in knowing how much storage space you got in your primary rig, or system with most HDD space.

thanks David for making this poll.

[David]

Done :)

Also:


david@localhost ~ $ df -h
Filesystem Size Used Avail Use% Mounted on
/dev/hda3 28G 8.7G 19G 32% /
udev 506M 736K 506M 1% /dev
shm 506M 0 506M 0% /dev/shm
/dev/hda4 155G 35G 120G 23% /files/hda4
/dev/evms/Files 1.5T 595G 853G 42% /mnt/Files
/dev/evms/NonredData 15G 165M 15G 2% /mnt/NonRed

[Vento1]

I only have a 74 gig WD raptor on my main rig, but i have everything spread over 3 rigs so total 200gig.

[smokie mcpott]

i got 3tb now

[Captain Slug]

250gb + 300gb

[imposter]

Hey David if i remember correctly ( ) means greater/less than but not equal to, and [ ] means greater/less than and equal too. but thanks anyway =P

2x 250gb in raid, + a 200GB in this comp.

[Vulcan]

500 + 150 here.

I'll be getting atleast one more 500 sometime soon.

[dropadrop]

500+500GB for now, but since I don't have more then 500GB of data I keep it mirrored :)

[crosshairs]

2 74's an 80 and a 200=428 unpartitioned...401 after taxes :)

[Neuromancer]

2 74's an 80 and a 200=428 unpartitioned...401 after taxes :)

heh heh Nice!


I only have 600 in my HTPC (2x320GBs) But those are going to be installed in my file server in two weeks with a 120GB and at least another 320 if not a 500GB hdd.

then my HTPC will have only 80 or 160GB of space.. (not sure if I am going to stripe or not)

[Kevin007]

I have a lot and if that's too vague then I have 200GB + 80GB= 16.75²

[Ageo24]

200 + 400 in my HTPC. I sure want to get another 400 now that it's so cheap to make it 1 TB.

[-_{MoW}_-Assasi]

1.28 TB on this rig :)

[Rattle]

74 raptor+ 400gb storage + 300GB external

[Blackstar]

80 GB in the Mac Mini
320 GB External Firewire/USB 2.0 case
300 GB in the PC

- Blackstar

[imposter]

200 + 400 in my HTPC. I sure want to get another 400 now that it's so cheap to make it 1 TB.

http://forums.slickdeals.net/showthread.php?t=476202&referrerid=0

100 bucks at fry's hope that helps!

[Douken]

40+30GB

[xtreme_ego]

bout 1.8tB on here

[SeasonalEclipse]

im currently running just a 300 GB maxtor HD.

[Fr3@k3r]

WOOT 2nd on in for the 3TB section ;)

2.8TB Unformatted 2.6TB Formatted of 400GB and add a 160GB To That and a 200GB To that..

[Goshawk]

I've got an 80gb in my main workstation, 200gb + 200gb in my gaming rig, 200gb+40gb+80gb in my file server, and a 20gb in the folder i just through together.


~ Gos

[Bios24]

Only have a 200gb in my main rig. (will be adding a 320gb or maybe a 400gb soon) HTPC has a 250gb + 80gb. Other machines aren't worth mentioning.

[Enablingwolf]

1x 74
1x 80
2x 120

So 394gigs. After formatting them, 365.5 gigs usuable.

[doublejack]

A single 150gb raptor is all I have for my main rig. I've got a total of around 1TB across all my systems.

[Big Mike]

500 gigs for storage and 73 for system in my main rig

[hotrod469]

Two 320 perps and 120Gb for vista.

[Clockwork_Apple]

80 sata
80 ide
250 ide

Getting a 250GB 7200.10 soon :)

[milano_chris]

70 GB Raid 0
250 GB SATA

[Maviryk]

1.24Tb on my server. Need to figure out how to store my documents there.

[Enablingwolf]

1.24Tb on my server. Need to figure out how to store my documents there.

Redirect the target:




Right clck 'My Documents'

Properties

'Find Target' ( redirect to wherever you need it to go.. Anywhere you want it.. even over a network.. )

[Audioaficionado]

>600GB (RAID 1) on my primary desktop/file server.

Soon to be >1TB

If I broke up the RAID sets, I'd already be past 1TB.

[stunt]

1050 gig on the main system plus an 80 gig OS/APPS clone and 740 gig on the server plus a 40 gig OS/APPS clone.

[Mr. Roboto]

got 2 x 320gb and 2 x 200gb, so just over 1TB

[Randyman...]

4x 320's in RAID-5 (960GB of storage)
2x 74 Raptors in RAID-0 (148GB)
3x 320 Hot-Swap SATA (single 5.25" Bay)
1x 320 eSATA
2x 300 USB
1x 200 USB
2x 160 USB
1x 80 SATA (OS Back-ups)
2x 40 PATA (More OS Backups)

I can only have approx 2.3TB connected at once on my main rig, but I have WELL over 3TB total - so I voted >3TB

:cool:

[Dermen]

My main rig only has a single 80gb drive
HTPC has 80gb OS/programs and 500gb for recordings
File server has 4 200gb drives (1 for backups, 3 for dvds/music)
I also have a 120gb usb drive for a secondary backup

I want to get a 150gb rapter for my main rig and a raid controller for the fileserver.

[IAmMoen]

Got 2x320 raid 0, 2x120 raid 1, 2x160 raid 1, 250gb storage.

