January 14, 20179 yr What's the story with HDD prices these days? What is the sweet spot for price/capacity on NAS drives? I feel like a year or so ago 4TB WD Reds were always on sale for ~$100 USD but now they are never down to that price. What is everyone using to track prices?
January 14, 20179 yr I don't ever recall seeing a 4TB Red for anything close to $100. That's the price the 3TB's were often on sale for ... but not the 4TB's. By historical standards, storage is CHEAP these days -- available for $30/TB or less with the lower end consumer drives; and $35-40/TB for the NAS quality drives. I'd just buy what you need and not get overly focused on a few $$ difference in cost.
January 15, 20179 yr well THIS may be a problem in the future.... http://www.anandtech.com/show/11037/seagate-to-shut-down-one-of-its-largest-hdd-assembly-plants
January 15, 20179 yr I read that article, I don't think its going to be a problem at all, it says the factory has been all but shut down for sometime now, and that Seagate is simply looking to vertically integrate their remaining factories and save money by closing this one.
January 16, 20179 yr I'm seeing the 5TB for $99 (WD external), the downward price cycle continues. As the article points out, the demand for HDDs is in decline. Thus it makes sense to reduce the assets assigned to assembling HDDs. Hopefully, HDDs will be completely out of non-servers shortly. Then HDDs can seriously take up server requirements. The above 5tb is a good example, it will just go away. 4TB drives are extremely popular, hence less flexible pricing. 5TB is not really a common size outside consumers. 6TB and 8TB battle for some middle ground, a weak space. And 10TB currently owns the capacity storage frontline. 12TB is take that spot in expect late 2017. (And yes, the 1TB/2TB/3TB just go away too). All of this is in regard to 3.5 inch HDDs.
March 10, 20179 yr On 1/14/2017 at 8:10 AM, Smitty2k1 said: ... What is everyone using to track prices? I "do it by hand." Feel free copy it and change it for yourself, if this would work for you.
March 10, 20179 yr The Seagate 8T archive can be had for $25/T (equivalent of a 4T drive for $100). Seems to be the sweet spot right now.
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