themachinestops@lemmy.dbzer0.com to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-23 days agoHard drive prices have surged by an average of 46% since September — iconic 24TB Seagate BarraCuda now $500 as AI claims another victimwww.tomshardware.comexternal-linkmessage-square142fedilinkarrow-up1652arrow-down19file-text
arrow-up1643arrow-down1external-linkHard drive prices have surged by an average of 46% since September — iconic 24TB Seagate BarraCuda now $500 as AI claims another victimwww.tomshardware.comthemachinestops@lemmy.dbzer0.com to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-23 days agomessage-square142fedilinkfile-text
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minus-squareSuspciousCarrot78@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8arrow-down1·2 days agoDo we dare ask why you need 48TB to store media, or do we slowly back out of the room, avoiding eye contact. (he said, storing everything at 720p like a peasant)
minus-squareMrScottyTay@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·2 days agoRedundancy and high quality backups maybe? Some people have hoarded a lot of media over how many years, doesn’t seem too far fetched to me.
minus-squareSuspciousCarrot78@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 days agoYou had me at horded. You. Had. Me. At. Horded.
minus-squareonlyhalfminotaur@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 day agoIf it was my setup those three drives would just give you 16TB of space. Two drives in a mirror and the third as a hot spare.
Do we dare ask why you need 48TB to store media, or do we slowly back out of the room, avoiding eye contact.
(he said, storing everything at 720p like a peasant)
Redundancy and high quality backups maybe? Some people have hoarded a lot of media over how many years, doesn’t seem too far fetched to me.
You had me at horded.
You. Had. Me. At. Horded.
If it was my setup those three drives would just give you 16TB of space. Two drives in a mirror and the third as a hot spare.