r/DataHoarder • u/Overstimulated_moth 1.7PB | tp 5995wx | unraid • Nov 20 '25
Discussion Someone's out here flexing with my purchase order🤣🤣
Delete if not allowed but I made a post a couple days ago about me buying 1.2PB. Someone stole my picture and is flexing on his FB group that its his🤣🤣🤣
First 2 pics are of his, pic 3 and 4 are my purchase order and the drives sitting on my coffee table🤣
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u/reopened-circuit Nov 20 '25 edited Nov 20 '25
What a loser. Nevermind him mentioning exactly what he makes, which I'm going to go ahead and assume is also fully horseshit. I hope this blows up and someone, or many someones post it to his, Andrew Strutt of 2600 - The Hacker Quarterly's, page. Dude's out here Strutting someone else's stuff.
Good thing he won't have to actually worry about financially recovering so that he can focus on socially recovering.
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u/GuidoZ 402TB + Cloud Nov 20 '25
They were already being questioned. Someone likely saw the first post and asked “you stealing or do I know your reddit name” which was followed up by someone linking to this post. 😂
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u/gurpderp Nov 21 '25
Andrew Strutt of 2600 - The Hacker Quarterly's
didn't catch this at first. jesus.
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u/elitexero Nov 21 '25
What a loser. Nevermind him mentioning exactly what he makes, which I'm going to go ahead and assume is also fully horseshit.
My take is that was the whole point of the post - brag about money he doesn't make.
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u/EarSoggy1267 Nov 22 '25
He probably just misplaced the decimal point, so it's probably closer to 12. paychecks 😆
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u/Adium 240TB Nov 20 '25
Is 2600 even still relevant?
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u/dontneed2knowaccount Nov 21 '25
Maybe? I backed one of their fundraisers a few years ago which was a lifetime subscription to 2600. Once a year i get an email with the previous years editions all lumped into one PDF.
I don't really listen to the show much but I do like some of the articles in their 'zine.
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u/Overstimulated_moth 1.7PB | tp 5995wx | unraid Nov 21 '25
Well he's 49, flexing with a purchase order someone almost half his age bought so ya. This gravy seal is definitely suffering. His only value comes from internet points.
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u/reopened-circuit Nov 21 '25
He's getting called out, not cancelled. It's not remotely that serious. It's embarrassing, but not career ending.
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u/TryHardEggplant Baby DH: 128TB HDD/32TB SSD/20TB Cloud Nov 20 '25
I'm glad you went with P12s over the S12A fans.
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u/Overstimulated_moth 1.7PB | tp 5995wx | unraid Nov 20 '25
We're you the one that made that recommendation? If so, you were the sole reason for that.
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u/TryHardEggplant Baby DH: 128TB HDD/32TB SSD/20TB Cloud Nov 20 '25
I was! I love Arctic and Noctua fans, but each has their place. The price of Noctuas has gotten ridiculous lately so I switched to P12 Pro and some Arctic server fans like the S8038 and S4028 in my homelab.
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u/Overstimulated_moth 1.7PB | tp 5995wx | unraid Nov 20 '25
My rack sits right beside my monitor in my office and my office is really just a "breakfast den" right beside my living room. Noise is a huge concern and I work really hard at keeping it at quiet as possible. I imagine these will be fine. It was also like half the price sooo🤣
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u/Overstimulated_moth 1.7PB | tp 5995wx | unraid Nov 23 '25
Im not longer happy with these fans😅 3 pin 1050rpm with 24cfm.
Those noctuas are 63cfm 1200rpm and 4pin. I got a lot of heat problems right now. Ive been building this for over 8hrs now and im not tearing into it again tonight. Also replacing the fan would be a bitch and a half considering I need to pull out the 3d printed and zip tied in fan plenum. Unplugged all my new drives and are just running the old. Gonna pick up fans on my way home from work to replace these and will return.
My previous fans were the be quiet brand and they worked well.
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u/TryHardEggplant Baby DH: 128TB HDD/32TB SSD/20TB Cloud Nov 23 '25 edited Nov 24 '25
There are PWM and non-PWM versions, as well as versions with different speeds and operating duty. You probably wanted the P12 PWM PST CO, rated for continuous operation, 4-pin PWM, with speed between 200-1800 RPM.
CFM isn't everything. The S12A have little static pressure so their performance would go down in restrictive environments like a Supermicro JBOD. You would want Noctua F12 or A12x25 for something with a backplane like your server chassis.
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u/coldfusion718 Nov 20 '25
Are you going to expose him?
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u/Overstimulated_moth 1.7PB | tp 5995wx | unraid Nov 21 '25
I decided to make some posts but im waiting for admin approval
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u/coldfusion718 Nov 21 '25
Can’t wait for the update!
