The theoretical maximum storage on a Pyra just went up.

[Grench]

Between this:

http://www.engadget.com/2014/09/11/sandisk-512gb-sd-card/

And this:

http://www.amazon.com/MemoryPack-Mobile-Reader-microSDXC-accepts/dp/B00CQAS5MC

And this:

http://www.amazon.com/SanDisk-Adapter-SDSDQUAN-128G-G4A-Newest-Version/dp/B00M562LF4

So...

512 GB in left SDXC

512 GB in right SDXC

128 GB in internal microSDXC slot (Or NAND)

128 GB in USB 2.0 left using a in-socket micro adapter

128 GB in USB 2.0 right using a in-socket micro adapter

1308 GB theoretical max internal* capacity. So far.

*USB to microSD adapters are ~80% internal which is close enough.

 

[comradekingu]

And you could stick and e-sata to the back, or use phystically bigger USB-drives.

It even has the cloud.

 

[ekianjo]

You know there was already two threads about 512gb sd! Which is the main driver for the capacity upgrade.

 

[Hồng Thất Công]

Heh, my Pandora has 2TB of storage right now.

 

[ekianjo]

Heh, my Pandora has 2TB of storage right now.

He mentioned "internal" storage. Your solution is out

 

[DAP]

Between this:

http://www.engadget.com/2014/09/11/sandisk-512gb-sd-card/


And this:

http://www.amazon.com/MemoryPack-Mobile-Reader-microSDXC-accepts/dp/B00CQAS5MC


And this:

http://www.amazon.com/SanDisk-Adapter-SDSDQUAN-128G-G4A-Newest-Version/dp/B00M562LF4


So...


512 GB in left SDXC


512 GB in right SDXC


128 GB in internal microSDXC slot (Or NAND)


128 GB in USB 2.0 left using a in-socket micro adapter


128 GB in USB 2.0 right using a in-socket micro adapter


1308*** GB theoretical max internal* capacity. So far.


*USB to microSD adapters are ~80% internal which is close enough.

*** 1408 GB

 

[TrashyMG]

128GB in the USB 2.0 sockets are so yesterday.. 

http://www.amazon.com/Kingston-DataTraveler-Predator-1TB-DTHXP30/dp/B00E65QM8O

 

[ekianjo]

128GB in the USB 2.0 sockets are so yesterday.. 

http://www.amazon.com/Kingston-DataTraveler-Predator-1TB-DTHXP30/dp/B00E65QM8O

Mmm, 1TB... not bad. 

 

[Grench]

128GB in the USB 2.0 sockets are so yesterday.. 

http://www.amazon.com/Kingston-DataTraveler-Predator-1TB-DTHXP30/dp/B00E65QM8O

 Mmm, 1TB... not bad.

Not internal. More than 1/2 of the device hangs out the back.

And you could stick and e-sata to the back, or use phystically bigger USB-drives.

It even has the cloud.

 

128GB in the USB 2.0 sockets are so yesterday.. 

http://www.amazon.com/Kingston-DataTraveler-Predator-1TB-DTHXP30/dp/B00E65QM8O

 Mmm, 1TB... not bad.

Doesn't qualify. Not internal. More than 1/2 of those solutions hangs out the back.

If you want to leverage out that eSATA port for insane space on an external solution:

http://www.amazon.com/eSATA-hardware-RAID0-CLONE-Controller/dp/B005G5L98G/?tag=viglink20237-20

http://www.amazon.com/multiplier-hardware-RAID0-CLONE-Controller/dp/B004JPUZWU?tag=viglink20237-20

That's hardware RAID. No drivers needed. Should show up as 1 physical drive.

I've been considering getting one of those but don't really have an application for one - yet. Maybe that will change with the Pyra. Pyra file server? Hmm...

I've also wondered if they can be daisy chained. I.e. get 6 of them. Connect 5 to 5 drives each. Connect 1 to the other 5 controllers. With 25 4TB drives that's a 100TB array theoretically appearing as a single drive to the OS.

