is there anything like a decently priced drive anymore? I went to look up a 16TB drive as I’ve been running out of space with what I’ve been…. backing up and they’re running around $700. I paid $350 just a year ago. There’s no way this can be sustainable. I was working to build out my NAS but I’d literally be looking at almost $8000-$10000 in drives alone.

Yah its rough out there right now with no end in sight…collapse of AI data center bubble may help…but yah good luck. Ebay prices on used drives are also out of this world as well. I’ve given up looking.