Not sure if the recertified market would be as affected but prices are definitely going up.
Just keep in mind that the long run trend for storage prices is pretty strongly downwards; that's a log-scale graph.
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Yeah, but storage requirements go up, so it stays the same (at best). It feels more expensive though.
That's true but for example with battery storage, prices were on their way down then Russia invaded Ukraine, gas/coal prices shot through the roof as Germany slurped up all coal and gas they could get and that triggered a massive spend on renewables which increased the prices of solar batteries from august 2022 peaking in nov 2023:
https://www.solarchoice.net.au/solar-batteries/price/
Looks like AI is the Germany of PC hardware:
https://au.pcmag.com/news/114129/ssd-storage-prices-to-climb-as-ai-demand-meets-tight-nand-supply
I only wish I had money to get in before prices bump up. 😭
Being poor sucks.
Being poor sucks.
No kidding. This didn't ruin me but it was painful. And on top of that, it's smaller disks for significantly more than I did last year.
I bought them for years ahead. My primary pool is gonna start having drives fail from age and use, and it'll need replacements. So I'm gonna be sticking these in as they fail over time so I use all the service life I can get from the existing (8TB) drives.
That's the way to do it, smart planning. I'm glad you were able to make it happen even if it set you back more than you had hoped.
Yes, 100% the recertified market was already affected when manufacturers reduced capacity to bring prices up a year or two ago. Prices in the primary market go up due to shortages, more people seek the parts from the secondary market, secondary market prices go up with demand.
I bought 10tb refurbished drives for $65 ea last year, this year, same ones cost me $140 ea.
These are drives from 2017-2018 mind you. I know drives should start failing soon at some point, but that is why I have raid and weekly replication to a second server.
Let's just hope something new comes around that will make current year drives cheaper in the near future.
How many TB?
9x 14TB, WD HC530. Paid 25% less for some 16TB HC550 in 2024.
Glad I upgraded before it was too late.