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[–] 14 points 5 months ago (2 children)

I've been putting 12tb used SAS drives in my Plex server. The used market went up about 30% from last year for the same drives. I think I paid $115 each before, now they're $150.

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  • [–] 11 points 5 months ago (1 child)

    I don't doubt you found a deal somewhere, but here's what I'm seeing:

    $229 for 12TB used SAS: https://diskprices.com/?locale=us&condition=new%2Cused&capacity=12-12&disk_types=external_hdd%2Cexternal_hdd25%2Cinternal_hdd%2Cinternal_hdd25%2Cinternal_sshd%2Cinternal_sas%2Cexternal_ssd%2Cinternal_ssd%2Cm2_ssd%2Cm2_nvme%2Cu2

    That's admittedly better than $26/TB, but I also had been looking at 20-24TB drives. That's the other change - the lowest-$/TB (highest value) TB size is has decreased substantially (from around 20-24 in late 2025, to 10-12 now).

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