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minus-squareKillingTimeItself@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·3 hours agoare HDDs finally dying?
minus-squareblind3rdeye@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 hour agonar. HDDs don’t require power to maintain their state. So that’s an advantage they’ll always have over SSDs, which means there will be use-cases where HDDs are the better choice.
minus-squareAllero@lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·edit-21 hour agoSSDs can reliably hold charge states for years, and there are storage media that are more reliable than HDD. HDD’s would still find a niche, probably, as a balanced option, but said niche will likely get smaller and smaller over many years.
are HDDs finally dying?
nar. HDDs don’t require power to maintain their state. So that’s an advantage they’ll always have over SSDs, which means there will be use-cases where HDDs are the better choice.
SSDs can reliably hold charge states for years, and there are storage media that are more reliable than HDD.
HDD’s would still find a niche, probably, as a balanced option, but said niche will likely get smaller and smaller over many years.