[MVC]

Well, the rig I'm typing on has just under 2.1TB so I chose the 2TB-3TB option. But, I've got another 2+TB on my server and maybe another 1.5TB on other older systems in my apartment so my home network is pushing 6TB total :D

[freakdiablo]

I have 300gb that I use regularly. If I needed it, I have a 80gb hdd in an external enclosure and my 60gb Ipod set up so I manage its disk space.

[hyperasus]

I have 4x500GB on Raid 5 + another 250GB stand alone drive in my rig

I voted >1.5TB but <=2TB because according to windows I have 1.33TB usable space on my RAID 5. If you are talking about raw hard drive space then I'm in the 2TB+ category.

[freakdiablo]

I voted >1.5TB but <=2TB because according to windows I have 1.33TB usable space on my RAID 5. If you are talking about raw hard drive space then I'm in the 2TB+ category.
Ya, thats the annoying thing. Most hdd manufacturers say 1kb=1000bits while windows says 1kb=1024bits.

[lowfat]

just over 1TB over 4 drives.

[hafa]

1.4 TB - see sig for details

[Alchemy1]

2- 74gb Raptors
1- 250gb storage

[grumperfish]

450GB right now. My 80GB pata music drive (65 gigs worth) will be replaced with a 3 or 400 gig drive soon though so I can move it to my htpc build.

[TDubbs05]

what are you guys storing one ur rigs that suck up so much space?
60% of the stuff i have it just media (movies and tv shows) I have one 160 gb Raid 1 for stuff i want to make sure I save.

[Avro]

500+480+250(external HD) = 1230gb
using it for music, recored tv shows, and movies

[hafa]

what are you guys storing one ur rigs that suck up so much space?
60% of the stuff i have it just media (movies and tv shows) I have one 160 gb Raid 1 for stuff i want to make sure I save.

Archives of graphic art including multiple textbook projects in excess of 800 pages each, programs and applications created over a span of 10 years, synchronized backups of online databases and files uploaded by clients, massive professional photography collections taken over the span of 20 years +, ongoing projects covering all of the above areas and backups of it all + 25,000 mp3s amassed over the years and their backups...

Oh, and by the way, ..one ur...

YOU FORGOT THE YO!

[Fr3@k3r]

what are you guys storing one ur rigs that suck up so much space?
60% of the stuff i have it just media (movies and tv shows) I have one 160 gb Raid 1 for stuff i want to make sure I save.

DVD Archives, TV Show Archives (DVR and Such Recordings), Audio Archives, Freeware Archives, Downloaded Shareware, Downloaded Purchases, Game Archives, Picture archives, system backups, misc crap..

the usual :beer:

oh and

YOU FORGOT THE YO!

[smokie mcpott]

i prefer to have a list of all my movies at the touch of the remote rather than pop a disc in...therefore, nearly all my DVDs are backed up on my server...

[Deanzo]

More than I need, 3 X 320 perps

[J-Sap]

2 x 320GB + 400GB = 1Terabyte that is fast approaching getting full.

[Quick69GTO]

2-36gig Raptors RAID 0 WinVista
1-300gig PATA
1-320gig PATA
1-320gig SATA 3g?

[Griff65]

1 x 80gig sata Samsung for Vista
3 x 250gig sata Maxtors
1 x 250gig ide external

Fancying a 74 Raptor for the system..

[montaillou]

The bulk of my 1.1TB is holding anime. All temp storage until I burn it on dvd's to make room for more. Friend of mine probably has 500GB in pr0n.

[Quailane]

Oops, I voted wrong. I put down between 800GB and 1TB, but I should be in the next largest category.

[inkfx]

Right now I've got a 300GB and this 36GB raptor. My dad is the HDD space freak in the house with a few 320GB HDDs. :rolleyes:

[pik4chu]

The bulk of my 1.1TB is holding anime. All temp storage until I burn it on dvd's to make room for more. Friend of mine probably has 500GB in pr0n.
yay for anime! :beer:
Not going to vote until after the server upgrade, but I currently have 800-1TB in the server, need to bump it to 3+TB once I find a good SATA Raid controller.

[SavageBasher]

Well, after tomorrow my main desktop will have 2x 320, 2x 250, and 120. Other desktop has a 40, my laptop has a 60, smoothie has an 8, and I have 2 120s that don't have homes.

320+320+250+250+120+120+120+60+40+8=

1608 gigs.

[Como]

just because savage feels the need to brag, i suppose i aught to just spew what i can remember...

100gb in my laptop
13 or so(+/-2, i should count them...) 250gb drives- various places
3 80gb, although im not sure if one works
3 40gb- that i know of...
1 30gb- bought when 40's just hit the market, hasnt had a day off yet
give or take 20-25 drives in the sub 20 gig range

If im missing any i dont really want to think about it, it makes my head hurt... Remember when a floppy would hold all the data you could ever want?

[Jon]

2.14TB.

[Sheepeeshaun]

120GB Maxtor, I had another HD (IBM deathstar I think) but I sold it. Now I'm running out of space (10 or so left on a vista partition).

[Tyranos]

Just a bit over 700 gb.

[Spion]

300GB+200GB+80GB external = 580GB unpartitioned/543GB partitioned

[amd64crazy07]

just got a new 250gb added to my 120gb so that puts me at 370gb of wide open free space.

Soon to get me a 500gb on newegg for 130$$

[RIG RIDER]

558gb.
Two 74gb Raptors
One 160gb WD
One 250gb WD

[athlonhead]

I am just running a 120gig Seagate hard drive. My socket A computer is a 80 gig seagate.

