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Any word on the cost? I can't see the price obviously on the specs page.

discordance 9y ago
About 8k USD
tyingq 9y ago
If you follow the DigiKey link in this comment: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15527213 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15527213 $7700/unit if you buy 4.
- ksec 9y ago
  And WD Gold 12TB goes for about $520 / unit. It used to be about 10X difference between HDD and SSD per TB pricing. Now the gap has widen quite a bit with NAND price going up.
  - jotm 9y ago
    Only if you buy the top of the line (by density) stuff. Go a bit lower and the pricing between HDD/SSD is closer than ever, though there's still a noticeable gap.
  - loeg 9y ago
    Is the brand new 11 TB offering really representative of SSD $/GB? As of a year and a half ago you could buy the Samsung PM1633a 15TB for $10k[0], or about 67¢/GB (slightly cheaper than the Micron unit linked, 70¢/GB). It's still available around the same price[1]. So I guess you're right. The price I see advertised for the WD Gold 12TB is a bit higher[2], or about 5¢/GB. Still, more than 10x better value in terms of raw storage. [0]: https://www.anandtech.com/show/10533/samsung-expands-its-pm1633a-lineup-as-1536-tb-ssd-hits-retail-for-10k https://www.anandtech.com/show/10533/samsung-expands-its-pm1... [1]: https://www.cdw.com/shop/products/Samsung-PM1633a-MZILS15THMLS-solid-state-drive-15.36-TB-SAS-12Gb-s/4586754.aspx https://www.cdw.com/shop/products/Samsung-PM1633a-MZILS15THM... [2]: https://www.cdw.com/shop/products/WD-Gold-Enterprise-Class-Hard-Drive-WD121KRYZ-hard-drive-12-TB-SATA-6/4797281.aspx?enkwrd=wd%20gold%20%2212%20tb%22&pfm=srh https://www.cdw.com/shop/products/WD-Gold-Enterprise-Class-H...
- peterburkimsher 9y ago
  Thanks - that person commented after, and I appreciate it. Right now I don't have the cash, but I wish I did. That SSD is big enough to store the CommonCrawl text-only archive of the web (compressed). http://commoncrawl.org/the-data/get-started/ http://commoncrawl.org/the-data/get-started/

About 8k USD

If you follow the DigiKey link in this comment: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15527213 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15527213 $7700/unit if you buy 4.

ksec 9y ago
And WD Gold 12TB goes for about $520 / unit. It used to be about 10X difference between HDD and SSD per TB pricing. Now the gap has widen quite a bit with NAND price going up.
- jotm 9y ago
  Only if you buy the top of the line (by density) stuff. Go a bit lower and the pricing between HDD/SSD is closer than ever, though there's still a noticeable gap.
- loeg 9y ago
  Is the brand new 11 TB offering really representative of SSD $/GB? As of a year and a half ago you could buy the Samsung PM1633a 15TB for $10k[0], or about 67¢/GB (slightly cheaper than the Micron unit linked, 70¢/GB). It's still available around the same price[1]. So I guess you're right. The price I see advertised for the WD Gold 12TB is a bit higher[2], or about 5¢/GB. Still, more than 10x better value in terms of raw storage. [0]: https://www.anandtech.com/show/10533/samsung-expands-its-pm1633a-lineup-as-1536-tb-ssd-hits-retail-for-10k https://www.anandtech.com/show/10533/samsung-expands-its-pm1... [1]: https://www.cdw.com/shop/products/Samsung-PM1633a-MZILS15THMLS-solid-state-drive-15.36-TB-SAS-12Gb-s/4586754.aspx https://www.cdw.com/shop/products/Samsung-PM1633a-MZILS15THM... [2]: https://www.cdw.com/shop/products/WD-Gold-Enterprise-Class-Hard-Drive-WD121KRYZ-hard-drive-12-TB-SATA-6/4797281.aspx?enkwrd=wd%20gold%20%2212%20tb%22&pfm=srh https://www.cdw.com/shop/products/WD-Gold-Enterprise-Class-H...
peterburkimsher 9y ago
Thanks - that person commented after, and I appreciate it. Right now I don't have the cash, but I wish I did. That SSD is big enough to store the CommonCrawl text-only archive of the web (compressed). http://commoncrawl.org/the-data/get-started/ http://commoncrawl.org/the-data/get-started/