I am contemplating purchasing a 2T RAID to back up all of my files. This image puts terabytes in a strange perpective. 

LOAR: law of accelerating returns. 

arwensabendstern:

What a 5MB Hard Drive Looked Like is 1956:
‘In September 1956 IBM launched the 305 RAMAC, the first ‘SUPER’ computer with a hard disk drive (HDD). The HDD weighed over a ton and stored 5 MB of data.’ Texomatube via Retronaught (Thanks @Atul)
I am contemplating purchasing a 2T RAID to back up all of my files. This image puts terabytes in a strange perpective. LOAR: law of accelerating returns.

arwensabendstern:

What a 5MB Hard Drive Looked Like is 1956:

‘In September 1956 IBM launched the 305 RAMAC, the first ‘SUPER’ computer with a hard disk drive (HDD). The HDD weighed over a ton and stored 5 MB of data.’ 
Texomatube via Retronaught (Thanks @Atul)

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