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And people think I'm crazy for buying physical discs of movies and having 20+ hdds spinning
I did thought you were crazy in the past indeed. Since digital is the future, right? It might still is, but for some reason all game studios, producers and distributors like ubisoft or steam just create bad software/games. Where you need 24/7 internet connection and doesn't allow you to own a digital offline copy of the product. It's not just games.
That is crazy. Why not upgrade to SSDs instead of HDDs?
Cost per GiB is higher and long term reliability is lower in most scenarios.
The failure scenarios for spinning rust tends to work better with large storage arrays as well.
Not all absolutes, but enough of them are true on a common enough basis that spending the extra on SSD's isn't usually worth it.
If you want some real in depth explanations there's probably a datahoarder community somewhere or reddit if you are so inclined.
https://www.redswitches.com/blog/ssd-vs-hdd/
This looks like an okay analysis.
I can get a 20tb HDD right now for $300. When I am talking about 100s of TBs it makes a difference