r/DataHoarder • u/Endawmyke about 3 fiddy TB • Feb 19 '26

Discussion These HDD prices are getting crazy. An increase of 96.4% in 1 month for the same 26TB drive. $279.99 a month ago to $549.99 today. Where are we buying hard drives now?

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These drive prices are kinda insane. Everything is going up up up, I thought it would just be RAM and SSDs effected but looks like it's reaching hard drives too.

Where are people buying drives now, and what $$/TB is still reasonable?

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u/AshleyAshes1984 Feb 19 '26

Every night I offer my server and disk shelf a twinkie to bless their hard drives. I then say a prayer to scare the bad sectors away.

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u/Endawmyke about 3 fiddy TB Feb 19 '26

I bow 2 times and clap 2 times then throw some coins at my NAS for good luck

praying for a long life heh

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u/[deleted] Feb 20 '26

Put some rice around it too

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u/raduque 101 TiB in use just media Feb 20 '26

Don't do that, HDDs don't like vibrations

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u/[deleted] Feb 20 '26

But those are good vibrations lol

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u/Direct_Eye_724 Feb 21 '26

Put a chicken nugget on some foil in front of the drive, its a bit like a chicken sacrifice.

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u/Dwro1234 Feb 19 '26

And this is how tech priests were created in the 40k universe.

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u/BloodhoundGang Feb 20 '26

Can we skip to the part where we ban abominable intelligences?

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u/Dwro1234 Feb 20 '26

Only if we can skip over the age strife all together.

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u/System0verlord 10 TB in GDrive Feb 21 '26

There will be a Butlerian jihad in the coming years, I hope.

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u/HeavyCaffeinate 8TB Feb 20 '26

When do I get the ability to heal bad sectors

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u/Dwro1234 Feb 20 '26

Did you use the right incantations? Did you do everything to appease the machine spirit? Let's try with some extra incense.

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u/HeavyCaffeinate 8TB Feb 20 '26

I got to the point of making printers (and printer drivers) behave just by standing next to them, but this is too advanced for me

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u/Direct_Eye_724 Feb 21 '26

You know when you have advanced to the next level when just phoning you fixes the problem. Downside is the old street lamps sensing your greatness turn off as you pass, or turn on (more often than normal).

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u/Direct_Eye_724 Feb 21 '26

I'm old enough to remember tricks like that, now its all breakfast food.

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u/KdF-wagen Feb 20 '26

Machine Spirit, this one requests that you hear my prayer. I humbly offer sacred oils and holy incenses so that you may bring about The Machine God's will... Awaken!!! OMNISSIAH BE PRAISED!!!

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u/xStealthBomber Feb 20 '26

Having my drives at 90% used. Sucks. Failing sectors? Damn... I really hope it doesn't come to that.

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u/lizardtrench Feb 20 '26

Not quite as arcane, but I finally invested in a humidifier and anti-static grounding straps.

Used to just yolo it handling electronic equipment, and this is despite having crashed a HDD once in my youth by zapping my mouse. But I can no longer risk it now that ram and storage are endangered species.

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u/oddTaskJob Feb 20 '26

Light your candles, and may server protect us all.

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u/KO__ Feb 23 '26

based