I can imagine this being useful for cases where you write a lot of data over a longer time period. Think CCTV (with low-medium resolution). You can keep a sizeable archive locally and never have to swap cards
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Visstix@lemmy.world 3 months ago
I am slightly confused why they use UHS-I instead of UHS-II (or even UHS-III) for such a big capacity. Seems like people needing so much capacity probably write a lot of data in a short time. UHS-II is 3 times quicker.
kytta@feddit.org 3 months ago
Visstix@lemmy.world 3 months ago
Oh yeah cctv could be a good option indeed.
catloaf@lemm.ee 3 months ago
I assume larger capacity means longer endurance, too, since you’re not constantly rewriting the same cells.
uninvitedguest@lemmy.ca 3 months ago
It’s SanDisk, I expect the opposite - that every cell increases the volatility and chance of catastrophic failure.
kn33@lemmy.world 3 months ago
Could be a trade-off issue. They can get capacity or speed but not both yet.
sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works 3 months ago
Or it’s cost-prohibitive ATM. As in, they could get both, but you’d pay a ton for it.