I was looking at buying a spare 16TB on SPD but was surprised by the how expensive it was compared the two orders I placed last year.
I was looking at SATA Manufacturer Refurbished drives, but they don't have any at the moment, so I had to compare SAS and other similar sizes, for a price comparison. SATA would probably be a bit more expensive than the SAS model I used in the comparison.
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It's not only the HDDs that have gone up but the shipping has almost doubled as well. I'm in Australia, so the shipping is always a pain but that seems a bit ridiculous. I did get a really good deal on the Toshiba's last year but based on the prices I was seeing regularly last year, this looks like roughly a 40% price increase. Does anyone know if that is here to stay? Is there an alternative?
