that's the tape market I mentioned. agreed, tape doesn't fit the personal market, but it totally dominates anywhere that has scale. the question is: what coun

that's the tape market I mentioned. agreed, tape doesn't fit the personal market, but it totally dominates anywhere that has scale. the question is: what counts as reliable? if PLC is good for 50 erasures, are you really comfortable with that? it's going to cost more than half of QLC, I assure you... the interesting thing about flash is that people want to use the speed. which means they put in places that have a high content-mutation rate. if it's just personal stuff - mostly cold, little mutation - that's fine but not the main market.