javipas@alien.topB to Data Hoarder@selfhosted.forumEnglish · 10 months agoSSD prices are getting cheaper and cheaper. HDDs aren't.alien.topimagemessage-square84fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1imageSSD prices are getting cheaper and cheaper. HDDs aren't.alien.topjavipas@alien.topB to Data Hoarder@selfhosted.forumEnglish · 10 months agomessage-square84fedilink
minus-squareKHRoN@alien.topBlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·10 months agothis is actually bad news, because el cheapo ssds are not good for “unpowered” long time storage expensive 1 bit per cell ssds maybe, but not multiple bits per cell (and those are the cheap types of ssds) so for long time hoarders nothing really changes until hdd supply lasts, let’s hope hdd supply will last for long years
minus-squarewarmike_1@alien.topBlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·10 months ago 1 bit per cell ssds Are they even there on the market anymore? I couldn’t find any in my country’s dominant tech store chain, and there are barely any MLC drives (it’s just Samsung SM883 up to 1TB and Dell 400 up to 480GB)
this is actually bad news, because el cheapo ssds are not good for “unpowered” long time storage
expensive 1 bit per cell ssds maybe, but not multiple bits per cell (and those are the cheap types of ssds)
so for long time hoarders nothing really changes until hdd supply lasts, let’s hope hdd supply will last for long years
Are they even there on the market anymore? I couldn’t find any in my country’s dominant tech store chain, and there are barely any MLC drives (it’s just Samsung SM883 up to 1TB and Dell 400 up to 480GB)