It just keeps on working. I have floppies, dvds, cdroms, flash stick usb dongle doodads, sdcards, hdds, ssds. Why wouldn't I use whatever I want to?
Model : ST500LM021-1KJ152
Disk Size : 500.1 GB (7.9/137.4/500.1/500.1)
Rotation Rate : 7200 RPM
Power On Hours : 13392 hours
Power On Count : 71 count
Health Status : Good
Drive Letter : C:
I put a 140mm case fan in front of my modem and router to keep the airflow up (they're in a cube shelf) and now I always think my computer is on when it's not.
I just delete things I'm done with. Don't need a copy of every movie I've watched or every song I used to like. It'll be out there to download later if I want it back.
2 months ago
Anonymous
No it won't.
2 months ago
Anonymous
Well then it was probably not very important and it doesn't matter.
2 months ago
Anonymous
This.
If you don't know this, you're a smoothbrain anyway
2 months ago
Anonymous
You actually think you'll be able to download stuff later? They're locking everything down. You won't even be allowed on any cloudflare site if you have the wrong software running. You better have a LAN that has no internet access with everything you need for life.
Holy fastman. Why tf are people like you even on this board? This is either poorgay cope or "i dont know how to make a server, therefore it's not important and you don't need it either".
Okay, listen up folks. The hard drives, the HDDs, they're still tremendous, alright? Probably the best storage technology, some very smart people are telling me. You look at these cloud companies, they're all using HDDs for their big beautiful data centers. Because they're cheap and they work great!
The fake news media and the tech elite, they want you to think SSDs are the only way to go. But I know storage tech better than anyone, okay? HDDs may be old technology but we're making them better and better. Spinning platters, reading heads, the whole thing is being renovated, you wouldn't believe it.
And let me tell you, the SSD guys, they're ripping everyone off with their prices. For home storage, small businesses, you don't need those fancy solid state drives. Get the hard drives, made right here in America, and you're gonna save a fortune, a total fortune.
SSDs are being pushed by the radical left and their agenda. But real Americans, smart Americans, they want hard drives. Tremendous hard drives at a tremendous price. That's why we're still using them in 2024 and, you know what, probably for a long time to come! HDDs are here to stay, folks, you can count on that!
neet here
besides that i paid for hdd, i'll keep on using it
i don't see the point in selling it for a fraction of what i had paid when i cannot even buy ssds of the same capacity
i have 2x 4TB for $50 each
I'm a NEET with no money who's still using a cheap laptop bought in 2013.
The HDD is already making weird noises. When this one died, it's the end for me.
you should be able to purchase a 1TB 2.5" from ~2020 for around 13 bucks. same price for a new 120GB SSD
people pull out brand new hdds from their new laptops and sell them because they keep falling for the ssd meme
Despite making a lot of money by American standards, computer storage is still expensive for me. I could buy enough food for a couple of weeks with the money spent on a single drive. Why would I pay extra for a SSD over an HDD when load times don't matter for my data collection? If I put the HDD into a case with sufficient noise reduction, then I'll never notice it.
what is the verdict?
ssd seems to last more than hdds
ssds do uses less energy
hdds are cheaper/tb
what are the ultimate best investment (cheaper in the long term)? do the less energy and bigger lifespan of ssds overweight the aditional cost?
has someone made an research of this?
because ssd's aren't cheap enough for me to have 20tb of storage with them yet
on the subject can someone point me to a usb 3.0+ to ethernet adapter/server? I've got a very loud external that I'm using with a TV PC that I'd like to move elsewhere.
Cheaper for more storage.
I'll probably switch even my storage model to non moving parts in the next iteration though but right nowI have a 4 TiB spinning disk and a 500 GiB solid state.
If the 4 TiB eventually fills up I'll probably get an SSD to replace it, or when it dies.
my current point of view is that hdds are better for backups because they dont need to be constantly eletric charged and are cheaper/tb and with that you dont care about energy costs because they will not be turned on constantly.
ssds are best for all other things
Put your OS on a M.2 NVMe drive. If your mobo doesn't support M.2, either look into getting a pcie 2 nvme m.2 adapter or get a new mobo. But for my NAS and hypervisor server, I still use HDD because of $/TB is much much more cost effective.
