Storage Solutions What is beyond 3 TB

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I have read stories about limitation of maximum capacity of hard disk at 3 TB but most of the movie fans using atleast single 1 or 2TB hard disk.We could not see any big improvement in sata 3 compared to sata 2.It would be better if experts in this forum explain about these two factors and what will happen in hard disk industry after 2,3 years.
 
From what I've been seeing, the next big thing in storage is SSDs. Companies traditionally not involved in storage (but involved in memory development) are working to create cost effective and larger sized SSDs and slowly effect the change from traditional HDD to SSD storage.

Traditional storage companies are have come out with hybrid HDDs but are also trying to play catch-up to SSD technology as they realize that it probably won't be long until SSDs take over a significant portion of the mobile and eventually the desktop consumer market. Meanwhile, they continue to milk the consumer and enterprise markets by providing cost effective and large capacity HDDs.

Here's where the switchover point comes for consumers....i.e. when SSDs come to be reasonably priced, it remains to be seen as to whether the consumer will prefer a 2-3TB HDD over a 320-500GB SSD of equal if not slightly higher price. Note that there are a lot of assumptions here.
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i> It is assumed that HDD capacity and more importantly performance (hybrid HDDs) will not increase significantly and that a consumer will not be interested in more space beyond say 2TB.
ii> It is also assumed that SSD cost will become reasonable relatively quickly. Right now, SSD cost is still quite prohibitive but the shift in R&D to SSDs v/s HDDs seem to indicate that this could happen faster than one could expect.
iii> It is assumed that a consumer understands the benefits of SSD vs HDD which is unlikely and highly dependent on marketing (remember the "Intel is better than AMD" perception :no:).

Enterprises are very interested in solid state storage due to increased speed, lower footprint, lower power draw which leads to huge savings in power and cooling and lower potential failure rates vs HDD but they calculate each and every penny
i.e. they will not make a move except for speed critical requirements unless SSDs offer a cost advantage. Plus they would have to factor server upgrade costs if required to support SSDs.

Ultimately, it all comes down to cost. SSDs are clearly superior to HDDs except for the cost per MB which is currently still significantly higher.
 
Yeah.. the next big thing in the storage market is the SSD. And I believe that drives with more than 3TB can be used for data storage, but they cannot be used as basic Boot drives.

I guess the limitation for higher capacity is due to the HDD size (standard 3.5") For capacities to increase, they have to create disc platter with higher storage densities which is getting tougher now. Of course the no.of platters can be increased, but even that has a limit else the HDD's wont fit in your drive bay.
 
Thanks for your replies friends SSD meant for performance not for storing huge pile of video files at least as of now.I want to know about whether we will get 5TB kind of HDD after 2 or 3 years for cheap price ( around Rs.3000) or we have to maintain several 2TB kind of HDD for storing large amount of video files in the future also.
 
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Thanks for your replies friends SSD meant for performance not for storing huge pile of video files at least as of now.I want to know about whether we will get 5TB kind of HDD after 2 or 3 years for cheap price ( around Rs.3000) or we have to maintain several 2TB kind of HDD for storing large amount of video files in the future also.
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Simply answer, no one know what future holds....anymore discussion on this topic would be purely speculation, guesses and incorrect information.
 
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Simply answer, no one know what future holds....anymore discussion on this topic would be purely speculation, guesses and incorrect information.
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If you think so I strongly recommend you to visit sections like cpu(buldozer,ivy bridge ...),os(chrome os,windows8 ...),dth(future hd channel addition ...) these are all related to your statement "anymore discussion on this topic would be purely speculation, guesses and incorrect information." So please visit these sections and close as much as possible threads :bleh:.

Anyway I have to purchase new hard disk my motherboard Asus p5kpl am/ps ,can I use 2TB hard disk with this.I am already using 1TB.What about sata3 and sata2 hdd can I use both of these with sata2 only or sata3 only motherboard.
 
My prediction is that HDD will reach around 8 TB by 2016 (5 years from now). It would come with a 1 TB SSD integrated to speed it up. 8 TB should be enough for most users considering the fact that by that time we would have almost everything stored on the cloud. Around this time manufacturers will hit the limits of what is physically possible. The next few year, maybe till 2020, will consist of only minor improvements. After which somebody or the other will come up with something truly revolutionary. Maybe reliable data storage and recovery directly from our brain, or maybe even data storage in every part of the planet (including "clouds"!) as envisioned by Isaac Asimov!
 
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