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When would they be better than flash storage, though?
by andrewflnr 6y ago
When would they be better than flash storage, though?
- jamiek88 6y agoFor longevity I suppose. Don’t you need to power on flash storage occasionally?
- sitkack 6y agoNot just power it on, but also read it. Flash isn't really a good medium for anything other than operational data. It is a good idea to have a write behind mirror from flash to either HDD, tape or highly replicated storage.
- rusk 6y agoCan you produce flash cheaper than magnetic tape now?
- ksec 6y agoI would put Flash less Reliable than HDD. Basically storing Digital Data Securely, Safely and reliably for consumer is just a bag of hurt right now. Companies want to push you all to the Cloud. And I wasn't happy when that direction started, and being increasingly unhappy with it now given how the companies have acted.
- tomjen3 6y agoI have a ton of files I can properly delete, but which I might need back at some point, possibly decades down the line. I would love to have an affordable tape machine that I could copy the files with, then store one tape at home and one at my parents place. The tapes are affordable, we need the machines to be affordable too.