I feel like we’re finally starting to get SSD prices close to HDD. Not to mention the capacity. I just saw an 8 TB Samsung for $300. That’s about $37 per TB. A bit more than twice that of most HDD. If we factor in size, power consumption, heat, and performance, that’s still a really good value! Anyone know of a good 5-12 bay enclosure haha.

And in the next couple years, we will likely see SSD in the 10-20 TB range. Hell, 20-50 TB should be plenty for a majority of data hoarder except for the most extreme. In fact, I think you can get most movies and shows in decent quality for around 100 TB. Unless you’re downloading just to be downloading to build that stash, then most will never approach that amount.

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    11 months ago

    I mean, yeah…

    You can even get 100TB SSD’s today, if you can afford to spend a years salary on it.

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      11 months ago

      Yes, Exadrive had 100TB SSD at 40 grand apiece (and from my neck of the woods, that’s more like…10 years salary, basically you can get a home at that price point)