We are needing a new hard disk because our archive disk is getting full. There is no way the files will be lessened and the number keeps on growing everyday so I have to live with it and just buy additional storage when needed. I just wonder how many photos and videos I would have in my lifetime. And what about the children now, those who have a passion for the camera, how many hard disks would they be needing for their lifetime collection?
Well, I don't think they'll need many hard disks. Their capacity only increases, and with the rise of the SSD (Solid State Drive: works way, way faster than a Hard Disk, because, well, there's no Disk to spin inside it), the speed will increase too. My current laptop has a capacity of 1 Terabyte, and it's more than sufficient for me.
Gee, this is the first time I've heard of that SSD - solid state drive. Can you enlighten me on that? The standard storage here is the hard disk although lately the USB stick is getting larger. But that USB plug in is just a temporary storage and cannot be used as permanent like the hard disk of the dvd (although only a few are now using dvd for permanent storage because the integrity has been in question).
They're fairly new on the market, hence the huge prices for low storage capacity. I don't really know how exactly they work, but I know that they store data through some new technology, unlike the hard disk drives which have to spin a disk in order to get to the data. Like a record, those HDDs are. SSDs, instead, have access to the data instantly, without having to spin the disk to, say the other side.