Estimated time SSDs will replace current drives

[KentState]

I'm talking about them wearing out. They're only good for so many writes then they die. Of course enterprise grade ones will probably be designed for more writes and companies replace everything every 3 years anyway but you'll also pay an arm and a leg for that. For at home I like to keep stuff for as long as I can without having to worry how hard I push it.

Makes sense. I thought you meant throughput, not wear. The enterprise ones that I've worked with have been SLC and in heavy read/write applications. Since SSD's are growing in size quickly, the top end drives from 3 years ago are tiny today.

 

[dave_the_nerd]

Yeah prices will need to come way down before it can be used for mass storage. I have 19TB worth of spindle drives (mostly raid 10) can't imagine the cost of SSDs to get that amount of usable redundant storage.

Hyperbole detected!

40 TB of SSD = 20TB in RAID10 = 20 2TB SSDs at $800 each = $16000

Easy to imagine. That's, what, a year's pay for somebody earning minimum wage? The cost of a gently used Honda Civic? Easily grokable.

 

[Blain]

Estimated time SSDs will replace current drives

April 17, 2019

 

[StinkyPinky]

I use SSD for OS, Applications, and Gaming, but for media storage I use a 4 and 2 TB HDD. There's no performance issue for media and the storage is far cheaper. They could make a 2 TB SSD for twice the price of my hard drive and I still wouldn't buy it, as there's no need for me to make use of it.

 

[PhIlLy ChEeSe]

Now that they have developed 2 gig and larger SSD drives, it seems like it just comes down to economizing the drives and then mass producing them to bring the price down to our current platter drives.

At some point that will happen. Can anyone estimate when that will be. Seems like it might be about 2 years.

Of course, I've heard there is other technology even better but that could be 5 to 10 years away.

Yeah them 2 GIG drives are hard to keep all my info on!

I've never had a hard drive fail(except an OCZ SSD which is still going), I currently have 5 SSD'S. 2 Intel 520'S 2 Kingston Hyper drives.