Storage in 2017: Big improvements are on the way

If 2016 wasn't tumultuous enough for you - the world's largest storage company sold itself to Dell - you ain't seen nothin' yet. The pace of change in the storage industry is accelerating - and that's good for us.

The pace of storage change continues to accelerate, and its impact on us continues to grow. Digital storage is central to a digital civilization, and as we grow more digital, we grow more dependent on improvements in storage. Here's what to expect in 2017...


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For the last 15 years (Ok maybe not a full 15, I was using IDE drives at the same time) I've been using sata hard drives, MBR hard drives. When working with 160 GB/320 GB/500 GB/1 TB drives, you develop certain skills with dealing with those and habits when you do replacements or repairs.

My friend brought me over a failing 2 TB hard drive and a 3 TB replacement

Both of these were by the way formatted as MBR not GPT like they were supposed to be.

So I connect the 2 TB drive and it detects as 1.5 TB, and the blank 3 TB drive detects as 750 GB!

The problem was his original failing drive being MBR, I had to format the 3 TB drive as MBR as well which turned that effectively into a 2 TB drive. A whole 750 GB were wasted.

Ha! Well in the end I recovered his original files and operating system and that's the way that he wanted it. His system didn't even have UEFI so I couldn't really format GPT. Come to think about it none of my home systems have UEFI either. But if you want large hard drives that's the direction you have to go.
 
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System One

  • OS
    Windows 8 Pro with Media Center/Windows 7
    Computer type
    PC/Desktop
    System Manufacturer/Model
    Asus M2N-MX SE Plus § DualCore AMD Athlon 64 X2, 2300 MHz (11.5 x 200) 4400+ § Corsair Value Select
    CPU
    AMD 4400+/4200+
    Motherboard
    Asus M2N-MX SE Plus/Asus A8M2N-LA (NodusM)
    Memory
    2 GB/3GB
    Graphics Card(s)
    GeForce 8400 GS/GeForce 210
    Sound Card
    nVIDIA GT218 - High Definition Audio Controller
    Monitor(s) Displays
    Hitachi 40" LCD HDTV
    Screen Resolution
    "1842 x 1036"
    Hard Drives
    WDC WD50 00AAKS-007AA SCSI Disk Device
    ST1000DL 002-9TT153 SCSI Disk Device
    WDC WD3200AAJB-00J3A0 ATA Device
    WDC WD32 WD-WCAPZ2942630 USB Device
    WD My Book 1140 USB Device
    PSU
    Works 550w
    Case
    MSI "M-Box"
    Cooling
    Water Cooled
    Keyboard
    Dell Keyboard
    Mouse
    Microsoft Intellimouse
    Internet Speed
    Cable Medium Speed
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    Chrome/IE 10
    Antivirus
    Eset NOD32 6.x/Win Defend
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    Recently lost my Windows 8 on my main PC, had to go back to Windows 7.
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