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I don't know about $/TB, but SSDs are already cheaper for 128GB and below (i.e. for most non-HN people's personal needs)
by koala_man 8y ago
I don't know about $/TB, but SSDs are already cheaper for 128GB and below (i.e. for most non-HN people's personal needs)
- bluedino 8y agoWhat’s the smallest HD in production these days? 500GB?
- koala_man 8y agoIt's not a very rigorous answer, but I sorted HDDs on Newegg by price ascending, and the cheapest one was 1TB @ 44USD. There were several 128 and 120GB SSDs below that.
- heavenlyblue 8y agoYou can buy used multiples of 6TB SAS on ebay. I've seen 4x6TB/£450. If I were to build a home NAS - I'd probably use these. It's harder, by the way - to find proper cheaper SATA drives, on the other hand.
- zeroisnowfour 8y agoThere must be something wrong with them then. Everyone knows data can be recovered and or decrypted and sane practice is to physically destroy them when they fail/obsolete.
- colejohnson66 8y agoI've seen 500GB on Amazon, but you can get a 1TB for only a few bucks more.