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The original was posted on /r/datahoarder by /u/LOGWATCHER on 2026-05-25 02:55:29+00:00.

It’s just viable anymore. It simply isn’t. I’m just a regular guy with a regular salary

The drives on one of my NAS are dying. I was pricing out 4 replacements 16tb drives and it’s bas the price of a very nice vacation to Italy, or an upper levels Gibson guitar that would last a generation

If I still went for the same drive sizes I bought 5-6 years ago, i would pay more than twice the price I paid back then. I am also running put of some space, so I need bigger

I just can’t justify it. It feels like my drives will fail because I can’t pay those extortion rates.

This shit sucks so much