COLGeek :
The members advising you have more than 200 years of computing experience (I have 46, in fact). You are arguing for something that while technically possible, in a pure academic sense, it is not feasible, nor practical in any way....and why it has not and will not be done.
This is not just a matter of profit. There are technical challenges as well. With a JBOD, the controllers still work with individual HDDs. How would you propose synchronizing multiple heads/motors/spindles without a multi-homed interface? What would you expect to gain from such a configuration?
This has nothing to do with advice. I am not asking for advice , I am asking if something was done or not.
The answer I was expecting is simple : yes or no . saying about what people are thinking "silly" and "makes no sense" and what ever is not a nice way to educate AT ALL.
you could simply say , it was not made because of this and that. without calling people ideas "silly" and "makes no sense".
this is one.
and two , to answer your question , about what to gain from it : more space that was impossible to have using a SINGLE box . most PC cases in old times had TONS of 5.25 bays from 3 to 12 ... and in older times 3.5 inch harddisks had to use Brackets to fit in 5.25 bays .. so in older days , making 5.25 dual motor harddisk was something okay and within standards.
and in older times when people used IDE cables , Raid was very rare in desktops ... they would still see two drives in slave master configuration instead ofone larger drive .
it is not impossible nor a silly idea ... it was not made , and the fac that it was not made doesnot mean it is a silly idea or makes no sense.
I just was preparing an article for the history of the harddisk and I asked this happened or not.
I never expected this kind of reply from tomshardware .. "silly" , "does not make sense"
Even if you have 40 years of experience . I was not testing your experience and I was not asking for advice and I was not insisting they made it . I just asked : yes or no.
trying to make my thinking look "silly" and what ever is not suitable with a 40 years experience at all , for what I know life experience teaches people to be less arrogant no matter what and nice when asked a simple Question. did it happen or not.
and I got my answer already and thanked you all , but it seems that ego does not want to stop right ?
I am saving this thread in case i get trouble from this reply. for Tomshardware Mods are very sensitive .
have a nice day and thanks to all AGAIN.
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