Re: And the band played on!
"Yes, SSD will cost more per terabyte, but that 10X factor in appliance count offsets much of that!"
I agree and there's an additional aspect to consider with these new heat assisted hard drives. In effect, making these drives more complex also means that there's a greater potential for things to go wrong and I'd want to see independent reliability statistics before even considering deploying these new hard drives.
Biting the hand that feeds IT
