A 16TB hard disk drive is on sale for far less than you'd think 16TB HDD for just over $400 https://www.techradar.com/news/a-16tb-hard-disk-drive-is-on-sale-for-far-les... Storage giant Seagate unveiled two new hard disk drives with a 16TB capacity earlier this year and for once, it was not all about data centers. The Exos X16 and the IronWolf/IronWolf Pro targeted two different audiences (data center for the first and NAS users for the second) and feature SATA or SAS interface only for the first one and SATA only for the second model. Provantage is selling the _Exos_ https://www.provantage.com/seagate-st16000nm001g~7SEGE1K1.htm (ST16000NM001G) for just over $400 while the _IronWolf_ https://www.amazon.com/Seagate-IronWolf-16TB-256Mb-7200Rpm/dp/B07SNW9W48/ref=sr_1_2?keywords=ST16000VN001&qid=1577548964&sr=8-2 one (ST16000VN001) retails for just under $500 from Amazon. Both have nine platters, use Helium technology and have a five year warranty (the IronWolf has three); they also share the s same spinning speed (7200RPM), idle power (5W), average latency (4.16ms) and cache (256MB). The Exos range carries a MTBF (mean time before failures) at 2.5M hours and boasts a higher sustained transfer rate at 261MBps; the IronWolf Pro and the IronWolf reach 250 and 210MBps respectively. Note that the IronWolf Pro also comes with bundled Rescue Services, great for data recovery. * These are the best cloud storage https://www.techradar.com/news/the-best-cloud-storage of 2020, great to save your files online. * We also compiled the list of best cloud backup services https://www.techradar.com/best/best-cloud-backup * It is advisable that you keep a local copy of your files, so check out our best NAS https://www.techradar.com/news/the-10-best-nas-devices-reviewed Toshiba announced the 16TB _MG08_ https://www.techradar.com/news/toshiba-unveils-new-16tb-enterprise-capacity-... series in January 2019 but we have yet to see any stock in the channel. Western Digital also shipped its first 16TB hard disk drives as well but based on MAMR rather than HAMR technology - as used by Seagate. While SSD prices have been falling, they are still far more expensive than their hard disk drive counterparts. At about $2800, Micron’s 9300 Pro https://www.connection.com/product/micron-15.36tb-9300-pro-pcie-gen3-x4-nvme... is nearly *SEVEN* times more expensive although this gap has all but disappeared for sub-1TB capacities. * _Cloud storage vs external hard disk drive: which one is better?_ https://www.techradar.com/news/cloud-storage-vs-external-hard-disk-drive-whi... *Source: https://www.techradar.com/news/a-16tb-hard-disk-drive-is-on-sale-for-far-les... ================================================================================ <AJA> I see mention that the gap between HDD and SSD prices has "all but disappered for sub-1TB capacities" which is interesting. The basic Linux OS as a healthy instlation can fit on under 500MB never mind 500GB, probably less. Let's not forget that memory is cheap and you probably can manage without swap unless you are doing something intense like photediting. Short of and EMP (and even then it's questionable) from various sources (and then there's the issue of how concerned with your digital memories will you be in the aftermath?) that might leave magnetic memory intact but erase (unsheilded) semiconductor memory ... No, wait! My current generation Dell box is heavily RF shlded. It's far removed from some of the 'white box from Tiawan' PCs chassis I have in my basement in this regard. Not that my neighbours ever complained about my PC (or, in times past, my radio HAM equipment) interfering with their TV (whihc was probably cable anyway). So I wonder how well sheilded our compters are? How easy it is to do? Is the present RF protection adequate? https://www.futurescience.com/emp/emp-protection.html https://www.csmonitor.com/2005/1219/p25s02-stct.html </AJAJ> -- A: Yes. > Q: Are you sure? >> A: Because it reverses the logical flow of conversation. >>> Q: Why is top posting frowned upon? -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org