gambitt
04-20-2008, 07:49 PM
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Specs from the company website: (http://www.inphase-technologies.com/products/default.asp?tnn=3)
300GB – 1.6TB Capacities. 20MB/s-120 MB/s transfer rate and milliseconds data access time
WORM Media
50 year media archive life
4 levels of error correction, Write verification
Standard SCSI, FC, Ethernet interfaces supported
"Low" media cost.
So the question you are asking is which internal organs do you have to sacrifice to own one of these? Not to worry, I found this estimate on the ZDnet website. (http://blogs.zdnet.com/storage/?p=313) Link also leads to a little video with a rep explaining the features and benefits.
Retail pricing
It is that value that justifies a price - $18,000 - that will keep most of us from buying ourselves an early Xmas gift. The quantity 1 media price of $180 for 300 GB looks expensive to us, but quite reasonable compared with the cost of 35mm film stock and long-term storage.
It may look like an oversized floppy from back in the 80's, or one of the early CDs, but guess what? 300 Gig and it's supposed to last longer than the average human.
Image from Wikipedia.
Specs from the company website: (http://www.inphase-technologies.com/products/default.asp?tnn=3)
300GB – 1.6TB Capacities. 20MB/s-120 MB/s transfer rate and milliseconds data access time
WORM Media
50 year media archive life
4 levels of error correction, Write verification
Standard SCSI, FC, Ethernet interfaces supported
"Low" media cost.
So the question you are asking is which internal organs do you have to sacrifice to own one of these? Not to worry, I found this estimate on the ZDnet website. (http://blogs.zdnet.com/storage/?p=313) Link also leads to a little video with a rep explaining the features and benefits.
Retail pricing
It is that value that justifies a price - $18,000 - that will keep most of us from buying ourselves an early Xmas gift. The quantity 1 media price of $180 for 300 GB looks expensive to us, but quite reasonable compared with the cost of 35mm film stock and long-term storage.
It may look like an oversized floppy from back in the 80's, or one of the early CDs, but guess what? 300 Gig and it's supposed to last longer than the average human.