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The original was posted on /r/datahoarder by /u/thesonoftheson on 2024-09-06 09:43:25+00:00.

This is my first redundant drive system. Started with 8tb x2 Barracudas, adding my first parity using SnapRaid and a 12tb Ironwolf, I’ve replaced one 8tb with a 12tb Ironwolf, now looking at replacing the remaining 8tb. Looking at prices the 20tb Ironwolf is now $360 at $18/tb vs the 12tb for $240 at $20/tb, so only a $40 tax for higher capacity. Is that higher capacity tax to high and just wait for it to drop further? In theory I could replace that 8tb data with a 20tb and not worry about upping the parity until I reach that 12tb (or technically 10.9tb), right? Some would probably say just keep adding more 12tb as needed, I do have the space for 18 drives in theory (mb supports 6, would have to get an add on card, this is actually one thing I would like to avoid) but how many of you started small then reached capacity and said well shit should have started using higher capacity drives x years ago? Thanks.

PS: any widows guys now how to reduce that difference the 12tb vs 10.9tb, is that the mbr/gpt reserve, seems like wasted space for small amount of files for a media server.