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krackers ◴[12 Nov 25 07:40 UTC] No.45897347[source]▶

>Picking QLC over TLC allows them to maintain costs while achieving sufficient endurance for cold storage.

How does that work, doesn't QLC have less write endurance?

1. ycombinete ◴[12 Nov 25 07:49 UTC] No.45897411[source]▶

Yes, but QLC has much higher density.

I think it's the higher density that makes it better for cold storage, which generally has infrequent access, and more reads than writes.

Hence the QLC's endurance being "sufficient for cold storage".

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