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It's still less dense than 200GB MicroSD cards. (which are only $79.50 on Amazon)
by imaginenore 11y ago
It's still less dense than 200GB MicroSD cards.
(which are only $79.50 on Amazon)
- jschwartzi 11y agoDoes that density include the connectors and buses that would be required to access those cards?
- imaginenore 11y agoThen you have to include the connectors and buses to access the SSD as well. And it will still be in favor of microsd, which can be read by a tiny connector + tiny controller in a smartphone.
- 21 11y agoI think parent was asking if you can fit 75 microSD cards (75 * 200 GB = 15 TB) and the required connections in the form factor of this SSD.
- seanp2k2 11y agoIf you're just counting the flash chips on circuit boards, I would think that you could fit many more SD innards and wire them together with some type of controller in this space. I don't doubt however that given the use-case, it has some room allocated for chips going bad, heat dissipation, etc inside. If they could have made a 20TB drive instead for the enterprise market in this form factor, they would have.
- jschwartzi 11y agoYep, that's exactly what I was asking. Remember also that both solutions have to use the SAS connector to interface with the main board. It's a little disingenuous to say that Samsung could have glued a bunch of SD cards together because it's not really comparing apples to apples.