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• jerf 16y ago
  Which is the story from last September about cheap cloud storage. They list 45 1.5TB drives at $120.00 each in their parts list, for $5,400 of the total. A quick poke around at Newegg and I am surprised to find the price equation hasn't changed that much. You can get slightly better bang/buck with 2TB drives but it isn't a knock-down win.
  • gwern 16y ago
    http://forre.st/storage#sata http://forre.st/storage#sata says you can get 1.5TB (new) for $80. That's a significant percentage lower than $120. (And $53 (!) if you don't mind used.)