Re: [gentoo-user] Hard drive pricing and the near future

[Frank Steinmetzger]

Am Tue, Oct 05, 2021 at 06:32:24PM -0500 schrieb Dale:
> Howdy all,
> […]
> If anyone reading this does track the pricing of drives, are they on the
> rise, stable, dropping or what?  Is this a good time to expand while it
> is more cost effective?

Well I’m on ye Olde Continent and here I use a price search engine called
geizhals (German for scrooge). But they have an English equivalent ;-) and
of course use European pricing schemes (meaning including taxes, which you
do different).
https://skinflint.co.uk/?m=1

The big difference here: it allows you to filter and sort by all sorts of
criteria, such as being (non-)SMR or price/TB. And it shows you the prices
of lots of different shops, including Amazon. So while it may not give you
an idea of the US market, it gives you one of available drive models.

For instance, here are all internal non-SMR 3.5″ drives of 6 TB and up:
https://skinflint.co.uk/?cat=hde7s&xf=1080_SATA+1.5Gb%2Fs%7E1080_SATA+3Gb%2Fs%7E1080_SATA+6Gb%2Fs%7E13810_6000%7E3772_3.5%7E8457_non-SMR

I like to buy naked drives, because I don’t like “cable salad”, i.e. having
multiple external cases, each needing its own special power supply. Instead,
I’d opt for a hard drive dock which lets you insert a hard disk as if it
were an SD card. Actually, I use this internal bay for my PC case:

https://skinflint.co.uk/sharkoon-sata-quickport-internal-multi-a862667.html
It eats standard SATA drives and is connected via standard connectors to my
PSU and mobo.

> However, in a year or so, I'm getting fiber internet, dang fast at that. 
> It's starts at 200Mb but still over a 100 times faster than current
> connection.  It goes all the way up to 1Gb.  God help us all.  ROFL

But when are you ever going to watch it all?

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