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LoneWolf121188
02-05-08, 09:43 AM
Holy crap!

One would think that after pushing out an 832GB SSD (http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/04/bitmicro-introduces-832gb-ssd-for-ces-2008/) at CES, the mad scientists at BiTMICRO could afford some time off. Nevertheless, those same gurus have apparently been burning that midnight oil and today are announcing the world's first Ultra320 SCSI SSD to break the terabyte barrier. The E-Disk Altima E3S320 solid state flash disk arrives in a 3.5-inch form factor and houses some 1.6TB of storage space. Additionally, it promises sustained data transfer rates of up to 230MB/sec, and just in case the aforementioned model is just too capacious for you, the outfit will be shipping versions as small as 16GB in Q3 of this year. No word on how many houses you'll need to liquidate in order to take one home, however.

:drool:

acompdude
02-05-08, 09:55 AM
Holy crap!



:drool:

Thats awesome. Looks like ssd is going to become popular faster than I thought. I hope affordable drives with decent size come soon.

CGR
02-05-08, 11:43 AM
Hmmmm, well if a 16gb SSD costs $500... Then a 1.6TB SSD will cost..................................$50,000 :)

MasterTelia
02-05-08, 11:49 AM
too expensive for me, but hopefully someone will buy 2 and raid them

ps2cho
02-05-08, 11:55 AM
my 4GB SSD in my Asus Eee PC screams!

Omsion
02-05-08, 12:17 PM
Better then regular ol' hard drives now, I see :p

EmAn
02-05-08, 12:45 PM
GOOD FING ****

Hey BILL! Come help me out and i'll never use linux again!

PhysX
02-05-08, 01:17 PM
cant wait :) less moving parts = less power consumption, were talking about mere watts.... but still :)

LoneWolf121188
02-05-08, 04:34 PM
^^ You're forgetting the main point: SPEED!!! :D

Sam__
02-05-08, 04:43 PM
oh...my...freakin...gawd! thats crazy. If I had a jet plane id sell it right now n get one of them.

=ACID RAIN=
02-05-08, 04:45 PM
my 4GB SSD in my Asus Eee PC screams!

What do you have on it? Win98? :bday:

I kid I kid. But I would like one as a test bed for OS use. Can't wait till they get cheaper :D

Evilsizer
02-05-08, 05:22 PM
just remember guys these are going to have slower xfer rates cause they use multi-level cell aka MLC. compared to the mtron drives that use single-level cell aka SLC.

Fr3@k3r
02-05-08, 05:49 PM
hmmm Raid 5 = 8TB for a mere... half a mil?

gangaskan
02-06-08, 03:25 PM
pishaw its only money

i'm in for 5!!!! :bday: