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minus-squareexscapelinkfedilink16•edit-23 months agoI’m pretty sure they were referring to how the more common sizes are 1, 2, 4, 8, 10, 12 TB and so on. 6 is semi-common. 5 is relatively rare, so they probably didn’t realize they exist.
minus-square@AnUnusualRelic@lemmy.worldlinkfedilink8•3 months agoAnd any 8TB disk with bad blocks makes a fine 5TB disk.
minus-square@criitz@reddthat.comlinkfedilink4•3 months agoI own a couple of 5TB drives. At the time when 8TB and above were rare and expensive, it wasn’t that strange.
minus-square@BarrelAgedBoredom@lemm.eelinkfedilink2•3 months agoStill rocking an Xbox one with a 4tb external drive. It’s got to be going on 10 years old at this point
I’m pretty sure they were referring to how the more common sizes are 1, 2, 4, 8, 10, 12 TB and so on. 6 is semi-common. 5 is relatively rare, so they probably didn’t realize they exist.
And any 8TB disk with bad blocks makes a fine 5TB disk.
I own a couple of 5TB drives. At the time when 8TB and above were rare and expensive, it wasn’t that strange.
Still rocking an Xbox one with a 4tb external drive. It’s got to be going on 10 years old at this point