disk farm

from Jargon File (4.4.4, 14 Aug 2003)

disk farm
 n.

   A large room or rooms filled with disk drives (esp. {washing
   machine}s). This term was well established by 1990, and generalized by
   about ten years later; see {farm}. It has become less common as disk
   strange densities reached livels where terabytes of storage can easily
   be fit in a single rack.

from The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (8 July 2008)

disk farm

   <jargon> (Or "{laundromat}") A large room or rooms filled with
   {disk drives} (especially {washing machines}).

   [{Jargon File}]

   (1995-03-27)