Lee Duna@lemmy.nz to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 9 months agoToshiba exec claims hard drives are 7X cheaper than SSDs and will continually evolve for large datacenterswww.tomshardware.comexternal-linkmessage-square96fedilinkarrow-up1272arrow-down114
arrow-up1258arrow-down1external-linkToshiba exec claims hard drives are 7X cheaper than SSDs and will continually evolve for large datacenterswww.tomshardware.comLee Duna@lemmy.nz to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 9 months agomessage-square96fedilink
minus-squareTja@programming.devlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down1·9 months agoA 4TB SATA SSD is 200 EUR. For 96 TB you would need 24 (probably less for 80TB usable). It would cost between 4k and 4.5k. Prices are going down fast.
minus-squarenetburnr@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down1·9 months agoAnd a way to have that many drives connected at once, which means more cost.
minus-squareTja@programming.devlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down1·9 months agoOk, like 100 bucks for 16-18 SATA controllers, assuming the mobo comes with 6.
minus-squareJGrffn@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down1·9 months ago5 20tb HDDs in raid5, for about 1.2-1.5k
minus-squareWalrusDragonOnABike@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up2·9 months agoBut how much is 5 100TB HDDs?
minus-squareTja@programming.devlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·9 months agoI have seen nowhere near 250-300 for 20TB disks in Europe. Maybe in the US the SSDs will also be cheaper…
A 4TB SATA SSD is 200 EUR. For 96 TB you would need 24 (probably less for 80TB usable). It would cost between 4k and 4.5k. Prices are going down fast.
And a way to have that many drives connected at once, which means more cost.
Ok, like 100 bucks for 16-18 SATA controllers, assuming the mobo comes with 6.
5 20tb HDDs in raid5, for about 1.2-1.5k
But how much is 5 100TB HDDs?
I have seen nowhere near 250-300 for 20TB disks in Europe. Maybe in the US the SSDs will also be cheaper…