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In 1956, this was the largest hard drive available, capable of holding an entire 3.75 MB!
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In 1963, IBM came up with the first detachable hard drive, able to hold 2.6 MB.
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RAID (or Redundant Arrays of Independent Disks) technology was patented at this time.
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IBM introduces the first hard drive capable of holding one GB, weighing about 550 pounds at the size of a refrigerator with a price of $40,000.
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In the early 1980's, the desktop hard drive began to take shape, making them able to be used by many people in many wealth classes.
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Seagate is the first to release a hard drive with a RPM over 7000.
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In 2007, the first functioning Solid State Drives were prodced, allowing for data storage without the need for a spinning hard drive.
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Make HDD's spin faster, so they can transfer more data more quickly. Use advanced alloys to allow for quicker spinning and better heat dispersion.