Hmm, the same money buys ONE 1.5TB Optane, or FOUR 2TB Evo 970Plus, each single one of which is 40% faster R/W and has 33% more memory. What am I missing??

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Hmm, the same money buys ONE 1.5TB Optane, or FOUR 2TB Evo 970Plus, each single one of which is 40% faster R/W and has 33% more memory.  What am I missing??

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The technologies used are different, hence the huge price difference, Intel's 3D XPoint with better memory response time (latency) and Samsung's traditional NAND flash with better overall speeds and IOPs.

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