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WD unveils new high-capacity 32TB SMR and 26TB CMR disk drives (www.techspot.com)

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[+] [email protected] -10 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

There is already a samsung 8 Tb SSD being sold on amazon. Buying 4 of those will be far cheaper than this monstrosity. And it will be silent, and actually useful as a home server, much faster too.

[–] [email protected] 21 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

No shot 4 SSDs will be the same price as a HDD of the same capacity yet. HDD is still the king of GB/$.

If I'm wrong... Can you send me some links? I could use some cheap 8TB SSDs.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 weeks ago

Aliexpress/cheap-fake-ssd-16TB 80€

I trust ali with a lot, but not drives :-)

[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

Nah I don't believe you at all.

SAMSUNG 870 QVO SATA 8TB = $683.38 x 4 = $2,733.52

8TB x 4 = 32TB

$2,733.52 / 32TB = $85.4225/TB

Yeah one of these disks does not cost more than $25/TB.

26TB x $25 = $650

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

FWIW in July last year Amazon was selling these as low as $320. My biggest fear of a 26 TB HDD is getting all 26 TB of data off of it if I needed it without the drive dying.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

As long as you follow the 3-2-1 rule, you don't need to worry about putting your eggs in one basket.

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

That’s true but more concerned with rebuilding the raid than necessarily losing the data. I have to admit that I’m lazy with backups and I’ve had my ass saved by RAID 6.

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

It's really difficult/expensive for a home user to do a 3-2-1 backup properly. Especially if you're pushing beyond a few TB.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 weeks ago

QVO drives are trash though. Would not recommend. Very slow and they don't last as long as Samsung's EVO and PRO drives.