About 4 years ago, the average home user was storing approximately 100 GB of data or less. Since then the same data is still around, but has accumulated another 4 years of new data, and the data is now 1000 GB. In another 4 years, there will be even more data. People are keeping digital photographs almost indefinitely, receiving important financial documents in digital format, downloading movies and music to play on home networks, and creating digital copies of personal and business information for quick access. With all the recent media coverage of off-site storage security issues, many people are understandably hesitant to commit their files online. After all these years, local storage limitations are becoming a concern.
Files keep getting bigger. Digital photographs are getting larger, digital music is better quality, video files are now capable of being 3D, 4k or higher resolution, and many file types are steadily taking up more room on your hard drive. We are often asked how to add more storage to a machine running low on hard drive space. In the past, the solution has been to install a larger hard drive with more available storage. The technology to create larger storage has begun slowing down and focusing more on creating smaller, faster storage instead. Depending on your computer hardware and your operating system, a larger single hard drive may not be an option. For example, limitations in older Windows operating systems may not allow you to use a hard drive larger than 3 or 4 TB. Also, older motherboards, data cables and firmware may not be able to see or properly utilize a drive that large. Even if a larger hard drive works with your operating system, it may still have issues working with certain programs.
At Flash Tech., Inc., we are able to suggest combinations of secondary storage solutions, RAID storage and external media that will keep your computer up and running with room to spare. In the coming years, newer hard drives will become larger and catch up to the demand, again. Until then, feel free to contact us for information on what you can do, today.
If you have any questions regarding this article, or any computer related issue, feel free to contact us.
Some problems with large hard drives
About 4 years ago, the average home user was storing approximately 100 GB of data or less. Since then the same data is still around, but has accumulated another 4 years of new data, and the data is now 1000 GB. In another 4 years, there will be even more data. People are keeping digital photographs almost indefinitely, receiving important financial documents in digital format, downloading movies and music to play on home networks, and creating digital copies of personal and business information for quick access. With all the recent media coverage of off-site storage security issues, many people are understandably hesitant to commit their files online. After all these years, local storage limitations are becoming a concern.
Files keep getting bigger. Digital photographs are getting larger, digital music is better quality, video files are now capable of being 3D, 4k or higher resolution, and many file types are steadily taking up more room on your hard drive. We are often asked how to add more storage to a machine running low on hard drive space. In the past, the solution has been to install a larger hard drive with more available storage. The technology to create larger storage has begun slowing down and focusing more on creating smaller, faster storage instead. Depending on your computer hardware and your operating system, a larger single hard drive may not be an option. For example, limitations in older Windows operating systems may not allow you to use a hard drive larger than 3 or 4 TB. Also, older motherboards, data cables and firmware may not be able to see or properly utilize a drive that large. Even if a larger hard drive works with your operating system, it may still have issues working with certain programs.
At Flash Tech., Inc., we are able to suggest combinations of secondary storage solutions, RAID storage and external media that will keep your computer up and running with room to spare. In the coming years, newer hard drives will become larger and catch up to the demand, again. Until then, feel free to contact us for information on what you can do, today.
If you have any questions regarding this article, or any computer related issue, feel free to contact us.
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