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  1. ultra

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    http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/8021012.stm
     
    ultra, Apr 28, 2009
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  2. crazytuna

    crazytuna Well-Known Member

    I wonder how much that would cost...
     
    crazytuna, Apr 28, 2009
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  3. Lechongbaboy

    Lechongbaboy Well-Known Member

    Oh, that disk is larger than the size of my hardrive.
     
    Lechongbaboy, Apr 28, 2009
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  4. rush n kaos

    rush n kaos Well-Known Member

    that thing is 46.6 times bigger than my old hard drive! i wonder if a whole game went on it how epicly long it would take to finish...
     
    rush n kaos, Apr 28, 2009
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  5. ian13456

    ian13456 Well-Known Member

    thats two times larger than my hard drive
     
    ian13456, Apr 28, 2009
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  6. Lechongbaboy

    Lechongbaboy Well-Known Member


    Maybe a year? Lol.
     
    Lechongbaboy, Apr 28, 2009
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  7. rush n kaos

    rush n kaos Well-Known Member

    hmm... i say more. look at some of the games now, how long they take from start to finish. but especially Blizzard's stuff! with them, it probably take at least like 3-5 years, and it's awesome would completely steamroll every single game in existance XD
     
    rush n kaos, Apr 28, 2009
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  8. Lechongbaboy

    Lechongbaboy Well-Known Member

     
    Lechongbaboy, Apr 28, 2009
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  9. calvin_0

    calvin_0 Well-Known Member

    IIRC DVD and Blu-Ray is also call optical disk......

    so that 500gb optical disk isnt really a CD....its a new type of optical disk....i wonder what it would be call?
     
    calvin_0, Apr 28, 2009
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  10. Lechongbaboy

    Lechongbaboy Well-Known Member

    big vault optical disk
     
    Lechongbaboy, Apr 28, 2009
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  11. CloudBoii12

    CloudBoii12 Well-Known Member

    thats
    WOAH.
    thats crazy.
     
    CloudBoii12, Apr 28, 2009
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  12. Loonylion

    Loonylion Administrator Staff Member

    it's not a CD, and the access time is likely quite poor for a drive of that capacity.
     
    Loonylion, Apr 28, 2009
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  13. Cahos Rahne Veloza

    Cahos Rahne Veloza The Fart Awakens

    I can just imagine it...

    Seph having RomUlation.net's entire library of games in two or three of those.

    Holy Christ!!
     
    Cahos Rahne Veloza, Apr 28, 2009
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  14. bhatooth

    bhatooth Well-Known Member

    so the romulation can be held in two cd-like thingies
     
    bhatooth, Apr 28, 2009
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  15. crazytuna

    crazytuna Well-Known Member

    damn that would be pretty dangerous
     
    crazytuna, Apr 29, 2009
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  16. Lechongbaboy

    Lechongbaboy Well-Known Member

    very handy too.
     
    Lechongbaboy, Apr 29, 2009
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  17. Almo

    Almo Well-Known Member

    knowing seph he'd have a few too many drinks, try jam them into his stereo, yell and scream when he realizes they wont play music, and end up scratching, snapping or otherwise breaking the disks and having to start romu from scratch again :p
     
    Almo, Apr 29, 2009
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  18. Loonylion

    Loonylion Administrator Staff Member

    wouldn't be the first time :p
     
    Loonylion, Apr 29, 2009
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  19. Cahos Rahne Veloza

    Cahos Rahne Veloza The Fart Awakens

    Something of the sort really happened? Or were you just teasing him loony?
     
    Cahos Rahne Veloza, Apr 29, 2009
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  20. Seph

    Seph Administrator Staff Member

    RomUlation has a fair few more files than 1.5 TB. :)

    Regardless, we already have 24 TB of space. (12 TB since it's in raid)

    I don't care too much about the storage capacity, what matters most is reading speed and primary random reads.
     
    Seph, Apr 29, 2009
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