Because most of what I store doesn't benefit from flash. What does is stored on flash. A movie's going to play at the same speed whether it's being read from an HDD or an SSD. And for any amount of money I spend on SSD space I could get even more space by going for HDDs
the noise is soothing
This.
It just keeps on working. I have floppies, dvds, cdroms, flash stick usb dongle doodads, sdcards, hdds, ssds. Why wouldn't I use whatever I want to?
Model : ST500LM021-1KJ152
Disk Size : 500.1 GB (7.9/137.4/500.1/500.1)
Rotation Rate : 7200 RPM
Power On Hours : 13392 hours
Power On Count : 71 count
Health Status : Good
Drive Letter : C:
The drive is only two years old?
I got sick of having no noise around me. I actually like the noise.
I put a 140mm case fan in front of my modem and router to keep the airflow up (they're in a cube shelf) and now I always think my computer is on when it's not.
Fan noise can be very soothing, especially for sleeping. My PC is on 24/7, and it helps not only getting to sleep, but also drowning out other noises.
I need more
i need to drown out mosquito noises in the summer, dont care if it stings my bare feet i just need to pretend it doesn't exist
Can you get me a 14tb SSD for ~$150-200 on sale?
You don’t need 14 terabytes of storage.
I need more
I need a lot more if i'm going to archive all of sadpanda
t. zoomzoom who has everything in "the cloud" and pays 10 different subscription goyslop services
I just delete things I'm done with. Don't need a copy of every movie I've watched or every song I used to like. It'll be out there to download later if I want it back.
No it won't.
Well then it was probably not very important and it doesn't matter.
This.
If you don't know this, you're a smoothbrain anyway
You actually think you'll be able to download stuff later? They're locking everything down. You won't even be allowed on any cloudflare site if you have the wrong software running. You better have a LAN that has no internet access with everything you need for life.
Holy frick you're moronic.
Holy fastman. Why tf are people like you even on this board? This is either poorgay cope or "i dont know how to make a server, therefore it's not important and you don't need it either".
I do. Too bad I only have like 3 TB.
to lazy to clone the drive to a ssd.
*clears throat and puts on a brash tone*
Okay, listen up folks. The hard drives, the HDDs, they're still tremendous, alright? Probably the best storage technology, some very smart people are telling me. You look at these cloud companies, they're all using HDDs for their big beautiful data centers. Because they're cheap and they work great!
The fake news media and the tech elite, they want you to think SSDs are the only way to go. But I know storage tech better than anyone, okay? HDDs may be old technology but we're making them better and better. Spinning platters, reading heads, the whole thing is being renovated, you wouldn't believe it.
And let me tell you, the SSD guys, they're ripping everyone off with their prices. For home storage, small businesses, you don't need those fancy solid state drives. Get the hard drives, made right here in America, and you're gonna save a fortune, a total fortune.
SSDs are being pushed by the radical left and their agenda. But real Americans, smart Americans, they want hard drives. Tremendous hard drives at a tremendous price. That's why we're still using them in 2024 and, you know what, probably for a long time to come! HDDs are here to stay, folks, you can count on that!
my old HDD's from 97 and onward are still working when I plug them in.
Cheaper for backups and long term cold storage. Even if they're dying/dead it's so much easier to recover data from HDDs than SSDs
Price / TB
Capacity
It would take effort to replace it so I don't.
neet here
besides that i paid for hdd, i'll keep on using it
i don't see the point in selling it for a fraction of what i had paid when i cannot even buy ssds of the same capacity
i have 2x 4TB for $50 each
I'm a NEET with no money who's still using a cheap laptop bought in 2013.
The HDD is already making weird noises. When this one died, it's the end for me.
you should be able to purchase a 1TB 2.5" from ~2020 for around 13 bucks. same price for a new 120GB SSD
people pull out brand new hdds from their new laptops and sell them because they keep falling for the ssd meme
>I'm a NEET
why not get a job?
