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| From | ant@zimage.comANT (Ant) |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.storage |
| Subject | Re: hard drives for backup |
| Date | 2026-06-27 22:14 +0000 |
| Organization | A noiseless patient Spider |
| Message-ID | <111pi01$38ajm$1@dont-email.me> (permalink) |
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Lynn McGuire <lynnmcguire5@gmail.com> wrote:
> On 6/20/2026 3:12 PM, Lynn McGuire wrote:
> > Dadgumit, the WD external USB hard drives have doubled in price since
> > the beginning of the year. 16 TB is now $654.
> >
> >
> > https://www.amazon.com/Elements-Desktop-External-external-storage/dp/
> > B08KTRKB6S
> >
> > I want a new one for backups but not that bad. The 20 TB is $815. Woof!
> >
> > I really do not like reformatting backup hard drives so I like to get
> > really big ones. Our LAN backup is 5 TB but we have a lot of temporary
> > files that accumulate such as daily zip files of 3 GB databases.
> >
> > Lynn
> And now the WD 20 TB external is $600. What is going on?
>
> https://www.amazon.com/Elements-Desktop-External-external-storage/dp/B09VCXWPQG
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