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QA Update: Sale valid through 9/15 or while supplies last- Performance (Max) Read 3500 MB/s, Write 3000 MB/s
- Interface PCIe Gen3x4 Form Factor M.2 2280
- NAND Flash: 3D NAND
- MTBF: 2,000,000 hours
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I got one to do that and ended up doing another thing entirely.
1. We are almost at a node-shrink limit that can be accomplished using silicon.
2. Demand Dictates Supply pt 1. While capacity quadrupling every 5 years or so for the same price is the past trend, that's also been before the market was saturated. It was the last year or two that we've seen SSDs in almost every OEM or system builder PC and laptop. Fewer upgrades = less demand.
3. Demand Dictates Supply pt 2. People are becoming even more reliant on "cloud" storage, which also gets cheaper over time. This would make a large SSD more niche than ever.
4. Speaking of Niche. most people have never even held a 16TB HDD, even those who build systems regularly. The demand will be low for 16TB SSDs at almost any price.
Unless something really shakes up the market, I see SSD price decreases to start slowing down over the next few years. Average Joes just don't need that much storage yet, and likely won't then either. Seeing trends just from personal experience, over 5 years, people's need for additional storage has maybe a little more than doubled.
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Get the USB M.2 reader/adapter.
I got one to do that and ended up doing another thing entirely.
I got one to do that and ended up doing another thing entirely.
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If you're not doing many writes, look into second hand U.2 drives as companies upgrade their servers.
1. We are almost at a node-shrink limit that can be accomplished using silicon.
2. Demand Dictates Supply pt 1. While capacity quadrupling every 5 years or so for the same price is the past trend, that's also been before the market was saturated. It was the last year or two that we've seen SSDs in almost every OEM or system builder PC and laptop. Fewer upgrades = less demand.
3. Demand Dictates Supply pt 2. People are becoming even more reliant on "cloud" storage, which also gets cheaper over time. This would make a large SSD more niche than ever.
4. Speaking of Niche. most people have never even held a 16TB HDD, even those who build systems regularly. The demand will be low for 16TB SSDs at almost any price.
Unless something really shakes up the market, I see SSD price decreases to start slowing down over the next few years. Average Joes just don't need that much storage yet, and likely won't then either. Seeing trends just from personal experience, over 5 years, people's need for additional storage has maybe a little more than doubled.
Workflow example:
Edit Video File > Move Video File to SSD Storage > Use Handbrake on Dedicated Machine to Compress Video and Save New File to HDD+Backup.
Handbrake can run as slow as it needs to, and can be run via script to just automatically process new video files. The raw files can exist on the SSD storage as long as you want them to, for future editing or just ease of distribution, but the back-up and long term storage would be on the HDDs.
Solid long-term option if you need the space.
Also... Backup your data people, warranty isn't back up 😉
What's the difference between m.2 and u.2 drives