Those HDDs, if single-actuator, spend around 2~4 MB of streaming potential per seek.
That means, if you access files of exactly that size you'd "only" half your iops.
HDDs are quite fine for data chunks in the megabytes.
Those HDDs, if single-actuator, spend around 2~4 MB of streaming potential per seek.
That means, if you access files of exactly that size you'd "only" half your iops.
HDDs are quite fine for data chunks in the megabytes.
>HDDs are quite fine for data chunks in the megabytes.
Exactly. SSD fanboys show me a similarly priced 30 TB SSD and we can discuss. A bit like internal combustion vs e=car - the new tech is in principle simpler and cheaper, in practice simpler and pricier, with the promise of "one day" - but I suppose LCDs were once in a similar place so it may be a matter of time