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>Would tapes not be an option? AFAIK someone on reddit did the math and the break-even for tapes is between 50TB to 100TB. Any less and it's cheaper to get a b
by gruez 1y ago
>Would tapes not be an option?
AFAIK someone on reddit did the math and the break-even for tapes is between 50TB to 100TB. Any less and it's cheaper to get a bunch of hard drives.
- ghaff 1y agoUnless you're basically a serious data hoarder or otherwise have unusual storage requirements, an 18TB drive (or maybe 2) get you a lot of the way to handling most normal home requirements.
- t-3 1y agoPersonally, I buy the drives with the best $/storage ratio. Right now that seems to be ~3-6TB drives. Many PC enclosures and motherboards can fit 8-12 drives, fill it up with the cheapest stuff you're willing to spend money on. It will probably break even or be cheaper than the larger drives.
- ghaff 1y agoIt depends on the use case. As with CPUs, I tend not to buy the top-end but it may make sense to just buy for expansion over time. I think my RAID-1 Synology drives are 8TB. But mostly just use external enclosures these days anyway. Pretty much don't build PCs any longer.