When are large TB sized SSDs comming out?

[Kippa]

I hear about stacked memory in the news and how it is going to revolutionise SSDs. Time wise how long do you think we will have to wait for a 4TB+ SSD?

 

[MustISO]

They're available now, just not affordable by the average person.
https://www.cdw.com/shop/products/SanDisk-Optimus-MAX-solid-state-drive-4-TB-SAS-6Gb-s/3590606.aspx

 

[oliver03]

Pretty soon, I guess.

SanDisk declared their 6TB and 8TB SSDs would be available late next year (2016).

Both Intel and Toshiba said last March, a 10TB SSD would be available for manufacturing also next year.

And last August, Samsung unveiled a whooping 16TB SSD, the largest (so far) single capacity hard drive. The new drive is called the PM1633a.

Their one common denominator is they did not yet revealed their price.

So the question is, how much are you willing to pork out for one single storage unit? (one single point of failure.)

For me, it makes more sense to invest on say an 8TB capacity RAID system powered by 8 X 1TB SSD. Then you enjoy both worlds. Capacity and redundancy.

Not to start any RAID argument here, just saying..

 

[Elixer]

For me, it makes more sense to invest on say an 8TB capacity RAID system powered by 8 X 1TB SSD. Then you enjoy both worlds. Capacity and redundancy.

Hmm?
If he is going for redundancy, then he wouldn't have 8TB available, they would have 4TB, or less depending on RAID level.

But anyway... here are some 4TB & 8TB HLNAND units:
http://www.thessdreview.com/our-reviews/novachips-4tb-8tb-ssd-review

Availability and pricing… This product is available now to enterprise and oem and they are welcome to contact Novachips with inquiries. Novachips has also just opened a Shopify Store to put this SSD within reach of small business and the consumer. It is a niche product and, as such, is running at a premium of .50-.65/GB. After all, they are the world’s first 7mm 2.5″ 4TB and 15mm 2.5″ 8TB SSDs with general availability, and their lifeline is a bit more than most at 3,900TBW. Very soon, we will also see the Novachip N550 Express HLSSD available in the store with similar capacity and speeds of 1.5GB/s, but not before our report we hope!.

... and buy them here: http://novachips.myshopify.com/

Pick me up one as well, as a finder's fee 🙂

 

[BFG10K]

For me, it makes more sense to invest on say an 8TB capacity RAID system powered by 8 X 1TB SSD. Then you enjoy both worlds. Capacity and redundancy.

Eh? If you want 8TB capacity then you'll have zero redundancy. It's either one or the other.

Also if one drive fails the whole thing fails. So 8x1TB without redundancy is silly given it's eight times more likely to fail than a single 8TB, assuming everything else is the same.

 

[oliver03]

Elixer and BFG10K, agree with you both. That's why I had a disclaimer at the bottom, about not wanting to start a RAID argument here. 😉

Just stating that for me, the high cost of large capacity SSD at this point is unwarranted with better options already available at the market. I am sure we all understand that with RAID, it's either one or the other - capacity or redundancy.

Cheers!

 

[Brian Stirling]

I could use a 4TB laptop (7mm) SSD now but the biggest that's currently available in that format is 2TB and ... bring money.


Brian

 

[nanaki333]

You can buy a Samsung 2TB, but as others have said, it is sometimes more beneficial to buy smaller ones and raid them especially compared to that 4TB Sandisk, better going with 2 of the Sammy 2TB.. I have 3x1TB 840 EVO drives. I had just 2 but picked up a 3rd after the 850s became the big name so I can throw on a 3rd before they disappeared and became expensive. Should be plenty future proof!

 

[JimmiG]

The cost per gigabyte tends to go up with the highest-capacity SSD's. Right now the sweetspot appears to be 1 TB. Not too long ago it was 500 GB so it keeps doubling. I guess at some point 4+ TB SSD's will become truly affordable, maybe even cheaper than HDD's with all their moving components.

Not a huge fan of RAID myself, especially mirroring and for home use. Stuff like file corruption, deleted files etc. will replicate instantly to both drives. With mirroring you're twice as safe if a drive fails, but you also double the risk of a drive failing. It's also not unheard of to have a second drive fail before the array can be rebuilt. Since the drives come from the same batch and were installed at the same time, they're likely to fail at about the same time. It's great for added safety, but don't rely on it instead of regular backups.

 

[Koing]

1TB SSD for £260. That is an AMAZING price point IMO. I think 4yrs ago I paid £200 odd for a 256GB Samsung 830 Pro.

I can't believe apple charge £400 going from the 512GB to the 1TB SSD 🙁

KOING