Lee DunaFeb 25

Data centers are now hoarding SSDs as hard drive supplies dry up

https://lemmy.nz/post/34762940

Data centers are now hoarding SSDs as hard drive supplies dry up - Lemmy NZ

>According to Taiwan tech publication DigiTimes, most AI firms are unwilling to wait two years for HDD supplies to stabilize and are shifting to SSDs instead. To contain costs, they are choosing QLC NAND-based drives over the faster, more durable, and more expensive TLC variants.

Show threadfuckwit_mcbumcrumbleFeb 25

Are now? Haven’t they been using flash first?

Hard drives suck for that work load. Their seek times are huge, their throughput is awful, and they’re worse storage density than HDDs. You can fit 24 2.5" ssds into a 2u server. 16TB in a 2.5" > 24TB in 3.5" SSDs were first to skyrocket in price vs HDDs.

Show threadKairosFeb 25
A"I" companies want to store petabytes of “good” training data
Show threadTehWorld
Exabytes. Petabytes are easily surpassed by a lot of companies these days.
Feb 26 at 1:30amWeb