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minus-squareZen_Shinobi@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down8·1 hour agoWho is still using HDD these days?
minus-squarefif-t@fedia.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up8·1 hour agoAnyone who needs mass storage, that doesn’t need it at high speed, and don’t want to pay like $100/TB for it. Most HDDs are like $20/TB, give or take.
minus-squareRetro_unlimited@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·edit-251 minutes agoHow much for 100TB of drives $1500 How much for 100TB of NVME $10,000 Yes I still use hard drives in my threadripper servers and NAS.
minus-squareToTheGraveMyLove@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·1 hour agoHDD is still good for backups.
minus-squareMadBigote@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·1 hour agoHDDs are great for self-hosted apps. I own a NAS with three WD 16TB HHDs amd 2M. 2 SSDs.
minus-squareExcessShiv@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 hour agoI do, I didn’t really need to spend 3-4x the money for my server storage and regular HDDs are fast enough for media streaming. 6x18tb would’ve been unnecessarily expensive as SSDs
Who is still using HDD these days?
Anyone who needs mass storage, that doesn’t need it at high speed, and don’t want to pay like $100/TB for it. Most HDDs are like $20/TB, give or take.
How much for 100TB of drives $1500
How much for 100TB of NVME $10,000
Yes I still use hard drives in my threadripper servers and NAS.
HDD is still good for backups.
HDDs are great for self-hosted apps. I own a NAS with three WD 16TB HHDs amd 2M. 2 SSDs.
Such a naive take
I do, I didn’t really need to spend 3-4x the money for my server storage and regular HDDs are fast enough for media streaming. 6x18tb would’ve been unnecessarily expensive as SSDs