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Seagate launches 30/32TB capacity Exos M mechanical HDD (30/32TB capacity) (www.guru3d.com)

submitted 2 days ago by [email protected] to c/technology

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (8 children)

That's good, really good news, to see that HDDs are still being manufactured and being thought of. Because I'm having a serious problem trying to find a new 2.5" HDD for my old laptop here in Brazil. I can quickly find SSDs across the Brazilian online marketplaces, and they're not much expensive, but I'm intending on purchasing a mechanical one because SSDs won't hold data for much longer compared to HDDs, but there are so few HDD for sale, and those I could find aren't brand-new.

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[–] 3aqn5k6ryk 4 points 2 days ago

Here i am still rocking 6TB.

[+] [email protected] -14 points 2 days ago (9 children)

Just a reminder: These massive drives are really more a "budget" version of a proper tape backup system. The fundamental physics of a spinning disc mean that these aren't a good solution for rapid seeking of specific sectors to read and write and so forth.

So a decent choice for the big machine you backup all your VMs to in a corporate environment. Not a great solution for all the anime you totally legally obtained on Yahoo.

Not sure if the general advice has changed, but you are still looking for a sweet spot in the 8-12 TB range for a home NAS where you expect to regularly access and update a large number of small files rather than a few massive ones.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 days ago

So I'm guessing you don't really know what you're talking about.

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

honestly curious, why the hell was this downvoted? I work in this space and I thought this was still the generally accepted advice?

[–] Blue_Morpho 4 points 2 days ago

Because everything he said was wrong?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Because people are thinking through specific niche use cases coupled with "Well it works for me and I never do anything 'wrong'".

I'll definitely admit that I made the mistake of trying to have a bit of fun when talking about something that triggers the dunning kruger effect. But people SHOULD be aware of how different use patterns impacts performance, how that performance impacts users, and generally how different use patterns impact wear and tear of the drive.

[–] Blue_Morpho 0 points 2 days ago

Come on man, everything, and mean everything you said is wrong.

Budget tape backup?

No, you can't even begin to compare drives to tape. They're completely different use cases. A hard drive can contain a backup but it's not physically robust to be unplugged, rotated off site , and put into long term storage like tape. You might as well say a Honda Accord is a budget Semi tractor trailer.

Then you specifically called out personal downloads of anime as a bad use case. That's absolutely wrong in all cases.

It is absurd to imply that everyone else except for you is less knowledgeable and using a niche case except you.

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[–] Gradually_Adjusting 5 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Oh hey, I did something right. That's kinda neat

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 days ago (1 children)

https://youtu.be/tKXO02VGrQ0

[–] Gradually_Adjusting 4 points 2 days ago

I am troubled in my heart. I would not have been told so in this way.

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