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HDD isn't any different. Peice per TB has been flat for many years. You get higher capacity for Hyperscaler, but those are not intended for consumers and you ne
by ksec 1y ago
HDD isn't any different. Peice per TB has been flat for many years. You get higher capacity for Hyperscaler, but those are not intended for consumers and you need to pre book in advance to get them.
SSD price may have fluctuating for the last few years but their cost model are now similar to HDD. And so is DRAM.
Mainly cost to produce GB of DRAM / NAND / HDD are roughly the same for many years. You may get better performance or lower energy usage. But cost hast changed. And all fluctuations in market are supple and demand dynamics, which is why many saw 4TB for $150 in 2023 and thought things will drop soon. But that has not been the case.
We need breakthroughs to further reduce the cost per GB. Although one could argue we have half the cost already if we accounted for inflation for the past 20 years.
- AtlasBarfed 1y agoThe SSDs come from, very generally speaking, the same semiconductor segment that has been busted multiple times for price fixing in DRAM. Not that hyperconsolidation in HDDs isn't vulnerable to the same things, but the management playbook of these guys is to fix and inflate as much as possible.
- Jerry2 1y agoWhat's a fair price for a TB of HDD? SSD? Which high-capacity SSDs are worth buying? I'm not sure if there are any sites tracking this. Anyway, I need to buy 30TB of storage this year so I can upgrade my NAS and make it last few years. Thanks for any replies from anyone who has an opinion!
- wmf 1y agoHDD: $10/TB SSD: $50-100/TB
- nixgeek 1y agoMost new drives are sold into consumer/end user retail around $20/TB and only seem to dip a little during sales (with most sellers also quantity limiting any sales, also). Getting to $10/TB is possible but typically involves buying manufacturer recertified, and may involve going smaller (14-16TB drives) than you might prefer. I managed to find 64x Seagate Exos 20TB for $13/TB new about 2 years ago, on NewEgg of all places, but I’ve never seen that deal repeat. :( All the new 30TB+ HDDs using HAMR technology from Seagate and WD still feel like expensive unobtainium.
- synack 1y agohttps://diskprices.com/ https://diskprices.com/
- Jerry2 1y agoThank you.