[ale] They say drives fail in pairs...

[Derek Atkins]

Michael Trausch <mike at trausch.us> writes:

> On 01/03/2012 06:44 PM, Jim Kinney wrote:
>> http://blog.backblaze.com/2009/09/01/petabytes-on-a-budget-how-to-build-cheap-cloud-storage/
>> 
>> 45 drives in a 4U = 135TB (and a back brace!)
>
> Re-reading that, I laugh at the drive price...
>
> Yesterday, I bought a 1.0 TB drive for $140; today one for $180.  They
> say 1½ TB for $120.  I wonder if such days will return...

They will.  It'll just take 6-12 months to recover from the plant
disasters.  It's like the RAM price spikes back in the 90s.

> 	--- Mike

-derek

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