kchr@lemmy.sdf.org to Sysadmin@lemmy.world · 1 day agoCost of 1 gigabyte of storage over timelemmy.worldexternal-linkmessage-square16fedilinkarrow-up1130arrow-down125file-text
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minus-squareslazer2au@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up51arrow-down2·1 day agoEh? When was the last time you saw a 1Tb drive for $10?
minus-squareJustin@lemmy.jlh.namelinkfedilinkarrow-up23arrow-down2·1 day agoUsed hard drives are 10tb for $80, aka $0.008/GB. diskprices.com Hetzner Storage boxes are 10TB for $20/month https://www.hetzner.com/storage/storage-box/
minus-squareHalo@lemmynsfw.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up9·1 day agoI’m not going to math it out but maybe the 20tb+ drives are lower. I don’t think .01 but closer maybe.
minus-squareInEnduringGrowStrong@sh.itjust.works@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up8·1 day agoPC part picker starts at $0.013/GB which isn’t too far off.
minus-squaredual_sport_dork 🐧🗡️@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·1 day agoAnd you can grab a rando bottom-of-the-barrel 12TB from Amazon for about $0.0095825/GB (not GiB).
minus-squareInEnduringGrowStrong@sh.itjust.works@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up3·1 day agoYea I think the 1c/GB is a close enough approximation.
minus-squareslazer2au@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·1 day agoMaybe. A 20Tb drive for $350 is $0.017 so truncation maybe.
minus-squaredriving_crooner@lemmy.eco.brlinkfedilinkarrow-up6·1 day agoOP includes remote storage? I guess if you’re an enterprise client you can get those prices.
minus-squaresecret300@lemmy.sdf.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up4arrow-down2·1 day agoWell used, I got 4 of em for $5
minus-squareslazer2au@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9arrow-down1·1 day agoComparing new and used prices is just misleading.
minus-squaresecret300@lemmy.sdf.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up3arrow-down1·1 day agoSometimes I guess…? Like yeah sometimes you find great steals like I did with that but usually the used market has similar prices for similar products. Check it out and save some money
Eh? When was the last time you saw a 1Tb drive for $10?
Used hard drives are 10tb for $80, aka $0.008/GB.
diskprices.com
Hetzner Storage boxes are 10TB for $20/month
https://www.hetzner.com/storage/storage-box/
I’m not going to math it out but maybe the 20tb+ drives are lower. I don’t think .01 but closer maybe.
PC part picker starts at $0.013/GB which isn’t too far off.
And you can grab a rando bottom-of-the-barrel 12TB from Amazon for about $0.0095825/GB (not GiB).
Yea I think the 1c/GB is a close enough approximation.
Maybe. A 20Tb drive for $350 is $0.017 so truncation maybe.
OP includes remote storage? I guess if you’re an enterprise client you can get those prices.
Well used, I got 4 of em for $5
Comparing new and used prices is just misleading.
Sometimes I guess…? Like yeah sometimes you find great steals like I did with that but usually the used market has similar prices for similar products. Check it out and save some money