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Re: 256TB SSD from Samsung

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Post by bob-09 »

TeMPOraL wrote: post #51
FirmwareBurner wrote: post #30

Earlier quoted context omitted.

>While I agree, it's been hard filling up the 2TB drive in my laptop. Then you're defiantly not torrenting enough "definitely legit" content as I am. Once you sail the dark seas it piles up quick. Or maybe I have ADHD.

Don't even have to set your sail; this landlubber likes likes to shoot videos with a smartphone, and these days, recording a few minutes of a family event, or even your plane taking off, in decent quality, will easily give you a multi-gigabyte video file. And that's for normal videos; $deity help you if you enable HDR. And yes, this is the universal answer to "how much storage is enough" - use cases will grow to cons…

I'll be curious to see the file sizes for Apple's version of 3D video capture in their Vision goggles. After one, two or three generations, I'm sure the first gen files will look small and lacking.

Re: 256TB SSD from Samsung

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Post by jaggederest »

lesuorac wrote: post #32
jaggederest wrote: post #10

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I clearly remember getting an 80gb drive, circa 2001-2002 I think, and talking with my friends about how impossible it would be to ever fill.

The problem is that the size of media has been growing exponentially. When I keep wondering how my phone is running out of space every time its images / videos. Even when you look at an app that is like 400 MB its not 400 MB of code, its like 350 MB of images and 50 MB of code.

Interestingly enough I've been messing around with ffmpeg recently and the newest high end codecs (VVC / h266) drop HD video size by 30% or more, it's pretty crazy.

It'll be very interesting where AVIF and similar next generation image formats go in the near future, hopefully we'll get some reduction from the exponential growth.

Re: 256TB SSD from Samsung

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Post by tbyehl »

dbg31415 wrote: post #58
tbyehl wrote: post #48

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Sounds like you need a bigger NAS. I throw a fresh 10TB drive in mine every 3-4 months.

Start. Smart to cycle drives out after 3 years too.

I'm thrifty, I buy drives that businesses already cycled out after 3-5 years.

Re: 256TB SSD from Samsung

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Post by faeriechangling »

caycep wrote: post #47

I remember there was a lot of stigma for QLC drives, but will these eventually get developed so speed/reliability > MLC/TLC?

No, because MLC/TLC speed/reliability is a moving target.

QLC is taking over more and more of the market every year and will continue to do so though because it’s among other things pretty perfect for consumer devices, offering good enough performance especially with a fat cache in front of it, combined with lower prices.

Re: 256TB SSD from Samsung

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Post by faeriechangling »

twerkmonsta wrote: post #3

Are there actual situations where you would even want this much data on a single drive?

Datacenters where you are paying a huge premium on every square inch of physical space used. Also currently every other common way to store this much data eats a lot more power and generates more heat.

Re: 256TB SSD from Samsung

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Post by dabluecaboose »

nmcela wrote: post #4
twerkmonsta wrote: post #3

Are there actual situations where you would even want this much data on a single drive?

I am 100.0% sure this is what someone has said for 256GB drives, 256MB drives, 256KB drives, and the same person will be saying it for 256YB drives.

I vividly remember seeing a 5TB drive at Fry's Electronics sometime around 2010-2013 and thinking to my self "Who in gods name would ever need that much space"

I now have 24 terabytes in my NAS

Re: 256TB SSD from Samsung

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Post by haunter »

ipqk wrote: post #43
haunter wrote: post #37

I was looking for some 8TB m2 drives recently and they are still surprisingly expensive, considering you can get 2TB ones on sale for less than $100. But there are barely any options too, still a niche market https://pcpartpicker.com/products/internal-hard-drive/#A=600...

Those $100 2TB drives are probably because of this: https://www.theverge.com/22291828/sandisk-extreme-pro-portab...

Not sure. Samsung, WD, SK hynix 2TB drives are regularly on sale around ~$100

https://www.reddit.com/r/buildapcsales/search?sort=new&restr...

Re: 256TB SSD from Samsung

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Post by dbg31415 »

tbyehl wrote: post #63
dbg31415 wrote: post #58

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Start. Smart to cycle drives out after 3 years too.

I'm thrifty, I buy drives that businesses already cycled out after 3-5 years.

You laugh in the face of danger; a real risk taker! (=

I love all the Backblaze drive update posts about the lifespans of storage media.

Re: 256TB SSD from Samsung

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Post by jeegsy »

alphabetting wrote: post #44
lesuorac wrote: post #32

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The problem is that the size of media has been growing exponentially. When I keep wondering how my phone is running out of space every time its images / videos. Even when you look at an app that is like 400 MB its not 400 MB of code, its like 350 MB of images and 50 MB of code.

I laughed today when it was announced Buldar's Gate 3 is 120GB

Even with all these advancements, 120GB for a game is still and always will be a lot!
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