About what?
I kind of want to buy 4 15000 RPM drives in RAID 1.
See how they compare to a dirt cheap ssd.
Completely stupid idea but 60k RPM. Holy crap.
You're not the first person to think of this.I don't see what the issue is. You aren't really changing how the hard drive works. You're just adding more readers. Kind of like when CPUs hit the clock speed wall so we added more cores Dual-core hard drive... Lol... No?
You're not the first person to think of this.
It has almost certainly be tossed around, and discarded due to the above reasons, and probably many more.
Get a couple of engineering degrees, and propose your idea to Hitachi.
Because that's not how the drive works. A head cannot read multiple 'tracks' at once.Ok, so then my next question is this, why don't they make it so that the tip of the needle, the tiny little component that actually reads... why don't they make it bigger so it covered more area of the platter and then it can fetch more data in one rotation????
Because that's not how the drive works. A head cannot read multiple 'tracks' at once.
In addition, a larger head weighs more, and would move slower.
The current design for the typical hard drive has been refined over several decades. It is what it is.
Ok, answer this. How would you keep all 2,3,4 sets of heads aligned? Just one write in the wrong place and you can kiss your data goodbye. It's difficult enough with the one set used now.And that's what I was asking. Why is this not a thing?
Ok, answer this. How would you keep all 2,3,4 sets of heads aligned? Just one write in the wrong place and you can kiss your data goodbye. It's difficult enough with the one set used now.
In addition, how would you expect to keep this in the current form factor?
So, everyone wanting to install one of these monstrosities would have to buy a new case, power supply (or 2) to accomodate it. Likely to cost a couple of thousand for a usable sized drive as well. Not gonna happen. You've been given many, valid reasons as to exactly why this isn't a thing.Well, the form factor would have to be expanded a bit, so yes the standard would change. Barring that, I don't know
So, everyone wanting to install one of these monstrosities would have to buy a new case, power supply (or 2) to accomodate it. Likely to cost a couple of thousand for a usable sized drive as well. Not gonna happen. You've been given many, valid reasons as to exactly why this isn't a thing.
You haven't proposed anything practical so far.
You haven't proposed anything practical so far.
Not to mention the almost impossibility of producing usable quantities as 100% of those sub micron size heads must be fully operational. A single head failure trashes the entire array. Rough guess $1000 per assembly. Back to 5-6 figure prices for mass storage.The tracks on a platter are far smaller than you can imagine. You can't fit enough physical heads in, side by side, to take advantage of the areal density of the magnetic storage media.
Not to mention the almost impossibility of producing usable quantities as 100% of those sub micron size heads must be fully operational. A single head failure trashes the entire array. Rough guess $1000 per assembly. Back to 5-6 figure prices for mass storage.
A solution to a nonexistent problem....well theres gotta be some kind of solution here.
the way I see it.... Hard Drives are basically done
I don't see what the issue is. You aren't really changing how the hard drive works. You're just adding more readers. Kind of like when CPUs hit the clock speed wall so we added more cores Dual-core hard drive... Lol... No?
They DID.Ok, so why don't they design a new head, something completely new, a piece that doesn't move at all, and stays stationary,