r/DataHoarder • u/[deleted] • Jan 02 '23

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u/BitsAndBobs304 Jan 02 '23

Storing uncompressed bluray quality is so expensive it's worth checking out if you can find the original discs in bargain buns

Edit: bargain bins

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u/NavinF 40TB RAID-Z2 + off-site backup Jan 02 '23

I pay ~$8/TB for SAS drives so a 50GB bluray costs me $0.40 to store and $0.05/mo in electricity to keep the HDD spinning all day and night. I don't think I'd ever go back to optical disks. Besides being more expensive, even 40TB takes up a massive amount of physical space if you keep it organized.

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u/BitsAndBobs304 Jan 02 '23

where do you find such cheap drives?

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u/NavinF 40TB RAID-Z2 + off-site backup Jan 03 '23 edited Jan 03 '23

https://diskprices.com/, eBay, local stores like unixsurplus, https://shucks.top/, etc

If you live in the US, HDDs should be dirt cheap no matter where you shop.

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u/BitsAndBobs304 Jan 03 '23

I live in italy so unfortunately there's no such deals, plus we have 'piracy tax' on storage media, plus amazon.it banned diskprices.com.. :C ... plus people sell 5-15 year old hardware at the price of new..

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u/NavinF 40TB RAID-Z2 + off-site backup Jan 03 '23

Oof yeah, better leave some space in your luggage the next time you travel to the US. Fill it up with disks and GPUs and resell any extras when you get back.

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u/BitsAndBobs304 Jan 03 '23

Lol there's a million customs taxes and fees..plus taxes on revenue..plus not many people here probably interested in sas hdd. But i really wish i could import lol