Lee Duna@lemmy.nz to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agoToshiba exec claims hard drives are 7X cheaper than SSDs and will continually evolve for large datacenterswww.tomshardware.comexternal-linkmessage-square101fedilinkarrow-up1300arrow-down113
arrow-up1287arrow-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 · 1 year agomessage-square101fedilink
minus-squarelazynoobletlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·edit-21 year agoYou compared cheapest by cheapest, however items cost is more efficient with larger sizes If you compare the best GB per $ sizes of both media types it is likely going to much more apart.
minus-squareTja@programming.devlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 year agoI compared cheapest per TB. The HDDs were most efficient at 18TB, the SSDs at 2 or 4 TB.
minus-squarelazynoobletlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 year agoOh I see. I need better reading comprehension. When I do the same calculation I come up with HDD being 4.5x cheaper per TB.
You compared cheapest by cheapest, however items cost is more efficient with larger sizes
If you compare the best GB per $ sizes of both media types it is likely going to much more apart.
I compared cheapest per TB. The HDDs were most efficient at 18TB, the SSDs at 2 or 4 TB.
Oh I see. I need better reading comprehension.
When I do the same calculation I come up with HDD being 4.5x cheaper per TB.