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Many people are saying here that the slowing of the rate of change is due to business consolidation... I would argue that it is probably due to physics instead.
by Fej 9y ago
Many people are saying here that the slowing of the rate of change is due to business consolidation... I would argue that it is probably due to physics instead. The traditional way of storing more data on a platter, shrinking the size of each bit, has just about run out. Each bit is now stored on a handful of atoms. The drive manufacturers are trying new things to get around this problem (e.g. shingling) but once each bit is down to a few atoms you can't really go any smaller. Further improvements in disk technology will probably have to be a bit more radical.
- StillBored 9y agoExcept oddly enough, you can frequently buy a drive wrapped in a USB enclosure for 10-15% less than the bare drive... Plus, the sleep modes on a lot of "consumer" drives significantly slow them down when used in a desktop environment (as well as creating second long pauses in RAID arrays with more than 5-6 drives), and the option to disable that "feature" is slowly disappearing on drives without the "enterprise" tax. Market segmentation shenanigans like this would never fly in a healthy competitive market are now very common.
- Fej 9y agoThat's true. Honestly I'm just hoping that HGST keeps their reputation as reliable HDDs even though they've been bought by WD. Backblaze always found that they fail less often.