[Cyrix_2k]

2x 120gb + 250gb + 400gb + 20gb external = 890gb internal / 910gb as it sits. So close to a terabyte!

[wluk]

200gb + 320gb and ordering a 500gb this week.

[nvidiaOCmaster]

Not enough.

[MrLarkins]

i got two seagate 250's in a RAID 0 in my gaming pc
i got one maxtor 80 and one seagate 160 in my HTPC
i got one 40gb 'something' in my laptop
i got one 60gb external usb drive

[asusradeon]

i have 390GB in total spread across 3 machines.

[JigPu]

1x 80GB
1x 200GB

280GB in total for this machine. :)

JigPu

[fohijgmz]

I have 180GB......damn almost 200GB

[Nittenti]

2x 160GB WD1600ADFD Raptors
1x 250GB WD2500KS

I work as a Storage Administrator so I have a "bit" under my wings at work - 2x 43,5TB in a couple of EMC DMX-3 and a EMC Clariion with 18,5TB

[dfonda]

320GB main 120GB backup.

[Vondoom]

1x 200GB - 1x 250GB - 1x 320GB - Main computer
1x 40GB - 1x 200GB - Old Comp

Everything on my main compuer is storage except a 20GB partition on my 320gb drive. I have a few other hdds that are full but just sitting in a hdd rack right now. Have about a TB all together

[ScottinIndy]

1x160 main drive
1x200 media drive

[aaronjb]

1 x 150GB 16MB Raptor-X
2 x 74GB 16MB Raptor
1 x 74GB 8MB Raptor
1 x 150 Seagate EIDE

I'm collecting Raptors like they're going out of style. Someday I'll build a fort out of those drives when they die... a 10K RPM fort, in RAID0. My goal is to now start matching the drives (one for each OS) and put them in matched RAID0 pairs..

[leobkny]

2x320 Seagate Barcuddas

[Thund3rball]

1x Seagate Barracudu 250GB
1x Seagate Barracuda 250GB (sitting on the floor waiting to be installed and Striped with the 1st!)

[wnnbgwrrr]

640GB

1x320GB on one computer
1x160GB on another
1x160GB on a third

[EmAn]

200 gb unformatted
183 formatted

[Cyrix_2k]

2x 120gb + 250gb + 400gb + 20gb external = 890gb internal / 910gb as it sits. So close to a terabyte!
Now I'm over a terabyte. 2x 120gb + 200gb + 250gb + 400gb = 1090gb internal storage. Wow.

[sneveTsS]

500+500+74

[Something Else]

1 x 500GB WD RE2 (WD5000YS)
Not much compared to some of the drives on here, but it does me nicely (for now...)

[4od]

I have a mind-blowing 36.7 gb scsi drive, as well as a cheapo 20 gig 5200 rpm drive i scavenged.

Ive never even filled up

[Hazaro]

250Gb Samsung :P

[Sam__]

250+120+120+80+20=590 god knows why iv got the 20 lol

[H2]

3.7 Terabyte if you count two 500 gig eSATA drives I use for temp storage.
if not the 2.7 Terabyte most of which is in a Raid 5 setup.

[Sam__]

just bought another 250 so now its 820...
3.7 Terabyte
what do u need that much for?

[H2]

Sam
what do u need that much for?

I do lots of video editing and each 1 hour of regular VHS video in AVI uncompressed format uses on average 45 gig of space. High Definition uses much more and I need some drives set up in Raid 10 or 0 to eliminate dropping frames in HD.

Much of it is used for storage of video footage that I haven't had time to edit yet.:)

[Sam__]

sounds like fun lol

[WYTOUT]

2 X 320GB Seagate Barracuda... in a RAID 1 though... so I guess it only counts for 320.

[BenF]

one wd 120gb drive and one 400gb seagate drive

[Nexrow]

Done, technically I have 2010GB

*refers to sig*

[surfhick]

2 WD 160 EIDE right now. 5 Seagate 320's on the way. Will be used in two computers.

[oneeyedziggy]

1+ Tb I've got 4x 250gb western digital drives, almost completely full, had to start backing up to dvd.

and everyone thinks it's funny, i have 2 keyboard boxes full of hard drives ranging from about 680mb to 160gb (mostly 6.8Gb and 40Gb) all IDE, and in my new rig i'm making the jump to sata, and going either 10k or 15k speeds, undecided about raid.

[xam5]

My friend came upon about 40 500 GB SATA hard drives that he salvaged from an office fire. Suffice it to say I obtained a number of them for my new rig for 20 a piece.

[hibner]

250 gb and an 50 gb

About to buy a matching 250 hd so I can run raid.:burn:

[xTrEmEoVrClOcKr]

I'm jealous to see how much HDD space you guys have. I have only a 120gb drive :(.

[Jalida]

two x 250GB
one x 160GB
one x 200GB

[Skeith]

I have a 320GB and a 20GB in my desktop, but including all my computers and storage drives I have just over 600GB

[Drew@PSU]

Just what I have in my sig atm, and I've still got ridiculous amounts of space left. I believe its about 400gigs in 2 x 200s SATA2 in RAID0 ( I don't have load times, lol ). And that's all I have, more than I need till I get a TV tuner/HTPC setup, although putting all my DVDs on disk would be nice.

[Peepaw]

I'm jealous to see how much HDD space you guys have. I have only a 120gb drive :(.

