Re: OT: hard drive limits Q
- From: Jan Panteltje <pNaonStpealmtje@xxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sat, 23 Dec 2006 11:18:49 GMT
On a sunny day (Fri, 22 Dec 2006 22:28:01 GMT) it happened "colin"
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With 64 bit sector numbers we will run into problems too one day......
hmm i hope not, well maybe in a million years or so, ...
in fact with todays technology it would take that long just to write all
those sectors.
interestingly sectors are still quite small, usualy used in clusters of 4.
Colin =^.^=
Yes that is true.
There are plans for larger sector sizes.
But if memory expansion continues the way it has done, say from a 250 kB
floppy (Kaypro II) to a 400 GB harddisk = factor 400 000 x 4 = 1 600 000 x,
in say 1980 to 2005 = 25 years, in 25 years we should have:
1 600 000 x 400 GB = 1 600 x 4 TB = 6 400 TB, so maybe it will happen sooner
then you think:
6.4 TB = 6.4 x 10^15
2^64 = 1.8 10^19
So around 2050 or so.....
But the big comet comes in 2028 or 2029 anyways :-)
IBM just came with a 700GB tape drive.
So maybe...
.
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