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Storage?! In this economy!? (lemmy.zip)
submitted 4 months ago by to c/selfhosted@lemmy.world
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Hey all you beautiful selfhosters,

What are your suggestions for frugally obtaining HDDs in the current economic climate? Specifically the EU (Netherlands).

I'm looking at second hand drives, but even those go for €100+ now, with bad sectors and all.

Can we organise a collective AI datacenter robbery and doll out some stolen drives? 😁

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[–] 34 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (5 children)

Frugally (legally) obtained HDDs are still going to cost you a lot of money, there is no way around that at the moment. If you need it, pay up and be done with it. If you just kind of want it, start sorting through your piles of data you don't actually need (yes, you have that, stop lying to yourself) to free up space for things you do actually need.

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  • [–] 1 point 4 months ago (3 children)

    So is there a raid 12 for my 13 500GB drives?

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  • [–] 4 points 4 months ago (1 child)

    Don't forget the power bill, even if they sit idle most of the time. 12 drives * 5 watts * 24 hours * 365.25 days ~= 525 kwh. That would cost me $157 aud a year for electricity.

    If I instead bought a 6TB drive brand new I'd break even after 3 years, assuming the 500GB drives are $0.

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