I've only got 80.:(

[Mr. Roboto]

just got 2 500gb drives to replace my old slave drives, so I'm up to 1.6tb

[Oc1Kenube]

I've only got 80.:(
Me too atm :beer: :bang head

[Red_LightRanger]

74 and 120

[Oroka Sempai]

2x250GB on my primary, 80GB+320GB on my server which I store alot of stuff for local use there. I am eyeballing a 500GB HDD for my primary and RAID 0 my 2 250GBs.

[Thund3rball]

I am eyeballing a 500GB HDD for my primary and RAID 0 my 2 250GBs.
Ya me too. Those 500GB are getting cheaper every week it seems :cool:

[i686]

hi'
if we count ext drives in, then it makes :

2x250go in raid 0+1 = 280go (work)
1x 320go ( multimedia)

ext 1x250go
ext 1x80go
both Ext HDD's for backup ;)
total = 930go ...

working with video and sites, with a database...
I could have less but you know :rolleyes: hdd by hdd ...
finish with a lot of go, I would prefer to have one and only ext drive for backup, but since I have far enough, I can make good backups with acronis, disk and files ;)

i686

[Slaps]

300 GB + 400 GB.

[iii9ix3]

Ya me too. Those 500GB are getting cheaper every week it seems :cool:

I'm trying to hold out till they go sub-$100. They are getting there....



2x250gb RAID0 + 80gb. (160gb + (2x?)500gb soon)

[oakstave]

1 tb of internal HD's, 2 enclosures: 320gig storage drive, 128gig backup drive.

[Clockwork_Apple]

2x 80GB Sata RAID 0
1x 250GB IDE storage.

Totals about 382GB usuable space. The storage drive is full, and I dont want to clog up the RAID with media, so I'll probably be looking for another cheap ~250GB HDD.

Best thing was, I FOUND the 250gb in the street in a sealed anti-static bag, and it's been working fine for a few months now :D

[Sneaker]

160GB

[Grande Juan]

I have to laugh, (at myself) one lonely 36gig Raptor, I keep at about 35% free space. It's all I seem to need, although my next build will doubtlessly have much more. Not necessarily because I need it, more likely because that will be all that's available. Then of course there is Vista to consider.

Anyone with less than that? Please chime in I hate to be at the bottom of the heap, unless there is a prize.

[tempest993]

Main Rig:
500gb
320gb
120gb
160gb (external)

Laptop:
100gb

Backup/Server Rig:
40gb
60gb

Total: 1.3tb

[shirker]

approx. 2.5tb :)
mostly 500GB externals, with two being eSATA

[Sleepy_Steve]

Down to 1050gb atm due to lending out a drive to a friend who lost his C: and one of my own drives that is out for RMA.

If I had all drives running, I would have 1290gb of useable space. On 7 physical drives, and I guess about 6 logical drives for now... but thats subject to change as my partition needs change.


Thats my main rig in a rather crouded mid tower... Backup rig, semi caseless has 2x 80gb sata drives in Raid 0 for a rather small 160ish GB.

[Blackstar]

Had:

80 GB in the Mac Mini
320 GB External Firewire/USB 2.0 case
300 GB in the PC

Current:

80 GB in the Mac Mini
200 GB in the PC
300 GB External Firewire/USB 2.0 case
320 GB External Firewire/USB 2.0 case
----------------------------------------------
900 GB total


- Blackstar

[Jon]

I just built a 5x500GB RAID3 NAS (with a 6th hot spare) for >2TB of formatted storage. I also have an additional 1.5TB spread out across the network bringing my total to somewhere around 3.5TB. I don't know how much more I could tag on if I added OS drives though...

[jellysandwich]

320+320+300. i wanna raid some raptors, but theyre too expensive :(

[jrafael]

2 wd 320gb 7200rpm 16mb cache, perpendicular recording

[Kuroimaho]

500+250 in the desktop 2*200 in the DTR notebook 40 in the subnotebook.

[Daewood]

Main Rig - 4x320gb Raid 5 = 960gb
Fileserver - 4x250gb Raid 5, 320gb, 250gb, 160gb
Everywhere else - ~500gb+

And its all full! I need more room!

[UglyChild]

Im down to 3 HDDs from 4 HDDs. So its enough space for me atm. No raid either.

[Hazaro]

I got 40Gb left free...

Need to pick up a new SATA 500GB to replace my ATA 250GB.

[bkny10555]

2 - 75gig RAPTOR RAID 0
2 - 500 SATA Seagate
2 - 120 SATA Western Digital
1 - 300 EIDE

[hyperasus]

Just finishing up my 12TB media server. 750gb drives x 16 on Raid 6. That makes roughly 10TB of usable space after the raid6 takes its cut.

[stereo555]

2-250gig/16mb
1-80gig external

Looking to grab another 250gig or 320gig , but going to try out a perpendicular drive this time around , and put my other 2-250's back in raid (since they are currently used in duel boot atm) .

[scrappydog]

Primary rig: 2x320GB, 640GB, 1TB = 2.28TB.

I have an eSATA enclosure with 500GB, a second system with 2x160GB (320GB), a laptop with 40GB and another laptop with 80GB.

[ToeKneeATX]

2x36gb raptor and 2x160gb seagates, im planning on picking up 2x750gb seagates though

[stratcatprowlin]

I have a 160gig WD sata drive right now.

