themachinestops@lemmy.dbzer0.com to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 19 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-square85linkfedilinkarrow-up1521arrow-down14file-text
arrow-up1517arrow-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 · 19 days agomessage-square85linkfedilinkfile-text
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minus-squareDarkCloud@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up16arrow-down1·edit-219 days agoYeah right, if they’re buying thousands of terrabytes, I doubt they’re doing it in 1 TB HDD SATA drives.
minus-squareAxolotl@feddit.itlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·19 days agoThe compone ts to make an HDD are almost the same though
minus-squareDenvil@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·18 days agoI work at a data center, and there are indeed big arrays of 1 tb sata HDDs. Although this isn’t for AI, our main clients are local companies and healthcare
minus-squarePixxlMan@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·18 days agoThe tools which make 1 tb HDDs also make bigger ones.
Yeah right, if they’re buying thousands of terrabytes, I doubt they’re doing it in 1 TB HDD SATA drives.
The compone ts to make an HDD are almost the same though
I work at a data center, and there are indeed big arrays of 1 tb sata HDDs. Although this isn’t for AI, our main clients are local companies and healthcare
The tools which make 1 tb HDDs also make bigger ones.