The people streaming their data are just using someone else's SSD... at the end of the day all this data we generate and consume sits somewhere
I'm also deduplicating that data by not storing it locally.
Sounds like you need a bigger NAS. I throw a fresh 10TB drive in mine every 3-4 months.
Start. Smart to cycle drives out after 3 years too.
I'm thrifty, I buy drives that businesses already cycled out after 3-5 years.
You laugh in the face of danger; a real risk taker! (=
I love all the Backblaze drive update posts about the lifespans of storage media.
Usenet is my backup. I've tried to make Backblaze my backup a couple times but the ETA on completing the first pass is always right about never.
It's interesting to think that, as flash densities surpass hard disks, it'll become cheaper to store data on flash than on spinning metal once you factor in rack space and power consumption.
Won't take that long.
For the kind of usage a streaming device has, an SSD is overkill. For that, spinning metal is probably a better choice. OTOH, 256TB of spinning metal take up space and is quite noisy.
I have a 12 TB NAS that is 99% full at the moment. Should I delete movies I may want to watch later, knowing full well they aren’t easily available on the streaming services I pay for? Ha.
It fills fast!