[ale] Cheap spinning rust was: to lvm or not lvm

[Ron]

William Bagwell via Ale wrote on 2026-01-01 18:27:

> Meant to post this a week ago, Amazon only but other sites like this
> probably exist.

 > 
https://diskprices.com/?locale=us&condition=new&capacity=11-12&disk_types=external_hdd,external_hdd25,internal_hdd,internal_hdd25,internal_sshd,internal_sas

Here's one that I've heard recommended (I think, it's Server 
Something.com, I forget):

https://serverpartdeals.com/collections/hard-drives



> Not to bash or defend Seagate but recently had a 15 year old
> 1TB Seagate fail.

The Seagate vs WD info posted earlier is dated info.

Since the WD Shingled Magnetic Recording fiasco, Seagate has been seen 
as the more reliable company.

Probably both are fine but WD has shown themselves to be disreputable 
lately.


Another indicator of that is NVMe pricing.

WD sn850x 2TB NVMe was MSRP of $270 CAD but weekly sales (at all online 
stores) from $195 to $240 from ~September on-wards.

Last week they were $395 CAD.

Today, priced at $699.99 - holy crap!

https://www.canadacomputers.com/en/desktop-laptop-internal-ssds/226019/wd-black-sn850x-2tb-pcie-gen4-nvme-m-2-ssd-wds200t2x0e.html



Seagate's Firecuda 530r 2TB NVMe was a steady $195 CAD the entire time, 
until this week, they're up to $275. Sold out at all locations.


So, WD played the "jerk customers around with weekly price 
fluctuations", Seagate didn't.

Also, the Seagate has faster specs and longer / larger TeraBytes Written 
specs.