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SSD prices are getting cheaper and cheaper. HDDs aren't. (alien.top)

submitted 11 months ago by javipas@alien.top to c/datahoarder@selfhosted.forum

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[–] SirMaster@alien.top 1 points 11 months ago

But large SSDs still seem to be really high priced.

Like I have 300TB on HDDs. The largest reasonably priced SSD seems to be the Samsung 870 QVO at like $300.

But I really don’t want to have to connect and manage 38 disks…

And at $300 per, that’s over $11,000

Meanwhile I could get 17 18TB HDDs for $3000.

Over $8000 cheaper which is a lot IMO, and 17 disks isn’t so hard to manage compared to 38 IMO.