[Elluzion]

60gb hd on my laptop lol,

[grumperfish]

By the end of this week I'll have a little over 1TB of space. At the moment I have right at 700GB (just counting overall hdd size not including FT/formatting usage) with ~300GB used.


Edit: Now running >1TB in my main system and 200GB in my htpc rebuild. Now I just have to figure out what to do with the space.

[White_Pawn]

120gig 7200.9 seagate drive. :(

[Zenpu]

120GB lol....... Maxtor too :(

[Firebr4nd]

160gb on my gaming PC in raid0.

160gb spread between 2 HDDs in my "everyday use" PC.

I've got a bit more with my spare HDDs and external IDE enclosure though.

[andylihaha]

>600GB but <=800GB

i am already filling it up

i think i will need to add more hdd space soon

[Enablingwolf]

Just dropped a 500 on the main rig.


I now have 814 gigs for the one machine.

[el]

500gbx3
250gbx2

2TB and room for 3more drives!!! or maybe even 6 if I get creative.

[seadave77]

Got a 500 over the weekend.

So 500 + 300 + 120 = 920 Gigs.

[FudgeNuggets]

I've got a 100GB drive in my Mini, but my fileserver has 2 250GB, 1 160GB and a USB 300GB drive for a total of 960GB, just short of 1TB, but over 1TB if you include the mini which remote connects and maps drives through the fileserver :D

[hainer36]

1x200gb (swear its been on its last leg for as long as ive had it)
1x320gb
520gb....sad, but i never even come close to filling the 200gb most of the time

[SH0DAN]

spread over my 3 computers,about 1.62Tb formatted on 4 drives.My wifes two comps add up to just over 1.1 terabytes formatted.

[deathman20]

My main computer I got:

2x 320Gig Perps Raid 0
1x 320Gig Perp (Hot Swap Backup)
1x 160Gig External Storage

Spares of 160Gig and 80Gig drive laying around if not mistaken as well.

This is not including the 12Gig I have in another computer thats been dormant for a few years and 20Gig in the wifes laptop.

I have an overkill amount and when SSD's come down in price i'll surely be getting some of those.

[grs]

60GB on my laptop
2x500GB in a FreeNAS server
500GB USB drive
320GB USB drive

Total=1880GB

I use the FreeNAS and USB drives for most my storage the laptop is just programs really. The 500GB drives actually only seem to have 450GB or 475GB available but the drive has 500GB printed on it, does some get used in formatting?

[PLOBBY]

Storage server
2x250gb
1x300gb
2x500gb
1x1tb

=2.8tb

My computer
1x120gb

HTPC
1x160gb

Smoothwall
40gb

Laptops (5)
1x100gb
1x80gb
1x60gb
1x40gb
1x40gb

Everyone comp
1x40gb

Domain/email/website server
3x15gb scsi
raid 0+1

So it totals around 3.5TB's. But granted I cant use the smoothwall for storage. I only use the storage server for storage and plan on buying another TB hard drive here soon.

[nvidiaOCmaster]

wooh did I upgrade my storage.

2 WD Caviar SE12 500gb

1 40 gig raptor

They are for my C2Q build. Im not using them yet

I plan on using my current computer for a server, with upwards of 5TB, if not more.

[Tweaked!]

500gb in my main rig, two 250gb WDs in raid 0 :)

[Randyman...]

I've added since my last post:

Sittin' pretty - right around 6.5TB! :eek: Main Desktop = 2250GB on Hardware RAID-5; NAS = 1800GB on Hardware RAID-5, and a bunch of single drives in other PC's and over a TB in removable HD's...

:cool:

[RIG RIDER]

I've added as well, 1.7TB and growing, in my SIG RIG.

[JamesXP]

Just 250GB for now :)

[chrispycrunch]

I find that the more HDD space, the more DVD and required backup one might need to concern himself with. Of course, losing avi tv shows isn't too big a deal.

[freakdiablo]

Well, for my main, Ive went from 300gb to a fullTB (added a 500gb esata drive and 2 2.5" drives).

[ian2000gsxr]

~190 gb

aka not enough

[Randyman...]

I no longer back up most of my data to DVD's. Only the really important stuff. Otherwise it takes WAY too long for me and my 12 hour work days. I backup my primary Hardware RAID-5 array to a seperate Hardware RAID-6 NAS :p Now that's fast and convenient (but not cheap). I also have my music library and all of my applications mirrored to 3 networked PC's. Of my 6.5TB, I'd say almost 1/2 of it is redundant...

:cool:

[NettieZoom]

I have a 500GB internal and a 250GB external in my main rig now.

[netmask]

500gb sata
80gb external usb hdd

[zexmarquies01]

Counting the actual Space listed on the hard-drives ( HDD space BEFORE formating ), i have 640 gigs.

C- 40 gigs
D - 80 gigs
E - 200 gigs
F - 320 gigs

[Th3 F4ll3n P1mp]

10 terabyte server. :) My laptop has 160, home junk desktop 120, junk laptop 120, my gaming pc has 320x3 being *gets calculator* 960. Almost 1 terabyte.

[grumperfish]

10TB? Dang.


~1.7TB (+120GB external) in my desktop, about to be ~2TB as of next month.
530GB (+80GB external) in my fileserver/torrentbox
80GB in my htpc
40GB in my laptop
~3GB in the pfsense box

[just2stoned]

2x 200gb in main PC
3x 80gb external and extras for backup.

