Well, the market certainly agrees with you..there has never, to my knowledge, been anything like what I describe, other than for trivial capacities. > With reg

Well, the market certainly agrees with you..there has never, to my knowledge, been anything like what I describe, other than for trivial capacities. > With regards to hard drives I actually follow backblaze's lead, thus it is received knowledge. They tend to buy the largest drives they can that are not premium priced This is completely valid for comparable use cases (which I think are vanishingly rare.. usually, performance matters). Their data is, of course, invaluable to the tech community at large (and potentially an annoyance to drive manufacturers).