Lee Duna@lemmy.nz to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agoToshiba exec claims hard drives are 7X cheaper than SSDs and will continually evolve for large datacenterswww.tomshardware.comexternal-linkmessage-square94fedilinkarrow-up1293
arrow-up1293external-linkToshiba exec claims hard drives are 7X cheaper than SSDs and will continually evolve for large datacenterswww.tomshardware.comLee Duna@lemmy.nz to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square94fedilink
minus-squareelscallr@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·1 year agoA 16TB, a single one, right now is $1800. As I said, as they become available (read: affordable) then I’ll use them. Until that point… mechanical drives have worked well for 50 years and are fine for me. I can accept a margin of problem, it’s the reason I use RAID.
A 16TB, a single one, right now is $1800.
As I said, as they become available (read: affordable) then I’ll use them. Until that point… mechanical drives have worked well for 50 years and are fine for me. I can accept a margin of problem, it’s the reason I use RAID.