Lee Duna@lemmy.nz to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 9 months agoToshiba exec claims hard drives are 7X cheaper than SSDs and will continually evolve for large datacenterswww.tomshardware.comexternal-linkmessage-square36fedilinkarrow-up173arrow-down14
arrow-up169arrow-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 · 9 months agomessage-square36fedilink
minus-squarerab@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down1·9 months agoI admin a datacenter and hard drives are never going anywhere. Same with tapes.
minus-squareEccitaze@yiffit.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·9 months agoI work tech support for a NAS company and the ratio of HDDs to SSDs is roughly 85-15. Sometimes people use SSDs for stuff that requires low latency, but most commonly they’re used as a cache for HDDs in my experience.
minus-squarepreasket@lemy.lollinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·9 months agoNot much point in using SSDs in a NAS if it’s there just for holding your files
I admin a datacenter and hard drives are never going anywhere. Same with tapes.
I work tech support for a NAS company and the ratio of HDDs to SSDs is roughly 85-15. Sometimes people use SSDs for stuff that requires low latency, but most commonly they’re used as a cache for HDDs in my experience.
Not much point in using SSDs in a NAS if it’s there just for holding your files