1TB hard disks now a reality

Posted by multippt

Hard Disk Hitachi has met the ever-increasing hunger of disk space (probably for storing you-know-what), this time by releasing a 1TB (1000GB) drive (a.k.a, the Deskstar 7K1000). This is a feat, considering that Hitachi is the first company to release a hard drive that breaks the 1TB drive.

Now for the technical details. The hard disk consist of five 200GB platters spinning at 7200RPM, and uses perpendicular recording to achieve the 1TB of space.

In the meantime, Hitachi is working on another 1TB hard drive (CinemaStar 7K1000), that is optimised for home digital entertainment.

This hard drive costs an affordable US$400, and is available as a SATA II or PATA 133 drive. It is also only available as an 3.5″ drive (2.5″ 1TB hard disks are still not available, so don’t bother thinking of using it in your PS3 either). (On a side note, please resist the urge to get this drive, because if it fails…)