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My quibble is with the claim that 3TB (3.5") hard drives are the "densest storage medium in use today". Yes, the article is two and a half years old, but by the
by skywhopper 12y ago
My quibble is with the claim that 3TB (3.5") hard drives are the "densest storage medium in use today". Yes, the article is two and a half years old, but by then 32GB MicroSD cards had been around for a couple of years. 100 such cards would exceed the capacity of a 3TB hard drive and weigh a tenth as much.
- tlrobinson 12y agoAlso I'm pretty sure there are magnetic tape drives that have higher density (but of course extremely high latency)
- FrankenPC 12y agoCombine that with new 3D stacking technology and solid state storage takes a huge leap forward.
- skosuri 12y agoYeah, the article isn't great. We go through how we calculated densities; we didn't use hard drive enclosures, but did include thickness for HD platters in calculating density. In general, magnetic tape mostly wins as they are so thin.