Stopping production of HDDs in just few years

[omar80747326]

As HDD manufacturers may stop producing HDDs in few years, the alternative will be the sata 3 ssds, but will their prices become cheaper like HDDs in about 3-5 years or stay as they are?

 

[USAFRet]

As HDD manufacturers may stop producing HDDs in few years, the alternative will be the sata 3 ssds, but will their prices become cheaper like HDDs in about 3-5 years or stay as they are?

"As HDD manufacturers may stop producing HDDs in few years..."

And you read this bit of misinformation where?

 

[Darkbreeze]

Oh boy. This should be interesting.

 

[omar80747326]

Rapid technology development in the digital world makes me expect like that!

 

[caqde]

Given the low cost of HDD technology for storage needs. It will be a while before SSD's hit the prices needed for enterprise and consumers to use SSD technology for mass storage and backup needs. HDD demand has lessened so production of such storage devices is lower than it was but it hasn't stopped and doesn't look like it will stop any time in the next few years.

 

[jsmithepa]

Trend suggests the price per byte will continue to drop, how fast? that's debatable. But if I were employed by Seagate, I would start bailing out. Think Kodak.

 

[USAFRet]

Trend suggests the price per byte will continue to drop, how fast? that's debatable. But if I were employed by Seagate, I would start bailing out. Think Kodak.

Kodak was a totally different situation.
That was simply a willful ignoring of the way the market was going. They invented the digital camera, and then blew it off as a toy.

There's no reason Seagate can't crank up an SSD product line, just like WD has done.

 

[Darkbreeze]

And obviously there are tons of enterprise level operations that aren't getting rid of hard drives, nor are many OEM system builders, no are people who need VERY large storage media, any time soon. Think Backblaze, as just ONE example, that has tens of thousands of spinning drives and consider there are tens of thousands of places like that with a need for massive amounts of storage.

Ain't going anywhere, anytime soon.

 

[jsmithepa]

Enterprise yes, consumer? eh. Wonder what % of the business is what.

 

[phaelax]

While my current PC has no mechanical drives, my NAS does. Why? Because it's cheaper to obtain massive storage and they're pretty reliable. I don't foresee mechanical drives going away in a few years, not even close. And I don't think they'll die off until SSDs have matched their size and price. Right now, a 4TB SSD is roughly $1500, as compared to a 12TB mechanical for less than $500. Sure prices will drop, but we're more than a few years off.