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[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Most hardrives live in servers, as part of storage volumes where IO can be optimised well beyond the capability of a single disk.

For the boot disk on my workstation I am absolutely using an SSD, but for the hundreds of terabytes of largely static data that I need to keep archived? Spinning disks all the way. Not only to SSDs need to match on price, but they also have a long way to come in terms of longevity.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago
  • The R/W cycles are infinite. At least until the head error out.