[Brian@EWIZ]

10 terabyte server. :) My laptop has 160, home junk desktop 120, junk laptop 120, my gaming pc has 320x3 being *gets calculator* 960. Almost 1 terabyte.

dang you must store a lot of videos ;) with that much HD space. haha

[nasvemos671]

holy cow the 3% that got over 3tb. I don't even know what to do with that much space. I even got a 30gb ipod video and don't even have it full. still got 31% free last I checked.

[Enablingwolf]

I could fill a 30gb video/music drive as fast as transfer allows.

[VinnyTAMU]

I have a Seagate 250GB.... sorry 232.83 GiB hard drive in my main rig, and a 500GB / 465.66 GiB Seagate drive in my file server.

[Hazaro]

Picked up a bitchin' 640GB 2 platter WD drive.

I can't wait to see this thing fly faster than my previous 500GB 3 platter.

Which was like Mach 4 compared to my old 20GB 5 year old Maxtor.

[eggyhustles]

As of right now 320 gig..120 on the main drive..200 on the slave..when i get my new psu i plan to buy 2 500gb drives and use the 200gig in the ps2

[43longtime]

got 2 500gb and getting 1 750gb but 1tb for know.

[thideras]

I have to retract my vote of 200-400 and up that to a nice 4.5tb :)

[wolfy1220]

I only have 260 for now but am looking to get up to 1Tb soon

[Diddyu]

500Gb*4, 250Gb*2, 80Gb*7, 20Gb*2, ~500Mb*1, 320Mb*1, 100Mb*1
Lookin at another Tb or two soon.

[JDXNC]

2x 250GB.

[amd64crazy07]

Current Totals as of today...

Samsung 250GB
Seagate 250GB
Hitachi 123.5GB

Total - 623.50GB

Soon Ill invest into a TB or 2 drive to through into the file server. :santa2:

[rseven]

Well, I have 280 gigs on two drives, and they are about 80% empty, so not much need for more real estate.

Cheers! :beer:

R7

[casperlite]

I USE 500 + 500 gb, But my req. are more than that

[Pandam00nium]

I have 2 250GB Maxtor drives.. They're kinda loud and I want to switch them out with something else, but its not that bad yet.

[Th3 F4ll3n P1mp]

Well...I ended up canceling the order for my 3x320's, but I got a raptor instead, and spent more money on a decent monitor. I still have the server for storage space though lol.

[Sarsbaby]

Just shy of 800 usable gb's.

2x 36gb Raptors in Raid0
A Seagate 400gb + Samsung 500gb = 750gb Raid0

[Jon]

I just went from 2.1TB to a hair under 7TB.

[someone1029]

2x 500gb in Raid 0
320gb Short Stroked For OS/Apps etc.

[NettieZoom]

I now have 4x500GB drives in our HTPC, 2x320GB in my gaming rig, 1x320GB in my biz machine and a lil 250GB in my lappy :)

[Twitchstick]

I've got in my server
7X500GB RAID 5
1x400GB
1X320GB

In my main PC
1x320GB
1x250GB

[Revtek]

5.5TB here.

[terran2k]

about 180GB in my main PC.

[Riverslide SS]

i got a raptor 150GB and 2 WD 7200rpm 1TB HDD

[dropadrop]

I'm around 4TB currently (unlike when I first voted). Though I have less then 1TB of data, other storage is various backups.

[SH0DAN]

I just recently added 5 Samsung 753LJ 32Mb Cache hard drives to my system,as well as 4 to my wifes media server PC.

[SniperXX]

Sitting @ 1.2TB now 90% full. I could fill it but dont want to.

Im throwing another 1.5TB in my box tommorow. I wonder how long it will take me to fill up... lol.

[Elluzion]

i run 1 raptor 150gb, who could need more?

[Enablingwolf]

i run 1 raptor 150gb, who could need more?

When you archive your old and massive audio CD collection to FLAC.. It gets gone fast. Then have tracks for the players. Even more is used. Saving DVD's/TV shows also rakes up a quit a bit of space.

2TB.. pppfft. I need more. I had to map in my wife's drives on her machine until I can get more space in this machine.

[Foolishoverlord]

2TB.. pppfft. I need more. I had to map in my wife's drives on her machine until I can get more space in this machine.

:p lol that made me laugh, i haven't begun to move to flac yet (although with the money i forked out on my sound card and the speakers (Gigaworks S750) flac should be top of my list....once i get a couple more terabytes lol

all western digital drives atm 2x160's in RAID and one 500GB on its own:soda:

only on 820GB atm but its filling up way too quickly, have backed up my various tv shows, music, ISO's etc, a couple of times now:screwy:; esata is definatly needed, im pretty sure if i ever moved into a flatshare...id be maintaining a media server from my room around the house lol :burn:

[Randyman...]

anything above 100 - 200 is a little ridiculous just because it is hard to truly
use that space, unless if you have a lot of porn or something. idk...



LOL's. Maybe some pron, but most of my space is used for my band's recordings. Anywhere from 16-20 Tracks @ 44.1K/24Bit uncompressed for roughly 2 hours per practice (only once a week lately) is approx 10 GB's a week (2x that if we practice twice a week). That adds up pretty quick over the course of 10 years ;) . I think I'm currently at like 800GB just for my band's projects, and then another 200GB in Audio sample files :eek: . Then there is the 200GB MP3 collection, and my Programs Backups that is almost 75GB! :eek: It adds up QUICK! Almost time for me to consider swapping to the 8-port version of my card or swapping to 4x 1TB HD's...

