This is possible only because disk drives, while valuable, are small and light and so cost little to ship.

这之所以成为可能，只是因为磁盘驱动器虽然价值高，但体积小、重量轻，因此运输成本低。

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An LVM configuration makes it possible to combine disk space from several small disks into one big logical volume.

一个LVM配置使得将几个小磁盘的磁盘空间合并成一个大的逻辑磁盘成为可能。

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If you're in doubt, you can use a GPT-aware partitioning tool to set up GPT partitions on a spare hard disk or a small removable disk, such as a USB flash drive.

如果您不确定，您可以使用一个支持GPT的分区工具在一个闲置硬盘或者一个小型可移动硬盘(比如usb闪存驱动器)上建立GPT分区。

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As early as the late 1980s Quantum Corp. saw which way the wind was blowing and attempted to reposition itself away from its traditional business of supplying small disk drives to PC manufacturers.

FORBES: Serendigity

It has no mechanical moving parts, it uses less than a hundredth the power of a hard disk, and it can be made very small.

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The need for local storage has made small storage devices one of the fastest growing markets for hard disk drives and soon perhaps also for flash memory.

FORBES: Making Connections at the 2012 CES