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.
SSDs have come down in price steadily. New developments are still contributing to lower price per GB. I have seen SSDs for $30/TB this year.
HDD price has been very stagnant, the slope is almost level. $13.75/TB is a good price at retail. New developments enable larger disk sizes but do not cause a significant lowering of price per GB.
Right now SSD is a under 2.5x the price. Not so long ago it was 8x the price. Unless something unexpected occurs, parity will be reached in 5 years or less.
Once parity is reached - or even if SSD gets to 1.25x the price - I cannot think of a good reason to buy HDD.
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