[toomuchtodo]

I don't believe spinning disk is long for this world. 6TB SSD drives are already out, the price just needs to be driven down. Much lower power consumption at idle is a side benefit.

[jl6]

When you say out, do you mean there is actually one for sale that I could buy today?

[waterhouse]

Looks like there will be one in two months, from a company called Fixstars; the price estimate given in the article (which it calls optimistic) is $1800-$2400.

http://www.extremetech.com/extreme/205362-massive-6tb-ssd-hi...

[scrollaway]

It's not just about the price and the storage. It's also how reliable they are. A 6tb ssd which fails after 6 month is worthless.