I've seen the prices on QLC SSDs. I feel like currently they MIGHT reach the same price as spinning rust. At that point it's a trade between seek time and reliability.
Within that context I still see spinning rust as the longer term archive / bulk storage media. The QLC storage might provide a good precaching layer in more complex systems, and might eventually reach it's seemingly intended price point (rather than being a small discount to TLC drives that are more mature and higher performing).
The 'order of magnitude' I'm hoping for might be as small as binary (half) for me to consider it... but at 10X the storage per price it's where I hope something with no moving parts and less drive housing should be.
Within that context I still see spinning rust as the longer term archive / bulk storage media. The QLC storage might provide a good precaching layer in more complex systems, and might eventually reach it's seemingly intended price point (rather than being a small discount to TLC drives that are more mature and higher performing).
The 'order of magnitude' I'm hoping for might be as small as binary (half) for me to consider it... but at 10X the storage per price it's where I hope something with no moving parts and less drive housing should be.