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HDD price
Hi all, slightly OT conversation here. I purchased 2xWD RED 4TB HDDs last summer for my Pro 6. The idea was to add another 4TB HDD once the price had fallen. I have been monitoring the prices, ...
Hi tony359,
Found this price tracker (here) in the US for internal drives and SSD in different capacity/sizes. Let's also hear other users if they have other info to share.
Kind regards,
BrianL
NETGEAR Community
Here's another: http://www.jcmit.com/diskprice.htm
ryanrk posted live pricing of drives on the HCL last May (Amazon and Newegg): https://community.netgear.com/t5/ReadyNAS-Hardware-Compatibility/self-promotion-Harddrive-Price-comparison-site/td-p/961998
A direct link to his site is: http://goobam.com/internaldrives
To the main question: Historically the introduction of new larger capacity drives drives down prices of the smaller capacities already on the market. We appear to be at the limits of what perpendicular recording (PMR) can do. SMR is a niche, so it won't go mainstream. HAMR is the next disk technology, it should show up in a year or two.
It's clear that enterprises and cloud providers will continue to need more and more capacity. Apart from home NAS, end users might not - consider cloud services (netflix), the shift away from PCs, the increased interest in SSD. It's hard to guess how that will impact pricing. But enterprises tend to buy in bulk, so there might be even more of a focus on volume discounts, slowing price drops in retail.
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