He probably doesn't want to work to pay for a car to go to work to pay for a car to go to work to
It just wärks
>8TB SSD = $450
>8TB HDD = $100
you'll figure it out Sherlock
Mass storage. They are still far cheaper than any SSD, NVMe, etc. per TB.
This. If you aren't using both an SSD as well as an HDD, you're an idiot.
12Tb for 100$ doesn't exist with ssd
I don't have any in service
i fundamentally dislike SSDs.
simple as.
my oldest HDD lasted 14 years
my oldest SSD lasted 6 years
Samsung SSD seems to last forever
PCIE 3 helps... can't overheat
>Samsung SSD seems to last forever
Erm...
https://www.tomshardware.com/news/samsung-980-pro-ssd-failures-firmware-update
Mines a 780 though
Haven't had the money or the need really to replace all the drives I use
Because my NAS doesn't need faster drives, just more storage.
zfs list
NAME USED AVAIL
volume1 7.96T 23.4T
Its cheap.
Have 2 HDDs for backup, one is in my PC unmounted and one is offsite, about 1/3 full
Works for me ¯_(ツ)_/¯
because i bought them 10+ years ago and they still work.
cheap and better for long term storage of photos and other stuff
cheap storage, especially when you buy second-hand
>especially when you buy second-hand
Is it safe to pick them second hand?/what are some things i have to look for before buying second hand?
>*fails and loses all your family photos*
nothin personnel kid
stop being scroonge, they are not that expensive. to answer your questing, mainly total runtime and on/off cycles
Despite making a lot of money by American standards, computer storage is still expensive for me. I could buy enough food for a couple of weeks with the money spent on a single drive. Why would I pay extra for a SSD over an HDD when load times don't matter for my data collection? If I put the HDD into a case with sufficient noise reduction, then I'll never notice it.
what is the verdict?
ssd seems to last more than hdds
ssds do uses less energy
hdds are cheaper/tb
what are the ultimate best investment (cheaper in the long term)? do the less energy and bigger lifespan of ssds overweight the aditional cost?
has someone made an research of this?
because ssd's aren't cheap enough for me to have 20tb of storage with them yet
on the subject can someone point me to a usb 3.0+ to ethernet adapter/server? I've got a very loud external that I'm using with a TV PC that I'd like to move elsewhere.
you know what frick it i'll just grab a shitty box from work to use as a fileserver what was I thinking
Because I care about my data.
Cheaper for more storage.
I'll probably switch even my storage model to non moving parts in the next iteration though but right nowI have a 4 TiB spinning disk and a 500 GiB solid state.
If the 4 TiB eventually fills up I'll probably get an SSD to replace it, or when it dies.
price
my current point of view is that hdds are better for backups because they dont need to be constantly eletric charged and are cheaper/tb and with that you dont care about energy costs because they will not be turned on constantly.
ssds are best for all other things
I'm a data hoarder
Put your OS on a M.2 NVMe drive. If your mobo doesn't support M.2, either look into getting a pcie 2 nvme m.2 adapter or get a new mobo. But for my NAS and hypervisor server, I still use HDD because of $/TB is much much more cost effective.
i have an 8tb drive with about half of it backed up ot a 4tb and that backed up to a 4tb ssd
replacing all that would cost hundreds of dollars
Because I already bought them 10 years ago and they are still working perfectly
Media server. SSDs are still comparatively too expensive, and the drives sit idle most of the time.
Because most of what I store doesn't benefit from flash. What does is stored on flash. A movie's going to play at the same speed whether it's being read from an HDD or an SSD. And for any amount of money I spend on SSD space I could get even more space by going for HDDs
a bluray burner costs 100€
I just wanna burn data onto blurays but I'm too poorgay to put money into it.
Uh for bulk storage HDD wins.
its cheap
its high
Videos very big.
SSD more expensive.
>PC
>1 SSD to run windows and sometimes games
>1 HDD to store dolphin porn
>External HDD as sadpanda and /t/ backups
Change my mind
To store more vidya for cheap
earthquake made all my HDDs busted, so I always use SSDs now.
enjoy your shaky shaky moment HDDtards