That's a big rack.
But Solidigm SSDs are still ahead with power, speed, and capacity at 61.44 TB
DataHoarderNostalgia! I remember the reputation these had, and the cool name. Before SSDs, I was big into these.
More background:
https://louwrentius.com/an-ode-to-the-10000-rpm-western-digital-velociraptor.html
For consumers and enthusiast, the Raptor was an amazing boot drive. The 74 GB model was large enough to hold the operating system and applications. The bulk of the data would still be stored on a second hard drive either also connected through SATA or even still through PATA.
Hard Drive 30.72TB SSD NVMe PCIe x4 Gen4 U.2 15mm QLC 0.5DWPD Intel SSD D5-P5316 - OEM
What's your story?
How did you get into it and what do you like most about it? How the heck are you interfacing and connecting it all together? And what advantages do you perceive? I'm curious to learn.
Feels like an untapped world to bridge, especially when the cost-per-TB and longevity is significantly higher, and when refurbished, can be even cheaper than consumer drives (like the Samsung 870 EVO that tops out at 8 TB). Was chatting up a smart fella who amassed a stack of 30.72 TB SSDs, after getting them on a fire sale from a datacenter that was upgrading to 61.44 TBs.
Imagine that.
How does this compare to Reddit's own backup export tool?
Did you recently have a wake-up call that made you think death is coming soon? I have, and it made me re-evaluate my archiving, in the sense that:
(1) For me, it's only worth organizing if I can find some memories later.
(2) There are some great tools like Hazel (on Mac) to auto-sort.
(3) Otherwise, it must be autotelic.
There is joy in being AUTOTELIC, when you enjoy the process of something for its own sake. No one else has to know or understand, as long as it matters to YOU!!! I want everyone who sees this to know this word, it's very powerful and meaningful.