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I don't understand this at all. Why would I attach a (relatively) large, (relatively) power hungry spinning disk to a raspberry pi when I can very simply attac

by rsync 11y ago

I don't understand this at all. Why would I attach a (relatively) large, (relatively) power hungry spinning disk to a raspberry pi when I can very simply attach a nice little compact flash card, or an even faster and smaller mSATA card ...? Which is not to mention that it already natively accepts microSD cards ... Why would anyone want this ?

raziel2701 11y ago
I think most of us rpi users have suffered from a corrupted card at some point. It's something that we've looked for for a while to have the reliability of a hard disk drive for projects that need stability.
- sangnoir 11y ago
  > I think most of us rpi users have suffered from a corrupted card at some point For me, that corruptions ended when I got a better (2A) power supply, and that was 18 months ago. If your amperage is too low, I suspect the corruption will continue even on the spinning disks.
Const-me 11y ago
The most obvious reason is cost per GB. SSD of comparable capacity would cost $200-$400. Also, for some use cases, spinning HDDs are more reliable. For example, if you’re building a video surveillance server, i.e. you’ll be overwriting the whole drive 24/7 at several megabits/sec, you’ll soon wear out a typical flash drive. In the same conditions, a typical spinning HDD will be just fine, enjoying stable thermal conditions and the lack of spin up/down cycles.
- mikeyouse 11y ago
  There are plenty of options for 256gb thumb drives on Amazon right around $50-$60.. I buy that one won't last as long as a platter but in the year or two that it lasts you'll probably be able to buy a TB for the same price.
- yuhong 11y ago
  Actually even 500GB SSDs are cheaper than this.
- dragontamer 11y ago
  1TB SSDs are actually only $230 right now http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820226596 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820226... That's a MLC drive btw, not cheap TLC.
  - petecox 11y ago
    $230 drive for a $35 computer; surely these aren't in the same niche?
- tdsamardzhiev 11y ago
  I'd still prefer a 31.4GB SSD drive.

by rsync 11y ago

raziel2701 11y ago

I think most of us rpi users have suffered from a corrupted card at some point. It's something that we've looked for for a while to have the reliability of a hard disk drive for projects that need stability.

sangnoir 11y ago
> I think most of us rpi users have suffered from a corrupted card at some point For me, that corruptions ended when I got a better (2A) power supply, and that was 18 months ago. If your amperage is too low, I suspect the corruption will continue even on the spinning disks.

Const-me 11y ago

The most obvious reason is cost per GB. SSD of comparable capacity would cost $200-$400. Also, for some use cases, spinning HDDs are more reliable. For example, if you’re building a video surveillance server, i.e. you’ll be overwriting the whole drive 24/7 at several megabits/sec, you’ll soon wear out a typical flash drive. In the same conditions, a typical spinning HDD will be just fine, enjoying stable thermal conditions and the lack of spin up/down cycles.

mikeyouse 11y ago
There are plenty of options for 256gb thumb drives on Amazon right around $50-$60.. I buy that one won't last as long as a platter but in the year or two that it lasts you'll probably be able to buy a TB for the same price.
yuhong 11y ago
Actually even 500GB SSDs are cheaper than this.
dragontamer 11y ago
1TB SSDs are actually only $230 right now http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820226596 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820226... That's a MLC drive btw, not cheap TLC.
- petecox 11y ago
  $230 drive for a $35 computer; surely these aren't in the same niche?
tdsamardzhiev 11y ago
I'd still prefer a 31.4GB SSD drive.