Actually, I don't need that much storage space - my archive now stands at 469 GB (just 9 GB growth in the last 5 months, achieved through the combination of more considerate shooting, using smaller resolution and actively culling old photos - and thankfully I don't shoot RAW). But I have a lot of other people's photos (like my wife's) stored on my drive that need the same treatment - there's a lot to be done. Add the music, the videos, the personal stuff and the 15 years worth of PDF archives from our (defunct) newspaper, and 1 TB unfortunately becomes too little, or I would've switched to a SSD after all. However, I'd rather wait until I manage to shrink the most important archives somewhat - which may happen in a year's time when this type of storage becomes somewhat cheaper. 