Same price as the 2Tb unit. USB 3.0 .. hard to find a bare 3Tb drive for that price.
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Steve, why would you need 3 TB for backups?
Let's say each MP3 file 10mb if your using 320 encoding.
So the math says, that 10,000 songs, would basically take 10 gb. Let's multiply that:
Perhaps you have 50,000 songs, that comes out to 50 gb or so.
Heck, my WAV files, which are about 5 times as big, has a couple thousand files, and only uses about 60 gb. When you need to defrag a 3 TB drive, you might want to go to the Carib for a couple days.
Bigger isn't always better...
Let's say each MP3 file 10mb if your using 320 encoding.
So the math says, that 10,000 songs, would basically take 10 gb. Let's multiply that:
Perhaps you have 50,000 songs, that comes out to 50 gb or so.
Heck, my WAV files, which are about 5 times as big, has a couple thousand files, and only uses about 60 gb. When you need to defrag a 3 TB drive, you might want to go to the Carib for a couple days.
Bigger isn't always better...
I believe that's the name of the drive Ricky. I could be wrong.
I could probably eat up 3TB with all the data I have stored (I'm talking about all data, not just music). People with a 3TB drive probably aren't worried about defragging either - it's probably used for deep storage. Heck, most normal consumers aren't worried about defragging whatever drives they currently have. I bet in our lifetime, MS will find a way to have a barebones install equal 1TB though.
Also, I think y'er math is off. Using the average of a 320K mp3 at 10MB and the average of 10 songs per disc, we have the following:
1 track = 10MB
10 tracks (1 CD) = 100MB
100 tracks (10 CD's) = 1GB
1000 tracks (100 CD's) = 10GB
10,000 tracks (1,000 CD's) = 100GB (10,000 songs * 10MB = 100,000MB)
100,000 tracks (10,000 CD's) = 1TB
Just wait 'til you see the Petabyte drives.
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My desktop has about 2.1Tb filled right now. My new one (which I haven't had a chance to set up) will have 5Tb of space. If you don't need the 3Tb they make smaller ones, but videos (which I have a bunch of) and pictures (which I have close to 50,000 of) also take up room. BTW, I have close to 75,000 songs that chew up almost 850Gb of space.
A lot is based on the song type .. most 320Kbps rock/jazz/country/etc. runs around 5-9Mb per song typically. Dance stuff (because of the intro/outros) and some urban stuff, run 8-15Mb per, almost doubling the needed space. I have been downloading it all from my pool, but will probably start taking less of the dance stuff, since the files are larger and each song tends to have 5-15 "versions" included .. that and most of it sucks ..
Yer in deep doodo!
50,000 pics and 75.000 songs??? Did you buy a copy of Mix's hard drive? Are the girls over 18?
I have about 8,000 pics over the last 13 years (mainly from my cameras) -- stupid stuff like pics of deer, foxes and the river and mountains around the holler here. Plenty of videos (movies and music), and still have about 200 gb left on my 500 gb internal drive.
I use Diskeeper on active, to not allow any fragmentation, and Acronis True image in active mode to constantly back up my drive under full compression to a 500 gb external. Sector by sector backup, and can be restored to any new computer if needed. Cost me about a 100 bucks for both those programs.
So now, I have to decide which movie to watch before I go to sleep (have a conference for New Zealand lined up for early morning like 1 -2 am). Appears they sustained some damage at one of the hotels that uses my software -- got to get them back and functioning properly. Then on to the Dubia hotel. I expect this will be an all nighter.
I think I'm going to go with Predator -- haven't watched that in a while.
I took ALL the photos .. sports primarily, and all the music is legal (about 8,000 ripped and the rest from various pools over the years).
Please don't insinuate anything else.
A lot is based on the song type .. most 320Kbps rock/jazz/country/etc. runs around 5-9Mb per song typically. Dance stuff (because of the intro/outros) and some urban stuff, run 8-15Mb per, almost doubling the needed space. I have been downloading it all from my pool, but will probably start taking less of the dance stuff, since the files are larger and each song tends to have 5-15 "versions" included .. that and most of it sucks ..
I did say average.
NY doesn't have holler's .. who you tryin' to kid? TN and KY has the hollers.
I'm hearing you Ricky .. and that's fine for you .. but as an example, I went to FL last year for 5 days .. and took 10,000 pictures. So in one day, I took more pics than you have over 13 years.
I also have a large music and picture collection. All legal .. and don't insinuate anything else here also.
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BTW, 10Mb * 10,000 = 100Gb, not 10 .. and 50K songs = 500Gb ..
Then add karaoke + pictures + .... = 3Tb is a good deal at $100.
Yes, we have plenty of them. Most people think NY is New York City. But NY is a great big state, filled with a boatload of rednecks. The farther upstate you'll find plenty in the Catskills and farther north.
But I am in a holler only 50-60 miles from the city. I could build a shack on one of the mountains, and hide for 100 years.
Don't stereotype NY as the cities like NYC or Albany, or Buffalo. It's not like that.
If you ever want, I will take you on a tour of some of the local cool places in the mountains. You have to drive though, because I always have a beer in my hand.
Lake Minnewaska, Mohonk maountain, New Paltz et. all. Heck, I could even show you the way to Hunter mountain for Oktoberfest.
Want to visit West Point, Washingtons HQ -- they're all close by (about 12 miles to West Point from The Farm, about 3/4 of a mile to Washingtons HQ .
If you decide to come -- bring beer and some bourbon. The stores around here are killing us -- $55 for a quart of Jim Beam!
Yep - I know how big NY is. I go up through Syracuse at times, over through Brooklyn other times and across your bridge at other times.
I was going to drop in on ya, remember? I don't know if I'd consider that a holler tho. When I think of a holler, I think of the boonies .. barely anything there.
Holler:
In the south east mountains of the united states this word is used instead of hollow; A small rising valley region between two hills or mountains;often containing a creek;
A hollow (holler) is a small valley or dry stream bed. This term is commonly used in New England, Appalachia, Ozarks, Arkansas and Missouri to describe such geographic features. In rural areas, it may be pronounced as "Holler". Hollows may be formed by river valleys such as Mansfield Hollow or they may be relatively dry clefts with a notch-like characteristic in that they have a height of land and consequent water divide in their bases.
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That's a great buy. I had one similar to that one. I think it was a 2 TB. I never want another one because of the plate at the bottom. Mine got broken and that left me with having to use a docking station. Then you had to get it set right for it to read the HD. That's my con to buying this type of HD. Other wise you can't beat the price for a 3 TB external HD.
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It's not evil. You are.Don't tell me you got the AARP card -- destroy it as quickly as possible -- it is evil...
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May I aske why you got that many pictures on your HD? Is it just for you to have some where to store them or to have to show to potential clinets on your laptop or other device?
Sports Photography is one of my hobbies. I started when my kids were in high school. I have shot boys and girls soccer, basketball and track, girls volleyball, football, baseball and softball. I shoot about 20-25 games per year for the high school .. and about 500-1200 shots per game. I typically keep about 150-200 per. The photos go to the kids and the parents .. most are posted on Facebook for them to do what they please (I don't charge). I have close to 250 Albums and 30,000 photos posted on Facebook. I have to be one of their larger space eaters. I also make some "Senior Day" programs for a couple of the events.
I have also shot some college soccer and one of their tournaments (press pass and everything) and some of my nieces' and nephew's games. I find it enjoyable, though a tad expensive. I think I've dropped close to $8000 just in the past few years on equipment.