:cool:

[Rpkole]

hey where is the option for 6+TB

[tom10167]

Second 1TB drive came in the mail today. :)

I expect it to be full before the year is over. :(

[boarderjw]

at a lowly 200gb. :/

[tom10167]

Second 1TB drive came in the mail today. :)

I expect it to be full before the year is over. :(

lol that didn't take long.

Bought a third drive a week ago.

It's half full. :(

Or half empty. :)

[Wheater]

80GB + 500GB

[4GHZ_or_bust]

640GB + 320GB + 80GB

When Windows XP blows up and I need to do a clean install, that 80GB will go out and I will get whatever new drive that is on the market then.

[madhatter256]

My rebuilt PC only has a single 160gig SATA HDD. My laptop has a 80gig HDD.

I have two external drives: 250gig USB (IDE), and 400gig USB/ESATA HDD.

[hitokiri_808]

I just acquired 5 1TB HDs this week. Going in a EXT3 software RAID 5. I have another 3TB spread across maybe a dozen HDs in my main desktop and file server.

[nightelph]

I recently got into HD video and picked up a 640gb WD Caviar to compliment my 150 Raptor. I can see myself getting another 640+ by the end of the year! And a Blu-ray burner..

[hellzarmy]

only about 500gb on my main gaming rig.

4.2tb on my home server with plans on adding about 5tb soon to get it up close to 10tb

[Jcw88]

300 GB + 400 GB here

[jayfella]

2 x 160GB in RAID0 and another 160GB IDE for storage!

RAID all the way!

[Rich'[ard]]

running a 250GB Seagate. 840MB free space left xD lol!
getting a WD 750GB soon, which would amount to a theoretical total of 1TB.

[TranceBear]

2.29TB, see sig for details.

[Lian Li]

410gb, 254gb free

[ozzlo]

currently 80GB (internal) + 250+500 (external) =830 GB the 500GB is considered a backup of the other two so I really only have 330GB


however with 1TB drives for 80 bucks, i'm tempted... very tempted.

[Mr.DLucey]

about half full on this 72GB Raptor

[TheThermaltaker]

1950gb and 2200gb if you count the external.

[Spawn-Inc]

1250GB's (3x 250GB and 1x 500GB)

i should get a 1 TB drive to back it all up but that will come later.

[tom10167]

Second 1TB drive came in the mail today. :)

I expect it to be full before the year is over. :(

lol


Four of them, all full. Raptor 150 full, OCZ 128 just about full.

I was thinking two, not five! :O

Going to upgrade to 1.5TB drives now.

I wish they'd stop futzing about and just put a 2 or 3TB drive out.

[Cuiiey]

750GB WD green FTW

[Lian Li]

I need to change my vote to >800GB but <=1TB

[GBH]

1 intneral 500 gig HDD with about half left and a 500 gig external with about 400 left

[PwNZoRNooB]

I've got a 1TB Samsung F1 Spinpoint. Very happy with it. A lot more silent than my last HDD. ;)

[Lian Li]

I've got a 1TB Samsung F1 Spinpoint. Very happy with it. A lot more silent than my last HDD. ;)how can it be "more silent"?

[KonaKona]

Might have been using one of those old quantums, that notorious tone from those things.... ahhh

I got a 640 in my main rig, and its almost full. Probably get a 1TB in my next rig.

[IOS&M]

250GB O/S, 3X750GB + 3X500GB "files" collection ... but all the big drives are stored
out of p.c , and I connect them through Thermaltake BlackX Esata box.

[stool]

Used to have 1gb, but now over 2.5tb. Given my big change, and probably a bunch more, it might be worth starting a new thread.

[tom10167]

5.2 TB full. :(

Guys, what should I do? I want an external box but they only usually hold 4 HDDs, I need something that can hold like.. 10.

[Trent]

In college I was always out of space, I had a ton of storage for the time at around 900gb (4 years ago). These days however, I don't even come close to filling the 250gb drive I put in this system when I built it new. I think Ive got somewhere around 180gb open.

[madhatter256]

2002 I had 4gig HDD with 500mb of free space. Then a 120gig... filled that up in about a year.. Now I have a 160gig + 400gig + 250gig external. I have about 140gigs of free space total...

[Enablingwolf]

5.2 TB full. :(

Guys, what should I do? I want an external box but they only usually hold 4 HDDs, I need something that can hold like.. 10.

There is plenty out of the box options. A nice server rack would work.

My pick would be go FreeNaS and use a case that has features that suite you. Or build a custom enclosure.

Overall the price would be lower than going to a prebuilt NaS solution. Plus you will have more control.

[Randyman...]

3rd post :)

Now, I'm over 10TB! What is wrong with me? :p

5.2 TB full. :(
Guys, what should I do? I want an external box but they only usually hold 4 HDDs, I need something that can hold like.. 10.

DIY a regular ATX case. I modded my Antec SOLO to hold 10 HD's. 6 Down low by way of custom brackets, and a "4-in-3" 5.25" bay with its own 120mm fan. All 10 HD's have cool air blowing directly on them, too. I tossed in a good Areca RAID card (ARC-1220), and a cheap P5B-E and an extra e6320 I had laying around. It is one FAST NAS!!! :D

:cool:

[sbinh]

i got 2x640

[tom10167]

3rd post :)

Now, I'm over 10TB! What is wrong with me? :p



DIY a regular ATX case. I modded my Antec SOLO to hold 10 HD's. 6 Down low by way of custom brackets, and a "4-in-3" 5.25" bay with its own 120mm fan. All 10 HD's have cool air blowing directly on them, too. I tossed in a good Areca RAID card (ARC-1220), and a cheap P5B-E and an extra e6320 I had laying around. It is one FAST NAS!!! :D

:cool:

Sounds great. I think I need a new case anyways, my Wavemaster is teeny tiny.

