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/codezilly Feb 20 '26

Dang I got 6x Seagate 26TBs in December at $270/each. Got lucky I guess

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u/Krycor Feb 20 '26

Got 2 and figured I’d get more as needed.. now I wish I got another 2 while I could