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minus-squareAllero@lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·edit-26 hours agoSSDs can reliably hold charge states for years, and there are storage media that are more reliable than HDD. HDD’s would still find a niche, probably, as a balanced option, but said niche will likely get smaller and smaller over many years.
minus-squareAppoxo@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·3 hours agoIt will probably be a choice of quieter, faster, expensive vs loud, high capacity, pretty cheap. Unless we start with 3.5" SSDs (pls), HDDs will always be storage kings. Imagine 3.5" SSDs with 3-4 layer sandwiched PCBs…And inexpensive NAND…
minus-squareAllero@lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 hours agoWhy is 3.5" preferable? You can always use a 2.5" to 3.5" adapter, and even 2.5" casing is mostly empty anyway
minus-squareAppoxo@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·edit-22 hours agoMore volume for more NAND-PCBs and even 2.5" casing is mostly empty anyway Does this count for the higher capacity drives (e.g. >2TB)? Preferably TLC?
minus-squareCethin@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·3 hours agoHDDs will probably always be useful for media storage, where quick access time isn’t required and it isn’t being used constantly. They should die for PCs though.
SSDs can reliably hold charge states for years, and there are storage media that are more reliable than HDD.
HDD’s would still find a niche, probably, as a balanced option, but said niche will likely get smaller and smaller over many years.
It will probably be a choice of quieter, faster, expensive vs loud, high capacity, pretty cheap.
Unless we start with 3.5" SSDs (pls), HDDs will always be storage kings.
Imagine 3.5" SSDs with 3-4 layer sandwiched PCBs…And inexpensive NAND…
Why is 3.5" preferable? You can always use a 2.5" to 3.5" adapter, and even 2.5" casing is mostly empty anyway
More volume for more NAND-PCBs
Does this count for the higher capacity drives (e.g. >2TB)? Preferably TLC?
HDDs will probably always be useful for media storage, where quick access time isn’t required and it isn’t being used constantly. They should die for PCs though.