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And my entire array is 50TB of usable storage space, all spinning rust.... Still far cheaper than the $7K but disheartening haha.
by joshstrange 10y ago
And my entire array is 50TB of usable storage space, all spinning rust.... Still far cheaper than the $7K but disheartening haha.
- drzaiusapelord 10y agoNo way this is selling for $7,000. This is going to be a $20,000 drive considering current SSD storage pricing. It'll then be rebranded by HP and Dell for enterprise and sold for $35,000 or so for supported server builds. Yeah, we're not getting this level of storage anytime soon.
- derefr 10y agoAre you sure it's cheaper in TCO, including electricity and cooling?
- joshstrange 10y agoThis is a good question and I'm not sure. I don't pay electric where I live (apartment complex) so neither of those are concerns currently :).
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- dragontamer 10y agoElectricity is 10-cents a kWhr in my area. 50TB Array would be 10-hard drives. Assuming 15W per hard drive (that's a significant overestimate btw), that'd be 150W if all the hard drives were actually being used. Otherwise, Hard Drives typically shut off or "spin down" into some sort of sleep cycle for negligable amounts of power. Sooooo yeah. Assuming the 150W were constant, it'd take something like 50 years for 150W of draw to cost anywhere near $7000. And I'm grossly overestimating electricity costs here. Again, hard drives sleep and spin down.