Lee Duna to [email protected]English • 11 months agoToshiba exec claims hard drives are 7X cheaper than SSDs and will continually evolve for large datacenterswww.tomshardware.commessage-square102fedilinkarrow-up1298
arrow-up1285external-linkToshiba exec claims hard drives are 7X cheaper than SSDs and will continually evolve for large datacenterswww.tomshardware.comLee Duna to [email protected]English • 11 months agomessage-square102fedilink
minus-squarelazynoobletlinkfedilinkEnglish1•edit-211 months agoYou compared cheapest by cheapest, however items cost is more efficient with larger sizes If you compare the best GB per $ sizes of both media types it is likely going to much more apart.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish1•11 months agoI compared cheapest per TB. The HDDs were most efficient at 18TB, the SSDs at 2 or 4 TB.
minus-squarelazynoobletlinkfedilinkEnglish2•11 months agoOh I see. I need better reading comprehension. When I do the same calculation I come up with HDD being 4.5x cheaper per TB.
You compared cheapest by cheapest, however items cost is more efficient with larger sizes
If you compare the best GB per $ sizes of both media types it is likely going to much more apart.
I compared cheapest per TB. The HDDs were most efficient at 18TB, the SSDs at 2 or 4 TB.
Oh I see. I need better reading comprehension.
When I do the same calculation I come up with HDD being 4.5x cheaper per TB.