Lee Duna to [email protected]English • 6 months agoToshiba exec claims hard drives are 7X cheaper than SSDs and will continually evolve for large datacenterswww.tomshardware.commessage-square99arrow-up1306arrow-down113
arrow-up1293arrow-down1external-linkToshiba exec claims hard drives are 7X cheaper than SSDs and will continually evolve for large datacenterswww.tomshardware.comLee Duna to [email protected]English • 6 months agomessage-square99
minus-squarelazynoobletlinkfedilinkEnglish1•edit-26 months 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-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish1•6 months agoI compared cheapest per TB. The HDDs were most efficient at 18TB, the SSDs at 2 or 4 TB.
minus-squarelazynoobletlinkfedilinkEnglish2•6 months 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.