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Yes, they are quite pricey.
Advantages to using SSDs for storage include lower power draw, less heat generated, considerably lighter weight, they take up considerably less space and, when moving large files or a large number of files, they are lightning fast.
Of course, everyone will have to judge for themselves whether the advantages outweigh the increased cost. For me, the reduced weight and reduced space required were the main advantages—those alone were enough to justify pulling the trigger on going all SSD—although reduced power draw will be a factor in the hopefully not too distant future. Lugging six backup HDDs in a Pelican case to and from my safe deposit box at my credit union was becoming a back breaking chore (at my age and health, literally!). Now that I'm using SSDs, I'm able to use a smaller Pelican case which, along with the SSDs, is one heck of a lot lighter.
Faster speed is a huge bonus for me, especially when backing up large files, such as Macrium Reflect image files. It used to take me so long to run full backups of all three of my data HDDs, I didn't bother to backup my recorded TV video files (most are temporary anyway; once I watch them, I dump them). Now that all my drives—internal and backup—what used to take hours can now be done in minutes. Instead needing all day or more to update backup drives retrieved from my safe deposit box every month, I can now do so in an hour or so.
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