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Seagate smashes largest HDD world record with 36TB hard drive and reveals a 60TB model is coming
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This is funny because my last 3 drives have all been used. $/TB has definitely gone up since COVID for new drives.
used/refurb is perfect if you've got a raid setup and they have some sort of warranty. serverparts has 5 year warranty on most of their drives, and reasonably priced. upgraded to 4x 20TB last year when I upgraded my truenas and Plex server, haven't had issues.
2 for me, manufacturer refurbs, didn't say I disliked it, but as per OP, it sure would be nice if prices moved in the right direction.