Comments by "HalfSourLizard" (@halfsourlizard9319) on "The Wobbly Future of the Hard Disk Drive Industry" video.

  1. So, tape storage isn't really an alternative for most HDD applications -- for precisely the reason that AWS has both S3 and Glacier ... they're VERY different points in the cost vs usability design space.
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  2. Maybe I'm missing something, but I basically don't care about how much data can be stored on a drive or per unit area ... I care about durability, reliability, TCO, and ability to securely / permanently wipe the drive (e.g., degaussing). It's fine if I need to buy and RAID up a large quantity of drives.
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