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When can we expect 500TB drives to be available? (lemmy.world)
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[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Sometes the prices go up, but they steadily go down over time.

This chart is really good for seeing storage prices

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_hard_disk_drives#/media/File%3AHistorical_cost_of_computer_memory_and_storage.svg

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago

Right, over the long term prices go down, but it still greatly annoys me that they jacked up prices in the short term. Thankfully I have no need to purchase any storage and won't for years.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago

That chart doesn't really show the recent price hike. Late last year, I bought an 8TB Samsung SATA SSD for $350. If I wanted to buy that same drive today, it would be $630.