I wonder if a sufficiently large #RAID 0 array of #floppy drives could match the throughput of an #SSD, and if so, how many drives it would take.
Let's see…
The Crucial T705 does sequential IO at 13387 MB/s, or 109666304 kbps. A floppy drive can do sequential IO at 250 kbps.
So, an array of 438665 floppy drives should be about the same speed, and would store about 602 GB. Not bad.
Now, how do I connect 438665 floppy drives to one computer? 