4TB Samsung SSDs Apparently Coming Soon

moogle · 22 Jul 2016 at 18:30

Just switched to SSD only and can't hear my system at all now when sitting at my desk, just the outside noise

HEADRAT · 23 Jul 2016 at 06:50

Hooray for the early adopters, too much money but lovey tech!

david25 · 23 Jul 2016 at 07:11

Howitzer said:
How is reliability these days?
It must be a concern if purchasing a large capacity SSD, as that would usually indicate it's for storage.

I've had an SSD fail me in the recent past and so has a friend, but I've never experienced an HDD problem in many years of use.

Isn't the case of the more drives, the more chance of failure?

David Bisset · 23 Jul 2016 at 09:33

Howitzer said:
How is reliability these days?
It must be a concern if purchasing a large capacity SSD, as that would usually indicate it's for storage.

I've had an SSD fail me in the recent past and so has a friend, but I've never experienced an HDD problem in many years of use.

On average better than traditional HDDs. If you're pushing the limits on write-heavy workloads then the picture varies more but for consumer levels of use I'd take an SSD.

KIA · 23 Jul 2016 at 17:22

koolpc said:
To me, its like putting all your eggs in one giant basket! I would much prefer to have several smaller drives with data, files etc spread across them.

Imagine having a 4TB with all your stuff on and it fails!

http://www.taobackup.com/

Steveocee · 23 Jul 2016 at 17:35

When 2TB SSD's are £200 I'll be quite poor quite quickly. Currently have 6 HDD's next to me and I could easily use 12.

Bitemarks666 · 23 Jul 2016 at 20:48

koolpc said:
To me, its like putting all your eggs in one giant basket! I would much prefer to have several smaller drives with data, files etc spread across them.

Imagine having a 4TB with all your stuff on and it fails!

KIA said:
http://www.taobackup.com/

Exactly, I have this data backed up on my unraid server and on the 4TB WD black this SSD replaced. Not to mention it is only game data so I can download it again need be.

FrankJH · 24 Jul 2016 at 06:11

n3vrmind said:
perhaps yes, but as 4K media becomes more popular those requirements will change

also stuff being above the needs of the normal user has never been a reason to stop advancing before. new machines sell with 32gb of ram but thats way more than the needs of a normal user, its back to the old more is better marketecture

My comment was regarding price

the main reason prices come down is because the general population starts buying it - 8tb mechanical drives are probably going to be superceded by SSD's before the general population has much need for them.