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    From Lynn McGuire@21:1/5 to All on Tue Nov 29 13:06:48 2022
    “Hard Drive Cost Per Gigabyte”
    https://www.backblaze.com/blog/hard-drive-cost-per-gigabyte/

    “When Backblaze purchased hard drives back in 2009, we paid over $0.11
    per gigabyte. In 2017, when we did a review of the cost of hard drives,
    the cost per gigabyte had fallen to just below $0.03 per gigabyte.
    Today, we can get 16TB hard drives for about $0.014 per gigabyte on
    average. That’s not quite a penny, but we think we’ll get there soon enough. In the meantime, let’s look at our hard drive purchases over the years and see what we can learn about the cost per gigabyte of hard
    drive storage.”

    Lynn

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  • From Char Jackson@21:1/5 to lynnmcguire5@gmail.com on Wed Nov 30 12:15:04 2022
    On Tue, 29 Nov 2022 13:06:48 -0600, Lynn McGuire
    <lynnmcguire5@gmail.com> wrote:

    Hard Drive Cost Per Gigabyte
    https://www.backblaze.com/blog/hard-drive-cost-per-gigabyte/

    When Backblaze purchased hard drives back in 2009, we paid over $0.11
    per gigabyte. In 2017, when we did a review of the cost of hard drives,
    the cost per gigabyte had fallen to just below $0.03 per gigabyte.
    Today, we can get 16TB hard drives for about $0.014 per gigabyte on
    average. Thats not quite a penny, but we think well get there soon
    enough. In the meantime, lets look at our hard drive purchases over the >years and see what we can learn about the cost per gigabyte of hard
    drive storage.

    I like the trend and hope it continues.

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