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I've watched hard drive prices go from $12-$13/TB to $18 over the past 9 months. Someone posted on datahoarder about a WD 24TB drive that's gone up $70 in the past 50 days.
I just hope the new hard drive prices hold steady from manufacturers. Right now new datacenter drives are about $25.5/TB MSRP which kind of caps what refurbs can go for because no one is going to pay $23/TB when they can get new with a longer life and better warranty for a few dollars more. But if those go up enough no reason you couldn't see $22/TB this year for even the budget manufacturer recertified refurbs.
I checked and I got a 14TB drive for $150 in January 2025, they're now $250 or more for the same. Really have to hope none of my drives fail in the next 2 years or possibly longer if this whole AI bubble is just a push to get people off personal computers and sell them cloud compute, cloud storage, etc. Rentier-ism because no other way to keep investors happy and profits high while keeping the proles obediently surveilled slaves in your panopticon.