I can understand the need for vast amounts of storage space on databases and servers, but why do consumers want 500 to 1000 GB of storage for home use? I have a lowly 80GB on mine, and I have a lot of stuff, and still room for more. Ok, I admit I would not have to think about storage at all if I had 200GB, but by the time I use over 150 GB, My computer will be old and it will be time for a new one anyway. So basically I need someone to enlighten me on this: Do people buy 500GB drive and fill it with games, movies and mp3s within one or 2 years? I know it's possible, but is it common?
2006-10-05 07:23:01 · 11 answers · asked by martin h 6 in Computers & Internet ➔ Hardware ➔ Desktops
people who're heavily into video processing could easily make use of a terabyte of storage.
the 'working files' created when editing together a 2 hour video file from say 8 hours of footage stored on the drive for example can be insanely huge because they are often worked with in an uncompressed format right up until the point they're encoded into the appropriate format for distribution (dvd for example).
2006-10-05 07:28:53 · answer #1 · answered by piquet 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I, personally, have a server with about 500 GBs of storage. There are quite a few reasons for this. First, I run a virtual server infrastructure for my home, so all the other PC's in the house act like thin clients. I also have a large file server for movies, games, mp3's, etc. I also have a large server that acts as a software distrobution server to load all the software publishings to the pc's. I can admit this this may be a little over the top, but I treat it like my own little empire, and I figure that as we move more into the information age, I will need to take extreme measures to ensure the integrity of my data. :-)
2006-10-05 07:29:35 · answer #2 · answered by Brian D 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2016-10-01 23:35:50 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
a LOT of people do stuff at home for their job,
animators, writers, database and spreadsheet people.
security and networking and way too many more to list.
so space is a commodity just like RAM is,
imagine all of those people editing indie films,
Oops, no more room, guess the film can be put on hold another year.
2006-10-05 07:32:46 · answer #4 · answered by seanachie60 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
tht's true....i don't think any CONSUMER needs 1.5 terrabytes (as a matter of fact apple's new apple mac pro can hold 4 tb).
so i guess people do download music, videos, movies, etc.
some poeple might hook up their computer to their tv so they can watch the movies on the tv.
others might wish to turn their comp into a server or become a souce for peer-2-peer
2006-10-05 07:26:59 · answer #5 · answered by UKDealsBox.com 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
im big on animation, that is the making of. and so some of the movie files are 1gb for uncompressed clips/image sequences just for a mere 10 seconds of animation. so when making a full length film, 500gb is nothing.
2006-10-05 08:51:12 · answer #6 · answered by jlp.media 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Wish i have a 1.5 terabyte storage....40 GB is like a peanut.... my ebooks alone is 6 GB
2006-10-05 07:34:56 · answer #7 · answered by Sith Programmer 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's very easy to fill a terabyte up if you are storing your tivod files on your computer, or if you are doing any type of video editing (including home videos).
2006-10-05 07:28:41 · answer #8 · answered by karkov48 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
lol, why would anyone even want to get 500GB hd, if it breaks think how much data would be lost, for movies you can write them to dvds, games..the once you don't use write them to cds, that's all. I have 40 gig on my laptop and i don't think that i need more
2006-10-05 07:25:19 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
some people have libraries and libraries of files (movies, games, music, etc)
2006-10-05 07:26:01 · answer #10 · answered by Chris™ 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