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More 128TB SSDs are coming as almost no one noticed this launch — another SSD controller that can support up to 128TB appeared paving the way for HDD-beating capacities (www.techradar.com)
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More 128TB SSDs are coming as almost no one noticed this launch — another SSD controller that can support up to 128TB appeared paving the way for HDD-beating capacities::Phison quietly revealed an updated X2 SSD platform at CES

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 8 months ago (3 children)

What's the biggest HDD out there? I mean at sizes this big it's a lot of data to lose in one go if it dies. Even if you have backups or whatever that's a lot to have to restore.

[–] QuadratureSurfer 9 points 8 months ago

Are we including magnetic tape?

Looks like they hit 580 TB a few years ago: https://www.pcmag.com/news/fujifilm-and-ibm-set-world-record-with-580tb-magnetic-tapes

[–] [email protected] 3 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (1 children)

I like 8TB drives for media. I know the rules of safe backup say you should have 3 copies, but I just have another 8TB drive for each one that's in use and I do a sync every few months. The backup drives, when not hooked up to sync for backup, sit safely in anti static bags inside the boxes they came in, in a file cabinet drawer.

[–] ripcord 9 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Who sells 80TB HDDs? None on the market that I know of.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 8 months ago (1 children)

I've seen SSDs hit 100TB, but those are $40k+. And more "reasonable" options like 64TB for $10k or so.

HDDs just reached 30TB, but I don't think those are widely available yet. 24TB is the biggest you can expect to see for sale.

[–] ripcord 1 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Ok so I'm wondering WTF he's talking about.

Did he mean 8TB maybe?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 8 months ago

I meant 8 TB

[–] [email protected] 2 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

You are probably expected to buy like 100+ of these at a time.

Biggest HDDs are like 28TB max atm?