▲ 682 ▼ Hard drive prices have surged by an average of 46% since September — iconic 24TB Seagate BarraCuda now $500 as AI claims another victim (www.tomshardware.com) submitted 9 months ago by themachinestops@lemmy.dbzer0.com to c/technology@lemmy.world 136 comments fedilink hide all child comments https://serverpartdeals.com/products/seagate-exos-st28000nm000c-28tb-7-2k-rpm-sata-6gb-s-512e-cmr-3-5-recertified-hard-drive 28 TB $449.99 Price per TB: $16.07 For used༼ つ ◕_◕ ༽つ
[+] SuspciousCarrot78@lemmy.world 7 points 9 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (3 children) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 3 child comments replies: [–] MrScottyTay@sh.itjust.works 9 points 9 months ago (1 child) Redundancy and high quality backups maybe? Some people have hoarded a lot of media over how many years, doesn't seem too far fetched to me. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [+] SuspciousCarrot78@lemmy.world 2 points 9 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (1 child) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] onlyhalfminotaur@lemmy.world 1 point 9 months ago If it was my setup those three drives would just give you 16TB of space. Two drives in a mirror and the third as a hot spare. permalink fedilink source parent load more comments (-1 replies) [–] monkeyslikebananas2@lemmy.world 1 point 9 months ago I get 4k/8k quality everything if I can. Plus my fam can queue up downloads. I had 32TB but we’ve filled it up in 18 months. I now have a backup of the stuff I really like and a bit of room to grow. They keep downloading long running series one of them got project model or something, some food shows and a tattoo show. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] MrScottyTay@sh.itjust.works 9 points 9 months ago (1 child) Redundancy and high quality backups maybe? Some people have hoarded a lot of media over how many years, doesn't seem too far fetched to me. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [+] SuspciousCarrot78@lemmy.world 2 points 9 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (1 child) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] onlyhalfminotaur@lemmy.world 1 point 9 months ago If it was my setup those three drives would just give you 16TB of space. Two drives in a mirror and the third as a hot spare. permalink fedilink source parent load more comments (-1 replies)
[+] SuspciousCarrot78@lemmy.world 2 points 9 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (1 child) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] onlyhalfminotaur@lemmy.world 1 point 9 months ago If it was my setup those three drives would just give you 16TB of space. Two drives in a mirror and the third as a hot spare. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] onlyhalfminotaur@lemmy.world 1 point 9 months ago If it was my setup those three drives would just give you 16TB of space. Two drives in a mirror and the third as a hot spare. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] monkeyslikebananas2@lemmy.world 1 point 9 months ago I get 4k/8k quality everything if I can. Plus my fam can queue up downloads. I had 32TB but we’ve filled it up in 18 months. I now have a backup of the stuff I really like and a bit of room to grow. They keep downloading long running series one of them got project model or something, some food shows and a tattoo show. permalink fedilink source parent