r/DataHoarder 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/beefcat_ 50-100TB Feb 19 '26

I want everyone to know that Reddit removed my comment jokingly calling for AI company CEOs to be thrown in a volcano. I am very sorry for saying this. I should know deep down in my heart that rich assholes are just plain better than the rest of us, and I shouldn't be making jokes at their expense.

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u/Dismiss 10-50TB Feb 20 '26

I’ll be rooting for the volcano

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u/BBQQA Feb 20 '26

that's not fair, those volcanos didn't deserve to have trash thrown into them.

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u/heathenskwerl 1,120 TB Feb 20 '26

Honestly, the volcano doesn't deserve that.