[Discuss] SSD drives vs. Mechanical drives

[Richard Pieri]

Jerry Feldman wrote:
> So, if you had to buy a new 1TB drive and you had a choice between a
> high quality consumer SSD and a mechanical drive at the same price, what
> would you buy?

I'd find a better price on mechanical drives. A 1TB SSD costs about ten
times as much as a 1TB mechanical disk.

Realistically, I'd get a 1TB mechanical drive and a ~100GB SSD for read
cache and swap.

-- 
Rich P.