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Cost of 1 gigabyte of storage over time (lemmy.world)
submitted 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) by to c/sysadmin@lemmy.world
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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/22872422

Screenshot of a Twitter post by user JonErlichman

Average cost for 1 gigabyte of storage:

45 years ago: $438,000 40 years ago: $238,000 35 years ago: $48,720 30 years ago: $5,152 25 years ago: $455 20 years ago: $5 15 years ago: $0.55 10 years ago: $0.05 5 years ago: $0.03 Today: $0.01

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[–] 55 points 2 years ago (10 children)

Eh? When was the last time you saw a 1Tb drive for $10?

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  • [–] 9 points 2 years ago (4 children)

    I’m not going to math it out but maybe the 20tb+ drives are lower. I don’t think .01 but closer maybe.

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  • [–] 9 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    PC part picker starts at $0.013/GB which isn't too far off.

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  • [–] 3 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    Well used, I got 4 of em for $5

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    • [–] 27 points 2 years ago

    Inaccurate

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    [–] 22 points 2 years ago* (1 child)

    Take numbers with a grain of salt, e.g., this link says a 7200RPM 160GB SATA drive from 2004 is $107, or about $0.67/GB, instead of the $5 claimed in post.

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  • [–] 6 points 2 years ago

    100% this.

    I know for a fact that in 1999 (25 years ago) when I was running an ISP that Seagate Barracuda 4GB SCSI-2 Ultra Wide drives for example were costing $300/drive rounded; I used to buy hundreds of them. I have an old purchase order framed showing such and those were very much a premium drive back then.

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    • [–] 19 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    Size of 1gb of storage over time would be neat too.

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    • [–] 0 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    Don't post screenshots of text

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