Hard drive spec change

[Ric Wheeler]

On 03/10/2010 05:38 PM, Peter Jones wrote:
> On 03/10/2010 05:28 PM, Felix Miata wrote:
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>> On 2010/03/10 17:09 (GMT-0500) Ric Wheeler composed:
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>>> Felix Miata wrote:
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>>>> The change is for the benefit of manufacturers, not users. Readiness is only
>>>> spotty. The discussion has been extensive and ongoing on the linux-ide
>>>> mailing list.
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>>> Users do benefit as well - more capacity per platter specifically is one
>>> obvious win.
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>> Some users, yes, those with unfathomable storage capacity requirements,
>> saving every byte ever encountered without regard for its utility. For those
>> with more common needs, the compatibility cost outweighs the purported
>> benefits. Most users don't even need 1/10 of .2TiB, much less the 2TiB at
>> which larger than 512 byte sectors might start looking sane in cost/benefit
>> analysis.
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> Note also that the access time will be slightly faster.
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And power consumption will go down as you won't need as many platters :-)

ric