It would be silly slow compared to a properly set up server, but if it's just light file storage and retrieval tasks - that's a lot of space.

So - back to my original claim. The exceptions have been external solutions which is outside bounds for this one and my bad mental math. 1408GB it is, so far, then.

 

[TrashyMG]

Doesn't qualify. Not internal. More than 1/2 of those solutions hangs out the back.

who cares. My wifi dongle I use a considerable amount of time on my CC unit is the same size.

 

[Granitehead]

I'm pretty sure you can daisy-chain hardware-raid-controllers, as long as they have standard SATA out. But when you just use the 100TB in your example then speed would be bad. You could probably set up 5 of them to just use all of the space, and the one connecting them to do a combination striping and duplication, but then you don't get a 100TB.

Anyways, better set up a proper server, I think.

 

[Grench]

Doesn't qualify. Not internal. More than 1/2 of those solutions hangs out the back.

who cares. My wifi dongle I use a considerable amount of time on my CC unit is the same size.

My pocket cares. I can't put a standard USB stick in the back of a Pyra and shove it in my pants pocket. That is the point of having the storage be -internal- (or nearly so in the case of the USB to microSD adapters).

Anyone can connect the thing to theoretically infinite storage when it's sitting on a desk using DAS and NAS external alternatives.

 

[fusion_power]

Storage never was a problem imho, I still have 8GB left onto my 16GB Pandora SD card but don't use the Pandora often to be honest. ^^"

 

[ekianjo]

TrashyMG, on 16 Sept 2014 - 2:04 PM, said: 128GB in the USB 2.0 sockets are so yesterday..  http://www.amazon.co...0/dp/B00E65QM8O   Mmm, 1TB... not bad. Not internal. More than 1/2 of the device hangs out the back.

I wasn't talking about the Pandora/Pyra. Just as a product, that's the first 1TB stick I come across. 

 

[Marijus_Pikelis]

1 TB of storage with SD cards going to cost a lot of money, so it's better to use some external devices and smaller capacity cards at the moment. When 512 GB SD cards are now on sale, 256 GB cards has quite a reduced price, but still is not cheap.

 

[Grench]

Samsung's newest microSD cards are now available with 256GB capacity. The last time I updated this was in an off-topic thread So, updating this.

32 GB internal eMMC

512 GB in left SDXC

512 GB in right SDXC

256 GB in internal microSDXC slot (Or NAND)

256 GB in USB 2.0 left using a in-socket micro adapter

256 GB in USB 2.0 right using a in-socket micro adapter

1824 GB theoretical max internal* pocketable capacity. So far.

The Pyra is rapidly approaching 2TB on the go local-on-device storage capacity.

*These tiny USB to microSD adapters are ~80% internal which is close enough.

 

[sulu]

You might be able to cram the PCB of a Samsung 850 Evo into the battery bay (maybe after cutting a hole into the wall in the case that separates the battery compartment from the stylus).
If you then also manage to wire it up to the eSATA lanes, you can extend your "internal storage" by another 4TB. You'd lose the mobile functionality of course, and it would be ridiculously expensive, but who cares if it serves to brag with "internal storage".

 

[levi]

Not widely available yet, it seems, but hopefully a reliable brand coming out with a faster and larger card will force Sandisk to update their 250GB offering too.

 

[Grench]

Not widely available yet, it seems, but hopefully a reliable brand coming out with a faster and larger card will force Sandisk to update their 250GB offering too.

This is where I stumbled into it. They're listed as available to ship. Not cheap, but the latest stuff never is.

https://www.amazon.com/Samsung-Select-Micro-Memory-256GB/dp/B01G7L03OS

 

[Swordfish II]

I just picked up 2x transcend uhs 3 (60 MB/s write) 256GB SD cards for about $100 each.

The UHS 1 cards I have are irritating me with massive speed fluctuations when torrenting.

Haven't tested them yet, but hopefully they work well, and I'll probably swap them over to the Pyra when I get it