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What is the cheapest SSD on the market? I need 3PB for my business critical datacenter

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[–] owenfromcanada@lemmy.world 12 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

Probably stone tablets. Once written, no moving parts, and they last thousands of years. And you can find them laying around anywhere for free.

Edit: quick math. If we assume roughly one bit per square mm, you'd need about 24,000 km^2 of stone. So if you happen to be located in Northern Canada, you're all set.

[–] Zorsith@lemmy.blahaj.zone 6 points 5 months ago

Dunno about solid state drives but i hear theres great deals on gas or liquid state drives; Hard to interface with tho, the metal dust and water goes everywhere.

[–] Zachariah@lemmy.world 6 points 5 months ago

You would need less space if you didn’t have to store the apostrophes you’re incorrectly using for plural SSDs.

(“SSD’s is possessive, not plural”)

[–] onTerryO@lemmy.ca 4 points 5 months ago

I recently upgraded my desktop to the 1EX model, so I am selling my 3PB model (ST30000000000000004Q9) if you want it. No lowballs, I know what I got.

[–] burgermeister@lemm.ee 1 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (1 children)

Idk if you know this but flash drives are cheap and have 0 moving parts, just get a server with nothing but USB ports and you're golden.

[–] possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip 2 points 4 months ago (1 children)

I've unironically done this

[–] burgermeister@lemm.ee 3 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

I'm proud of you 🥲