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Hard drive prices have surged by an average of 46% since September — iconic 24TB Seagate BarraCuda now $500 as AI claims another victim (www.tomshardware.com)
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https://serverpartdeals.com/products/seagate-exos-st28000nm000c-28tb-7-2k-rpm-sata-6gb-s-512e-cmr-3-5-recertified-hard-drive

28 TB $449.99 Price per TB: $16.07

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[–] Taldan@lemmy.world 9 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Yes it does. Where do you think they store those gigantic training datasets?

[–] pupbiru@aussie.zone 4 points 3 days ago

relative to the hard drive market in general, that seems like a drop in the bucket. research labs like CERN write TBs per SECOND

quality data sets don’t even come close