'Writing is on the wall for spinning rust': IBM joins Pure Storage in claiming disk drives will go the way of the dodo in enterprises

Sunshine (she/her)@lemmy.ca · il y a 2 mois

'Writing is on the wall for spinning rust': IBM joins Pure Storage in claiming disk drives will go the way of the dodo in enterprises

fuckwit_mcbumcrumble@lemmy.dbzer0.com · il y a 2 mois

For servers physical space is also a huge concern. 2.5” drives cap out at like 6tb I think, while you can easily find an 8tb 2.5” SSD anywhere. We have 16tb drives in one of our servers at work and they weren’t even that expensive. (Relatively)

Aux@feddit.uk · il y a 2 mois

You can put multiple 8 gig m.2 ssds into 2.5" slot.

SaltySalamander@fedia.io · il y a 2 mois

Those m.2 drives need 4 lanes of PCIe each.

Aux@feddit.uk · il y a 2 mois

And?

'Writing is on the wall for spinning rust': IBM joins Pure Storage in claiming disk drives will go the way of the dodo in enterprises

'Writing is on the wall for spinning rust': IBM joins Pure Storage in claiming disk drives will go the way of the dodo in enterprises

2.3PB in a 2U storage server and for under $381,000? IBM's FlashSystem C200 is expensive yet affordable