okay, so in July 2024 I bought a pair of 18tb hard drives for storage + backup for $180 apiece.

This January, I bought a third 18TB to add parity checking, which was $320.
Now (in March), looking at the same drives, it’s $500.

@erl yeah, built my main server with 6x20TB HDD, 2x2TB SSD, and 128GB DDR5 in late 2023 / early 2024…
I bet I could liquidate my mortgage if I put that one on eBay right now!
@ju Oh damn, yeah I keep an eye out for cheap components on craigslist around me and at least once a week there’s someone selling a whole home server for a price that seems silly high until you piece together the cost of each of the components…