What to do with 1800 hard disks...?

[compet17]

Let's say someone gives you 1800 hard disk drives and a lot of time.... for example at December 24 when nobody is really working hard because most people are already in vacation.



This is what WE did a couple of years ago :-)  There are more videos from other years. Just look for "chrigel1234"

Chris

[nctnico]

Cool!
Did someone ever attempt this with old PCs?

[128er]

Cool!
Did someone ever attempt this with old PCs?

Or cheap chinese multimeters? 

I think it would be quite hard with PCs. They stay pretty good with their big footprint.

But the video is very cool!

[tautech]

 
I wonder how many yottabytes of storage there was in 1800 HD's? 

[Mechanical Menace]

Cool!
Did someone ever attempt this with old PCs?

Yup

https://youtu.be/5_tXcRYOYZ0

But did anyone do this with 42u server cabinets?

Well I can but dream

[tszaboo]

 
Thanks for sharing.

[bitseeker]

But did anyone do this with 42u server cabinets?

I think that's more commonly referred to as an earthquake. lol

[AG6QR]

I wonder how many yottabytes of storage there was in 1800 HD's? 

Well, unless each disk had a zettabyte of storage or so, I suspect it was much less than one yottabyte.

Since these were discarded hard disks, I'd assume they averaged in the range of a hundreds of gigabytes, or maybe much less, depending on when they were discarded.

Maybe a nano-yottabyte?  A few hundred pico-yottabytes?