So 4TB SSD's are becoming a thing?

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#208315 6-Feb-2017 21:42

So I saw this and I was wondering if anyone would actually consider such a option, I know you get the PCI-E options but this is SATA and a model we generally always use in building PC's, of which I built one recently with a 1TB, so it's only a matter of time until this comes down in price?

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#1716215 6-Feb-2017 21:52

I'd like an 8 bay NAS filled with those...

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#1716220 6-Feb-2017 22:25

That's nothing :-)

I seriously specced up a machine for a [can't talk about it yet] thing at work and the SSDs alone were $240k in total.

At that point, I must admit, I had a big chuckle about Dells pricing and decided to figure out a cheaper way to accomplish [thing].

But yep - 4TB SSDs are available - for the moment though, the enterprise ones are so eye-wateringly expensive I wouldn't even be able to spend someone elses money on them. (Dell want over $15k EACH for some of their big SSDs)

Cheers - N

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#1716249 6-Feb-2017 22:50

Talkiet:

That's nothing :-)

I seriously specced up a machine for a [can't talk about it yet] thing at work and the SSDs alone were $240k in total.

At that point, I must admit, I had a big chuckle about Dells pricing and decided to figure out a cheaper way to accomplish [thing].

But yep - 4TB SSDs are available - for the moment though, the enterprise ones are so eye-wateringly expensive I wouldn't even be able to spend someone elses money on them. (Dell want over $15k EACH for some of their big SSDs)

Cheers - N

Would we be able to get a photo?

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#1716260 6-Feb-2017 22:58

lNomNoml:

Talkiet:

That's nothing :-)

I seriously specced up a machine for a [can't talk about it yet] thing at work and the SSDs alone were $240k in total.

At that point, I must admit, I had a big chuckle about Dells pricing and decided to figure out a cheaper way to accomplish [thing].

But yep - 4TB SSDs are available - for the moment though, the enterprise ones are so eye-wateringly expensive I wouldn't even be able to spend someone elses money on them. (Dell want over $15k EACH for some of their big SSDs)

Cheers - N

Would we be able to get a photo?

Trust me, it would be as boring as you could get. It was a Dell server, off the shelf, maxxed out with RAM and SSD. Looked just like a $7000 server despite being well north of quarter of a Mil :-)

What would be more interesting would be the traffic profile off it, and no, I am not allowed to share those! (I wish I was!)

Cheers - N

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#1716299 7-Feb-2017 07:41

Geektastic:

I'd like an 8 bay NAS filled with those...

You'd need a ten gigabit network to take advantage, and even then using a NAS would slow it down compared with having it locally attached.

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#1716300 7-Feb-2017 07:42

Talkiet:

I seriously specced up a machine for a [can't talk about it yet] thing at work and the SSDs alone were $240k in total.

At that point, I must admit, I had a big chuckle about Dells pricing and decided to figure out a cheaper way to accomplish [thing].

But yep - 4TB SSDs are available - for the moment though, the enterprise ones are so eye-wateringly expensive I wouldn't even be able to spend someone elses money on them. (Dell want over $15k EACH for some of their big SSDs)

Did you RAID them all together? What did you use for that - some kind of third party RAID card?

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#1716304 7-Feb-2017 08:28

I put 3 960 gig sandisks in raid off the intel onboard for the boot and application drive and it ends up slower than 2 of them did which is a shame. Also bitlocker seems to really hurt on the intel raid more than it does on a standard sata connected drive.

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#1716331 7-Feb-2017 08:56

Talkiet:

That's nothing :-)

I seriously specced up a machine for a [can't talk about it yet] thing at work and the SSDs alone were $240k in total.

games.spark.co.nz ? :D

XPD / Gavin

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#1716391 7-Feb-2017 10:27

More like gcsb.spark.co.nz

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#1716394 7-Feb-2017 10:29

or speedtest.spark.co.nz

That's important! :p

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#1717096 8-Feb-2017 10:29

The day these come down in price is the day I'll finally be able to store all of my Steam purchases on the one SSD :P

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#1717136 8-Feb-2017 11:41

I'm showing my lack of tech knowledge here but I went shopping for a portable hard-drive the other week and I was surprised to learn most are still HDD.

I assumed SSD with no moving parts would be so much more appropriate for a portable application. There were a few SSD units available but they seemed to be the minority and pricey.

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#1717146 8-Feb-2017 12:21

Yeah, external SSDs are silly money.

Absurd when you can get a USB3 to msata case with UASP for about $10, that a pre-made drive costs so much more than the cost of the case and a msata drive.

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