Why its worth investing into HDD drives these days
Investing in HDDs or a NAS is the most cost‑effective way to store large volumes of data today —you get far lower price per TB , easy expandability, and better long‑term archival options than packing everything on SATA SSDs. Storage at a glance (quick comparison) Attribute SATA HDD SATA SSD NAS (multi‑bay) Cost per TB Low; best value Higher; premium per TB Varies; HDD bays lower TCO Performance Moderate sequential High random & boot speed Depends on drives + cache Best for Bulk archives, media libraries OS, apps, scratch disks Shared backups, streaming, redundancy Power / noise Higher; spinning platters Lower; silent Depends on drive count & cooling Sources: . Why price per TB still favors HDDs HDDs remain the cheapest way to buy raw capacity , especially at 4–18 TB sizes used for home and small‑office storage. Recent market analysis shows SSD pricing has been under pressure and even rising in some segments, while HDDs still offer the best dollar‑per‑terabyte for bulk sto...
