In the right situation, SSD can actually be less expensive than mechanical drives. The price comparison should be to the very high end of tier one mechanical storage. The result of all workarounds is high acquisition, power, and cooling costs. In write-heavy environments, only a fraction of the data needs to be mounted on SSD. There is no need to wait for further price drop in memory, says Storage Switzerland’s George Crump.Join us for our upcoming Webcast, SSD: Flash vs. DRAMand the winner is?”]
Source: https://www.darkreading.com/database-security/ssd-can-mean-hard-cost-savings