# Just got a 1 TB external HDD

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**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [November 10, 2009, 1:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-got-a-1-tb-external-hdd/516980 "2009-11-10T01:26:58Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![Crown\_Prince\_of\_Irony](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ed655f/32.png) [@Crown\_Prince\_of\_Irony](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crown_Prince_of_Irony)\
**Post date:** [November 10, 2009, 10:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-got-a-1-tb-external-hdd/516980/21 "2009-11-10T22:46:21Z")

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I have 1TB total on my home server - between using it to store my music, photos, docs, DVD rips, and backups, I’m already half full. And that’s not even with all my DVD’s ripped - I’ll need another terabyte to store all of them (in full quality VOB format).

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**Author:** ![Mindfield](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mindfield/32/19759_2.png) [@Mindfield](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mindfield)\
**Post date:** [November 11, 2009, 12:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-got-a-1-tb-external-hdd/516980/22 "2009-11-11T00:06:47Z")

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> [@Bryan\_Ekers](#):
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> Like the parsec, we will need a new mega-unit eventually. I suggest measuring storage devices in LOCs or “Libraries of Congress.”

Got a long way to go before we’ll need that name. After tera, you’ve got peta, exa, zetta and yottabytes. _Then_ we can move to LOCabytes. 🙂

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**Author:** ![Manduck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/manduck/32/256_2.png) [@Manduck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Manduck)\
**Post date:** [November 11, 2009, 12:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-got-a-1-tb-external-hdd/516980/23 "2009-11-11T00:50:01Z")

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> [@Bryan\_Ekers](#):
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> Like the parsec, we will need a new mega-unit eventually. I suggest measuring storage devices in LOCs or “Libraries of Congress.”

Sheesh, you need to think BIG. Your proposed unit is only 10 terabytes 😛  
([cite](http://searchstorage.techtarget.com/sDefinition/0,,sid5_gci944596,00.html))

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**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\
**Post date:** [November 11, 2009, 4:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-got-a-1-tb-external-hdd/516980/24 "2009-11-11T04:20:01Z")

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That’s just the printed archive, though. Throw in all the video and audio recordings and such and it gets more respectable.

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**Author:** ![KlondikeGeoff](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/3e96dc/32.png) [@KlondikeGeoff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KlondikeGeoff)\
**Post date:** [November 12, 2009, 10:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-got-a-1-tb-external-hdd/516980/25 "2009-11-12T22:24:29Z")

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> [@carnivorousplant](#):
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> Whereabouts?

Good ol’ Amazon. Iomega Desktop HD

[QUOTE=Qadgop the Mercotan]  
I wonder how many people who once met civil war veterans are now using their very own 1 terabyte drives?  
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One I think. You’ve got a good memory, **Qadgop**.

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