How many Traveling Terabytes are there?
Initially, we had one and then two Traveling Terabytes. These early models were built around pairs of 500 GB hard drives that would reside in Pelican model 1400 cases. They served their purpose well, but in the end we let the archive of content grow and grow so much that we started splitting the material into segments and categories. This led to one TTB being more sought than another, depending on who was requesting it. There were also issues surrounding the units’ size and weight. I then redesigned our hardware in order to have TTBs that consist of a single 1 TB hard drive and more efficient enclosure, all of which could travel (with supporting cables and power converters) in a Pelican 1200 case. When that hardware also became outdated (or, rather, when the manufacturer went out of business) i upgraded the project yet again… now the TTBs are made using 2.5″ notebook hard drives in Pelican 1020 mini cases. There are a total of five TTBs that exist (four are active, one is retired) an
