about tb+ ssd

[hbarudi]

http://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2015/08/samsung-unveils-2-5-inch-16tb-ssd-the-worlds-largest-hard-drive/

Certainly someone from this site reached the above article, as they try to make HDD obsolete, some issues come to mind:

1. price, and 2. survivability

1. As companies manufacture more ssd, the price will go down slowly, but steadily

2. Use of ssd there is concern when the higher capacities tb+, gain more widespread use in the future, their ability to survive into the future maybe of concern since ssd will eventually suffer with lots of read/write cycles,

3. For data archiving and long term storage, the best kind of storage commercially available to individuals is the blu-ray. It is working very well for me to use for backup in case physical hard drives and solid state drives reach their "end of life".

 

[fredfinks]

SSD wear level worries are unfounded. For regular use thats a serious amount of time before youd start seeing trouble, by then a HDD would be dead.

Burned (not factory pressed) optical discs top layer degrades with age. Once it flakes its dead. For archiving expect no more than a few years before youd seriously contemplate transfer to newer media. Sure old discs can last but if its only 1 copy youre asking for trouble.

Welcome SSDs and be happy in the demise of the HDD. Theyve had a good run.