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Hard drives on backorder for two years as AI data centers trigger HDD shortage

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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?

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1. esseph ◴[12 Nov 25 07:52 UTC] No.45897428[source]▶
Cold storage normally doesn't have frequent writes or frequent reads.