Western Digital recently announced new data center HDDs that increase Shingled Magnetic Recording (SMR) capacity to 32TB and Conventional Magnetic Recording (CMR) capacity to 26TB. The company...
  • Teils13@lemmy.eco.brEnglish
    212·
    2 days ago

    There is already a samsung 8 Tb SSD being sold on amazon. Buying 4 of those will be far cheaper than this monstrosity. And it will be silent, and actually useful as a home server, much faster too.

    • hobovision@lemm.eeEnglish
      21·
      2 days ago

      No shot 4 SSDs will be the same price as a HDD of the same capacity yet. HDD is still the king of GB/$.

      If I’m wrong… Can you send me some links? I could use some cheap 8TB SSDs.

    • randombullet@programming.devEnglish
      8·
      2 days ago

      Nah I don’t believe you at all.

      SAMSUNG 870 QVO SATA 8TB = $683.38 x 4 = $2,733.52

      8TB x 4 = 32TB

      $2,733.52 / 32TB = $85.4225/TB

      Yeah one of these disks does not cost more than $25/TB.

      26TB x $25 = $650

      • dan@upvote.auEnglish
        2·
        2 days ago

        QVO drives are trash though. Would not recommend. Very slow and they don’t last as long as Samsung’s EVO and PRO drives.

      • olympicyes@lemmy.worldEnglish
        4·
        2 days ago

        FWIW in July last year Amazon was selling these as low as $320. My biggest fear of a 26 TB HDD is getting all 26 TB of data off of it if I needed it without the drive dying.

          • frezik@midwest.socialEnglish
            1·
            1 day ago

            It’s really difficult/expensive for a home user to do a 3-2-1 backup properly. Especially if you’re pushing beyond a few TB.

          • olympicyes@lemmy.worldEnglish
            1·
            1 day ago

            That’s true but more concerned with rebuilding the raid than necessarily losing the data. I have to admit that I’m lazy with backups and I’ve had my ass saved by RAID 6.