You usually want to start comparing the largest drives sizes for mass production consumer drives. In Q1 2024 that is around 20 TB. But size does not matter, pri

You usually want to start comparing the largest drives sizes for mass production consumer drives. In Q1 2024 that is around 20 TB. But size does not matter, price per GB (including price for the connection hardware to your workplace) matters most. I first check prices at [1] and decide if used or state of the art speeds are best. I then check prices at this Dutch comparison site [2] for internal drives or [3] for external drives. The advantage of [2] and [3] is that these prices are doublechecked by consumers and include all costs including shipping, while Amazon [1] are not always true. When I find the lowest price, I go check [4] to see if the brand and type drives have low error rates. I will then design and build an aggregate of drives, usually a few NAS (Network Attached Storage) servers based on USB 3.0 (slow and cheap), Thunderbolt (40 Gbps with a maximum of 240 Gbps), Ethernet (1-800 Gbps) or a network of FPGA's (10 Gbps to 25 Tbps). The overhead to aggregate and connect a bunch of drives ranges from $3 to $92 per drive, depending on your minimum and maximum speed requirements. For a small fee I will buy and build your storage array for you [5]. This is always cheaper for you than DIY or buying online because I pass on the lower bulk buy disk prices to you. [1] https://diskprices.com https://diskprices.com [2] https://tweakers.net/externe-harde-schijven/vergelijken/#filter:q1bKzCtLLSoJzsgvCE7NSU0uyczPU7IqKSpN1VHKL0pJLXLLTM1JUbJSKi5ITc5My0xOBKuASgbnF5UA5RKLk-EiQGWeQPXmRma1AA https://tweakers.net/externe-harde-schijven/vergelijken/#fil... [3] https://tweakers.net/externe-harde-schijven/vergelijken/#filter:q1bKzCtLLSoJzsgvCE7NSU0uyczPU7JKS8wpTtVRyi9KSS1yy0zNSVGyUiooyswqVoIKBucXlQDFEouT4SIFqcmeQHW6hrUA https://tweakers.net/externe-harde-schijven/vergelijken/#fil... [4] https://www.backblaze.com/blog/backblaze-drive-stats-for-q2-2023/ https://www.backblaze.com/blog/backblaze-drive-stats-for-q2-... [5] Please contact me at morphle at ziggo dot nl for price quotes of custom build drive arrays. Q1 2024 I build midrange 100Gbps storage NAS for around $0,009 per GB excl. VAT. Maximum speed storage is a few terabytes per second. 10GB/s around $0,009 per GB, 100GB/s around $0,011 per GB.