Samsung may end SATA SSD production soon

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108 points Krontab | 1 comments | 15 Dec 25 14:51 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source

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jajuuka ◴[15 Dec 25 17:17 UTC] No.46277318[source]▶

SATA SSD's are in a weird space. HDD are cheaper and more reliable for large storage pools. NVME is everywhere and provides those quick speeds and are even faster if you need that. There just aren't many use cases where SATA SSD's are the best option.

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vachina ◴[15 Dec 25 17:42 UTC] No.46277714[source]▶

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SATA SSD has a huge heatsink attached to it. It is crucial for 24/7 use. NVME needs active cooling to survive.

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1. wtallis ◴[15 Dec 25 18:16 UTC] No.46278205[source]▶

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Lots of consumer SATA SSDs don't have any thermal pads between the PCB and the case, and plastic cases are common. Heat just isn't a problem for a drive that's only drawing 2-3W under load.

And most consumer NVMe SSDs don't need any extra cooling for normal use cases, because consumer workloads only generate bursts of high-speed IO and don't sustain high power draw long enough for cooling to be a serious concern.

In the datacenter space where it is actually reasonable to expect drives to be busy around the clock, nobody's been trying to get away with passive cooling even for SATA SSDs.

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