TheImpressiveX@lemm.ee to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 4 days agoThis new 40TB hard drive from Seagate is just the beginning—50TB is coming fast!www.techradar.comexternal-linkmessage-square230linkfedilinkarrow-up1481arrow-down119
arrow-up1462arrow-down1external-linkThis new 40TB hard drive from Seagate is just the beginning—50TB is coming fast!www.techradar.comTheImpressiveX@lemm.ee to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 4 days agomessage-square230linkfedilink
minus-squareMentalEdge@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up16·4 days agoAren’t a lot of the 2.5" ones already empty space? How big, and how expensive, would a 3.5" SSD be, if it actually filled enough of the space with NAND chips for the form factor to be warranted?
minus-squarexthexder@l.sw0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·3 days agoWell, Kioxia sells a 30TB 2.5in SSD right now for about $5k. I’m sure they could make a 60+TB SSD by just stacking 2 of them in a 3.5in case.
minus-squareJolteon@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·3 days agoI feel like heat would start to become a serious issue at that point.
minus-squarePieisawesome@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 days agoPut a fan in it, you have space
Aren’t a lot of the 2.5" ones already empty space?
How big, and how expensive, would a 3.5" SSD be, if it actually filled enough of the space with NAND chips for the form factor to be warranted?
Well, Kioxia sells a 30TB 2.5in SSD right now for about $5k. I’m sure they could make a 60+TB SSD by just stacking 2 of them in a 3.5in case.
I feel like heat would start to become a serious issue at that point.
Put a fan in it, you have space