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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
by 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 agoThere 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 agoActually even 500GB SSDs are cheaper than this.
- dragontamer 11y ago1TB 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 agoI'd still prefer a 31.4GB SSD drive.