I saw that price spike coming and built this out in December:
https://battlepenguin.com/tech/80-tb-of-raidz-storager/
I got 30TB hard drives for $612 each last year. They're now at least $1200, if you can even find them in stock. 😶
djsumdog
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2026-08-07 11:57:36 UTC
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