they Make 18T spinning Drives now. 10T drives are about 300ish from what I am seeing.
They have 4T SSDs int eh consumer space. On Mon, Dec 2, 2019 at 1:17 PM David Schwartz <newslett...@thetoolwiz.com> wrote: > Not sure what you’re even talking about here. > > 120GB SSDs are under $20 almost everywhere, including Best Buy. > > And 64gB Class 10 SD cards are under $10, which are still likely to be way > faster than your old “dinosaur” can saturate. > > Never mind that you can easily run a full-blown Linux distro from a 1 GB > SD flash that will last at least as long as a spinning HDD. And with 8GB of > RAM, it’ll be running almost entirely out of RAM and will thus run > extremely fast b/c it won’t be reading from the “disk” hardly at all. > > We’re not talking MEGA-BYTES here, we’re talking GIGA-BYTES. An entire > Linux distro is like around 100 MEGS or so without all of the UI bloat? > > The way you’re calculating what you think is risk means you should > probably go back to storing your data on paper tape. > > Here’s something I found that talks about SSD lifetime ratings: > > https://www.enterprisestorageforum.com/storage-hardware/ssd-lifespan.html > <https://u2206659.ct.sendgrid.net/wf/click?upn=3cK2FVJjyu2N-2Bxco034fZrF0HdtK4hjbBBfbBSvju7yHokerjHU-2FmnzNGJxjKSrrcmlPfTmtniYIXjiafXbf3j65oBd4rrwVBRTYox6qQEIqeHpPPbtY2a90WOTJUTCx_6lpMB7VLnN-2Fj9-2FEErg8-2F-2BMBpb5QxlByTgv2M3fbWD9ebvC-2BWrN3h7jImK8EVWYBelRwk0vzJQvHL4s80cIorBpNckDLNYJpqFSI-2Fq2tCXQh4RUlzNyiLF9QZjv9dMbLroIyPQCQGMLIMKzVvH8BTS8ivZdl5Js1Ci-2FWaxfSHTa8ndKj1-2FUi86r89GZNgSLY7YvzmaiWu8KoSHnDLv-2BvScn40jQbO4Zf7LF44nRnz4vw-3D> > > This whole thread really makes very little sense to me. Data centers > (including CDNs) have been migrating to 100% SSDs on their servers for > several years now because they have a longer MTBF / GB stored, they’re WAY > faster, they take less power and generate far less heat. > > You seem to forget … tape backup units are quite cheap and plentiful these > days in case you want to save all that precious data for the inevitable > “disk crash” in a few years. > > And if you’ve only got 10GB of stuff saved, then heck, just buy a handful > of 32GB SDs ($4/ea) and you’ll have more backup storage than you’d ever > need. > > SDs are the new Floppy disks for backup storage. > > -David Schwartz > > > > > On Dec 1, 2019, at 10:27 PM, Jim <azano...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > On 12/1/19 2:57 PM, Brian Cluff wrote: > > I should add, that you can run a hybrid setup where you run your system on > the SSD and put your home directory on an spinning drive. That's actually > how I have most of my systems setup as I use a HUGE amount of space. That > way all the stuff that needs to be fast is and the stuff that just needs to > be stored is on the cheaper spinning disks. > > > This is what I do because I can't afford 10 GB of SSDs for the video and > music I have stored on this dinosaur. It's my home entertainment center. > Whenever I get a music or video disc, it gets copied to spinning rust. > This saves my optical discs free from normal wear and tear. > > > --------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > https://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss -- A mouse trap, placed on top of your alarm clock, will prevent you from rolling over and going back to sleep after you hit the snooze button. Stephen
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