Why were drives 160GB? This doesn't really follow the 2^x pattern...
this post was submitted on 03 Aug 2025
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There never was and neither is that pattern, we now have 1tb, 2, 3, 4, etc, 12, 26tb drives. Whatever size they can fit, they do just as they did before.
I’ve seen weird numbers before like 650 or 520 before.
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