The cheapest HDDs now start at under $0.015 per GB. The cheapest SSDs start at $0.03 per GB, with more desirable M.2 PCIe 4.0 models that don’t use QLC NAND starting at $0.06 per GB—about four times the cost of an HDD. Even though you could buy ten 2TB SSDs for $650, good luck packing
Revisiting the slow but capacious hard disk drive
Jul 18, 2023
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