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SSDs have made nice price gains on spinning disks. The price difference is now only 3:1 at the price point (12tb hd costs roughly the same as a 4tb SSD) vs 5:1
by kstenerud 4y ago
SSDs have made nice price gains on spinning disks. The price difference is now only 3:1 at the price point (12tb hd costs roughly the same as a 4tb SSD) vs 5:1 only a year and a half ago.
Use mirroring if losing everything on the drive would hurt.
- jqpabc123 4y agoUse mirroring if losing everything on the drive would hurt. Simple mirroring may not be enough. SSDs have been known to fail based on power-on hours --- which means mirror and main die at roughly the same time. This has affected HN in the recent past. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=32048148 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=32048148