@TheImpressiveX@lemm.ee to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish • 5 days agoThis new 40TB hard drive from Seagate is just the beginning—50TB is coming fast!www.techradar.comexternal-linkmessage-square230fedilinkarrow-up1479arrow-down116
arrow-up1463arrow-down1external-linkThis new 40TB hard drive from Seagate is just the beginning—50TB is coming fast!www.techradar.com@TheImpressiveX@lemm.ee to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish • 5 days agomessage-square230fedilink
minus-squareMentalEdgelinkfedilinkEnglish16•5 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-square@xthexder@l.sw0.comlinkfedilinkEnglish8•5 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-squareJolteonlinkfedilinkEnglish4•5 days agoI feel like heat would start to become a serious issue at that point.
minus-square@Pieisawesome@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglish1•4 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