Currently at 9TB, 7.7 full.

[Bryce]

My work Macs have a total of 5tb of space and my personal computers (4 of them) have a combined space of 3tb. So, 8tb in total for me.

[Kayden]

I think the more important question is how much hdd space have you used?

On my gaming PC I have 2 80GB raptors in a raid 0, a 74GB raptor, and a 300GB WD.
On my server have have 2 40s in a raid 1 and 4 1TBs in a raid 5.

The 3TB array on my server is 98% full. =(

[4GHZ_or_bust]

The 3TB array on my server is 98% full. =(

What the heck are you doing to fill up 3TB??? http://bestsmileys.com/eek/7.gif I have lots of anime and I'm nowhere near 2/3 of a TB of storage.

[Kayden]

Most people generally assume porn, but that's only about 100GB.

Heh... I have an addiction:
http://img404.imageshack.us/img404/8369/spacetg9.gif
What the heck are you doing to fill up 3TB??? http://bestsmileys.com/eek/7.gif I have lots of anime and I'm nowhere near 2/3 of a TB of storage.

[OldSkool]

Voted awhile ago, but I'm now at 2.25Tb 2.5TB

[Bryce]

I must have more space lol.

[ticktock123]

This is a good question, and fun reading what others say. I tried something I haven't done before a RAID 0. I have two HDD that i RAID'ed together and now have a max space of 2tb (i use about 10% of it, but darn if I am not cool hahaha)

[ro_slasher]

Hey all,

I currently have 2*250 Gb Seagate 7200.10 single platter in RAID0 and a 640 Gb Seagate 7200.11 for backup.

[Twiggz]

My main rig reports 75gig but I also have a 250gig portable I use sometimes. I have never tried to do raid, dont know much about it.

[synthetic_fenix]

I'm up to 5.7Tb in my fileserver.

[Zimpo]

My current machine, I have a 160gb drive, a 240gb drive, and a 500gb external drive (WD myBook).

Contemplating storage for my new machine, I'm thinking I will go 2 x74 gb raptors in raid 0 for OS and apps, 2 x 1TB drives (or where ever the best price point is) in a matrix raid of raid 1 for hundred or two gigs for important personal docs/files, and the rest in raid 0 for file storage that is replaceable.

[deathman20]

This is a good question, and fun reading what others say. I tried something I haven't done before a RAID 0. I have two HDD that i RAID'ed together and now have a max space of 2tb (i use about 10% of it, but darn if I am not cool hahaha)

I see in your sig it says 10,000 RPM drives. Well what 1TB drive has that spec? If so where are you hiding them :santa:



Update to my previous one.

Lets see I can upgrade my total now.

2x320Gig Internal
1x320Gig External (eSATA) (Almost all exclusively 3D Animation files)
1x640Gig External (eSATA) (Full System Backup Drive)
1x160Gig External (USB 2.0) (Loose ended files from old systems)
1x250Gig Portable (USB 2.0) (Anything big I move)

I only have 1 PC but all my externals are sitting within arm's reach of the PC ready to be powered on anytime. So just over 2TB of space.

Soon I'll be replacing my internal 320's probably for some 640-750's, and see if I can retire my old 160 probably at the same time.

[tester3000]

Here's my updated list.

Gaming/Editing Rig
2x Seagate 7200.12 500GB Raid 0
1x Seagate 640GB

HTPC
500GB
500GB external

Laptop 250GB

PC 1 320GB

PC 2 160GB

PS2
250Gb

Total == ~3.6TB

[Kayden]

I really need some 2tb drives. Anyone care to donate a few hundred dollars my way? =D

[grumperfish]

According to the poll, when I selected it I had between 400GB and 600GB of space.

Time to update:

Main PC: 2.5TB
3x500GB 32mb-cache 7200.11's
3x250GB 410AS 7200.10 single-platter drives
1x250GB ES drive (Ubuntu and storage)

I probably use like 500GB max of this.

Fileserver: 1.5TB
1x750GB 7200.10
1x500GB 32mb-cache 7200.11
1x250GB WD IDE (OS)

HTPC:
1x500GB Hitachi (I don't actually use any of this space as everything's on the fileserver and connected by gigabit, but it was the same price as a 250GB Seagate at the time)

IPCop:
20GB Barracuda IV (quiet drive, used only for logging)

Other desktops:
2x250GB (Seagate and WD)


So just over 5TB before formatting

[BobbyBubblehead]

6.448 TB
and no idea where or what anything is.

[hinderpits]

2 74 gb raptors raid o
2 120 gig wd black raid 0
1 wd black tb

total-1.4tb:)

[visbits]

Spread acrost all my computers well over 3TB

[BossBorot]

On my main rig I have the following:

1x 74gb raptor for OS and games
2x 640gb westen digital AAKS
2x 1.5tb seagates

That comes out to aproximately 4TB post format

[I.M.O.G.]

I closed this... A poll thats been running for 2 years isn't real meaningful anymore.

If you have objections or want a new poll, PM me with the details.