List of Storage hierarchy media with costs

Purpose

Persistent

Removable

Access Pattern

Example

Units Per Package

Individual Item Capacity

Total Capacity

Unit Cost

Total Cost

Cost ($) Per [$/TB]

Semireliable Web Server Random access memory

Random

2 GB Registered Non-ECC RDIMM

1

0.002 TB

0.002 TB

$30

$30

$15000

Reliable Server Memory

Random

16 GB Registered RDIMM

1

0.016 TB

0.016 TB

$450

$450

$28125

Server SSD

Random

64 GB SLC

1

0.064 TB

0.064 TB

$733

$733

$11453

Nearline Server Hard Drive

Random

3.5" SATA 7.2k RPM

1

Nearline Server Hard Drive

Random

2.5" SATA 7.2k RPM

1

Crucial Server Hard Drive

Random

3.5" SAS 10k RPM

1

Crucial Server Hard Drive

Random

2.5" SAS 10k RPM

Reliable Cloud Server

Import/Export Service

Web Service

Amazon S3 < 1 TB

1

0.001 TB

Unlimited

$0.140

$0+

$140

Reliable Cloud Server

Import/Export Service

Web Service

Amazon S3 > 5000 TB

5000000

0.001 TB

Unlimited

$0.055

$423265+

$55

Best-Effort Cloud Server

Import/Export Service

Web Service

Amazon S3 RRS < 1 TB

1

0.001 TB

Unlimited

$0.093

$0+

$93

Best-Effort Cloud Server

Import/Export Service

Web Service

Amazon S3 RRS > 5000 TB

1

0.001 TB

Unlimited

$0.037

$280510+

$37

Desktop Hard Drive

Random

3.5" SATA 10k RPM

20

3 TB

60 TB

$49.50

$990

$16.5

Laptop SSD

Random

64 GB MLC

1

0.064 TB

0.064 TB

$174

$174

$2718

Laptop Hard Drive

Random

2.5" SATA 7.2k RPM

Server Backup Tape Media

Sequential

LTO-4

20

0.8 TB

16 TB

$42

$840

$53

Fourth-Generation Disc Media

Random

BD-R

50

0.050 TB

2.50 TB

$13.44

$672

$268

Third-Generation Disc Media

Random

DVD-R

600

0.0047 TB

2.82 TB

$0.20

$120

$43

Second-Generation Disc Media

Random

CD-R

X00

0.00072 TB

. TB

$

$

$

Floppy

Random

1.44" HD/DS

100

0.00000144 TB

0.000144 TB

$0.19

$19

$131944

Paper

Somewhat

Mostly

Avoid the edges

1 page Size A4

200000

0.0000005 TB

0.1 TB

$0.008

$1,599

$15990