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Yes. If you need this you are far better off buying SSDs than wasting time on these silly ideas.

by matt-p 1y ago

CaptainOfCoit 1y ago
How much would 18TB of SSDs cost compared to 18TB of HDDs? Probably a big reason why many go for HDDs still today.
- justsomehnguy 1y ago
  SSDs are still roughly 3x per $/Tb. You can get a 8Tb QVO SATA drive for a like ~$300 so... ~$40/Tb
  - hyperpl 1y ago
    Where are you seeing 8TB (assuming you meant TB and Tb) for $300?
    - justsomehnguy 1y ago
      At Amazon. Guess I needed to check it better. Also I shouldn't did it in a bar. sigh Anyway, I have a spreadsheet with both the prices and $/Gb/Tb so I just copy the relevant part here and hope formatting would persist: $/Tb Item Interface Capacity Price, $ $90 SSD 4Tb Samsung 870 QVO (MZ-77Q4T0BW) SATA3 4000 $359 $96 SSD 2Tb Samsung 870 QVO (MZ-77Q2T0BW) SATA3 2000 $192 $102 USB 1Tb SanDisk Ultra Dual Drive Go (SDDDC3-1T00-G46) USB 1000 $102 $103 SSD Samsung PM1643a MZILT3T8HBLS-00007 3.84T (root) SAS 3840 $394 $104 SSD 4Tb Samsung 870 EVO (MZ-77E4T0BW) SATA3 4000 $417 $105 SSD 2Tb Transcend 225S (TS2TSSD225S) SATA3 2000 $210 $106 SSD 4Tb Transcend 230S (TS4TSSD230S) SATA3 4000 $425 $107 SDXC 2Tb MicroSD SanDisk Extreme (SDSQXAV-2T00-GN6MN) SDXC 2000 $215 $109 SSD 2Tb Samsung 870 EVO (MZ-77E2T0BW) SATA3 2000 $217 $111 SSD 2Tb Kingston KC600 Series (SKC600/2048G) SATA3 2000 $223 $115 SSD 8Tb Samsung 870 QVO (MZ-77Q8T0BW) SATA3 8000 $923 $128 SSD 7.68Tb Samsung PM9A3 (MZQL27T6HBLA-00A07) OEM U.2 7680 $985 $129 SSD 1Tb Samsung 870 EVO (MZ-77E1T0BW) SATA3 1000 $129 $134 SSD 3.2Tb Intel P4610 Series (SSDPE2KE032T801) U.2 3200 $430 $140 SSD 1.6Tb Intel P4610 Series (SSDPE2KE016T801) U.2 1600 $224 So 8Tb QVO are $115/TB.
      - justinclift 1y ago
        Might be useful to add an "endurance" column to this, as the enterprise drives will tend to have multiple times the endurance of the consumer ones. The endurance ratings are definitely worth knowing about if you write heavily to things.

Yes. If you need this you are far better off buying SSDs than wasting time on these silly ideas.

by matt-p 1y ago

Yes. If you need this you are far better off buying SSDs than wasting time on these silly ideas.

CaptainOfCoit 1y ago

How much would 18TB of SSDs cost compared to 18TB of HDDs? Probably a big reason why many go for HDDs still today.

justsomehnguy 1y ago
SSDs are still roughly 3x per $/Tb. You can get a 8Tb QVO SATA drive for a like ~$300 so... ~$40/Tb
- hyperpl 1y ago
  Where are you seeing 8TB (assuming you meant TB and Tb) for $300?
  - justsomehnguy 1y ago
    At Amazon. Guess I needed to check it better. Also I shouldn't did it in a bar. sigh Anyway, I have a spreadsheet with both the prices and $/Gb/Tb so I just copy the relevant part here and hope formatting would persist: $/Tb Item Interface Capacity Price, $ $90 SSD 4Tb Samsung 870 QVO (MZ-77Q4T0BW) SATA3 4000 $359 $96 SSD 2Tb Samsung 870 QVO (MZ-77Q2T0BW) SATA3 2000 $192 $102 USB 1Tb SanDisk Ultra Dual Drive Go (SDDDC3-1T00-G46) USB 1000 $102 $103 SSD Samsung PM1643a MZILT3T8HBLS-00007 3.84T (root) SAS 3840 $394 $104 SSD 4Tb Samsung 870 EVO (MZ-77E4T0BW) SATA3 4000 $417 $105 SSD 2Tb Transcend 225S (TS2TSSD225S) SATA3 2000 $210 $106 SSD 4Tb Transcend 230S (TS4TSSD230S) SATA3 4000 $425 $107 SDXC 2Tb MicroSD SanDisk Extreme (SDSQXAV-2T00-GN6MN) SDXC 2000 $215 $109 SSD 2Tb Samsung 870 EVO (MZ-77E2T0BW) SATA3 2000 $217 $111 SSD 2Tb Kingston KC600 Series (SKC600/2048G) SATA3 2000 $223 $115 SSD 8Tb Samsung 870 QVO (MZ-77Q8T0BW) SATA3 8000 $923 $128 SSD 7.68Tb Samsung PM9A3 (MZQL27T6HBLA-00A07) OEM U.2 7680 $985 $129 SSD 1Tb Samsung 870 EVO (MZ-77E1T0BW) SATA3 1000 $129 $134 SSD 3.2Tb Intel P4610 Series (SSDPE2KE032T801) U.2 3200 $430 $140 SSD 1.6Tb Intel P4610 Series (SSDPE2KE016T801) U.2 1600 $224 So 8Tb QVO are $115/TB.
    - justinclift 1y ago
      Might be useful to add an "endurance" column to this, as the enterprise drives will tend to have multiple times the endurance of the consumer ones. The endurance ratings are definitely worth knowing about if you write heavily to things.