News A new SSD form factor can house a staggering 1,000,000 GB of storage – E2 drives could store 11,000 4K movies with 80W power draw

[Admin]

E2 is a new flash form factor

A new SSD form factor can house a staggering 1,000,000 GB of storage – E2 drives could store 11,000 4K movies with 80W power draw : Read more

 

[jeremyj_83]

"Targeted speeds of the E2 SSD are purported to be 8-10 MB/s per terabyte, much more than your average HDD. However, the report notes that capacity, not performance, is the end game of E2."

At 1PB that would give 8-10GB/s speeds which for capacity devices is very fast. Even at the 300TB capacity showed by PureStorage that is still 2.4-3GB/s which is A LOT faster than HDD. The fastest dual actuator HDDs are only in the 500ish MB/s range and single actuator drives are only 250ish MB/s.

 

[Paineful]

When it breaks, 11,000 4K movies would take a while to download again!

 

[Eximo]

 

[mrdoc22]

When it breaks, 11,000 4K movies would take a while to download again!

Backup on old HDD CMR drives

 

[tamalero]

Backup on old HDD CMR drives

or just run it in raid 1 XD

 

[Dementoss]

How many body parts will I have to sell, to buy one of these SSDs I'll never need?

 

[chronosdeep]

How many body parts will I have to sell, to buy one of these SSDs I'll never need?

You'll have to sell not body parts but several bodies.

 

[usertests]

There is a 3.5" 100 TB drive using TLC NAND, and I bet we could see 200 TB easily in that form factor. But the form factor could be completely dead in the enterprise before it ever reaches 1 PB. Meanwhile, it will be a long wait for 128 TB microsd cards.

 

[Geef]

Meanwhile, it will be a long wait for 128 TB microsd cards.

30 years ago I was running a PC with a 240 MB HDD.
In the future a 128 TB microsd will be for the masses but us techs here will be running 512 TB and 1 PB cards. Of course future means the sd card slot will be on the back of your head instead on the side of your phone. Strangely, it will still make the clicking noise as you push it into place. 😜

 

[usertests]

30 years ago I was running a PC with a 240 MB HDD.
In the future a 128 TB microsd will be for the masses but us techs here will be running 512 TB and 1 PB cards. Of course future means the sd card slot will be on the back of your head instead on the side of your phone. Strangely, it will still make the clicking noise as you push it into place. 😜

Progress is slowing down and getting a little stunted. Witness the race to PLC NAND.

But our descent into a technological dystopian future is not slowing, so that's a plus.