Drives

[tucansam]

All these threads are old.  Is this forum still alive?

 

I've been buying 8TB WD externals for a while, but I am at a point now where I need to move to larger disks array-wide.  I see MFGs are up to 18TB disks now.  Holy moly.  I think going from 8TB disks to 10TB or 12TB might not make a whole lot of sense.... But the 18TB disks are very, very expensive.

 

What's the sweet spot for teen TB disks these days?

 

Thanks.

[BVD]

16TB Exos can be had for 330 bucks on newegg - they're not quiet, but the price/GB can't be beat, especially not with a 5 year warranty.

[cbarbie]

Shucking is still an option.  That is where the majority of my drives have come from.  This site tracks pricing at some sites:  https://shucks.top/

[mathomas3]

with this new HDD heavy blockchain coming online it seems like a bad time to buy any hdd

 

while im currently on 8tbs.... im about to fill out my current array... I will need to use my only spare HDD to extend the array...

 

hope that i dont have a failure/fill the array till the prices come back to normal...

[BVD]

Anything 6tb and less, even some 8tb units, they're still close to prior prices - the miners prefer 12tb+ for efficiency sake