08-27-2023, 06:30 PM | #16 |
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I think we all horde eBooks.
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08-27-2023, 06:44 PM | #17 |
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I have about 800 on my main e-reader,a Kobo Libra H2O. About 5 to 6 thousand archived on Dropbox.
Why worry about hoarding ebooks? They don't take up any physical space. |
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08-27-2023, 06:56 PM | #18 |
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08-27-2023, 07:06 PM | #19 |
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08-27-2023, 08:52 PM | #20 |
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08-27-2023, 09:27 PM | #21 | |
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(I also found one of my old MFM drives (taller than modern drives). I used to use old drives as Swap drives. Now I have more RAM than all My Windows 9x systems together. For really large storage needs, maybe the client would let me use the rack (below) I built out. 22 Petabytes of fast access. |
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08-27-2023, 10:05 PM | #22 |
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08-28-2023, 12:23 AM | #23 |
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Hmm... looks a bit like the last one we installed at work though that was ~2.2 petabytes raw storage so ~2 petabytes actually available. The hardware is a NAS controller and expansion shelf stuffed with 15.6TB NVME drives. It wasn't cheap but was supposed to meet our data storage needs for the next 5 years.
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08-28-2023, 01:26 AM | #24 |
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last time I looked, the highest capacity NVME sticks had 8TB...
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08-28-2023, 04:49 AM | #25 |
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Make a local backup or two. Dropbox isn't an archive. It's someone else's server designed for sharing. Those could be gone today.
That would take up only a few percent of a cheap USB HDD (stores better in a drawer than SSD or USB /SD card memeory). |
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In late 1990s one of the kids had a PC with a full height 10 M byte MFM drive for a short while, i.e. size of two full size CD/DVD drive bays. My first HDD was a 5M byte on an Apple II that had its own PSU. I found a photo of a development lab about 1983 a couple of weeks ago. Intel development system running IsisII and "cake cover" style 5 M Byte HDD pack (winchester?) in a floor standing box almost half the size of a filing cabinet. The desk also had the ACT Sirius 1 PC, which was seriously more advanced than the IBM PC in 1981. 800x 400 matte graphics screen vs goldfish bowl text only (CGA was an option). Sound, clock, I/O built in. 1.2M or 2.4M floppy vs 180K or 360K on IBM in 1981. Largest SSDs here are 512G NVMe and HDDs is only 6 T. All PC/Laptop with SSD also have SATA HDD for /usr and /home Last edited by Quoth; 08-28-2023 at 05:06 AM. |
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08-28-2023, 06:10 AM | #27 | |
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08-28-2023, 08:46 AM | #28 |
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By here I meant my Library. Not Online etc. Amazon though is mostly domestic/retail.
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08-28-2023, 09:37 AM | #29 | |
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08-28-2023, 06:53 PM | #30 |
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LOL, welcome to the ebook hoarders club. I'm quickly closing in on 2600 ebooks!
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