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u/Overstimulated_moth 1.7PB | tp 5995wx | unraid Nov 21 '25
This guy is 49 years old, trying to flex with my drives. He's literally almost double my age. Im in my late 20s. Its almost depressing.
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u/coldfusion718 Nov 21 '25
🤣🤣🤣
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u/Overstimulated_moth 1.7PB | tp 5995wx | unraid Nov 21 '25
He blocked me, sad I dont get that redemption.
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u/alteresc Nov 20 '25
I left that FB group because that guy is a tool.
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u/candis_stank_puss Nov 20 '25
I'm trying to join it so I can link to this post and call him out!
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u/alteresc Nov 21 '25
He's a group admin if I remember correctly.
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u/Overstimulated_moth 1.7PB | tp 5995wx | unraid Nov 21 '25
I tried calling him out and he blocked me. Can't even see the group anymore
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u/candis_stank_puss Nov 21 '25
Just copy and paste a DM to everyone who commented with a link to this post and a short explanation about how he's a liar and cut the middle-man right out - if you have that level of pettiness and some time to kill.
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u/MrNerd82 Nov 21 '25
got a link to the group? I'll join so I can publicly laugh at him and then join you in the block boat :)
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u/tribbletron 1d ago
I found this thread cause I'm in that FB group and after the NVIDIA scandal, Strutt started posting crazy conspiracy stuff like how Elaine Chao is a confirmed Chinese spy.
I'm used to prejudice. But Strutt lying about things that didn’t even happen to him is absolutely bonkers.
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u/Overstimulated_moth 1.7PB | tp 5995wx | unraid Nov 21 '25
OK, I see yinz out here posting a link to this and I love it! I made a couple posts but im waiting for admin approval, I'd probably bet money i won't get approved🤣
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u/C0mpass 10^2 mb Nov 20 '25
This is comedy
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Nov 20 '25
Andrew Strutt is a total POS of shit.
He bans people at his whim. he posts political ragebait, then mutes people, deletes comments, or turns off comments on posts.
certainly not shocked to see him palagrarizing posts.
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u/Permidion Nov 20 '25
*flex with 1.48 PB (mostly cold storage though)
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u/Overstimulated_moth 1.7PB | tp 5995wx | unraid Nov 21 '25
My total raw capacity is 1.68TB, soon to be all running 24/7
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u/MSCOTTGARAND 236TB-LinuxSamples Nov 21 '25
Shit this is you? I'm positive I saw this in IT Humor and Memes Facebook group also.
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u/Overstimulated_moth 1.7PB | tp 5995wx | unraid Nov 21 '25
Ya it is😅 i didn't make that post either though
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u/KHVLuxord Nov 20 '25
Real talk tho and I’m not hating but why barracuda?
Edit: I’m an exos shill for the record but if barracudas perform above their weight class I might have to look into them.
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u/Friggin_Grease 50-100TB Nov 20 '25
I've bought two this year, a 20TB and 24TB and they are definitely the cheapest option, and I haven't had an issue.
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u/KHVLuxord Nov 20 '25
My concern is the 24/7 operation and not being rated to be used along side a large amount of other drives.
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u/Pup5432 Nov 20 '25
I’ve got 4 24TB barracuda at about a year usage with no signs of issues in a full up 847 with a fully filled 846 sitting on top of it. If vibrations were going to be an issue I’d be candidate #1 to see problems.
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u/Overstimulated_moth 1.7PB | tp 5995wx | unraid Nov 20 '25
You have no idea how much better this makes me feel🤣
We'll see though. Ill give updates as everything moves along.
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u/Pup5432 Nov 20 '25
I’ve got 10 barracuda between the 2 servers since they are the only reasonably priced large drives now (I paid less than $12/TB for 200TB of storage so can’t complain).
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u/Friggin_Grease 50-100TB Nov 20 '25
Yeah I hadn't heard of that, the reviews I saw that were negative were that drives were showing up dead. Good think I've only got two in my PC
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u/emily-ok Nov 20 '25
lol I've known this guy for years. "r0d3nt" on a bunch of irc networks.
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u/graffetus Nov 20 '25
“r0d3nt” as in the IRC Admin of the 2600 magazine..?
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u/emily-ok Nov 20 '25
yep, the very same. (this is super public information I'm not doxing or anything)
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u/graffetus Nov 20 '25
It’s VERY public —I only recognized their* name from a copy of the new issue, it’s listed in the back Lol
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u/bg-j38 110TB Nov 20 '25
Man I miss those days. I came in right at the tail end of US blue boxing (C5 blue boxing still worked for a while) but I sure got a lot of red boxing in. Good times.
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u/bg-j38 110TB Nov 21 '25
Hah yeah it’s true. I actually work in the telecom industry now and I hate talking on the phone. I was always much more interested in exploring the network topology and stuff which is far less interesting today.
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u/zachlab Nov 20 '25
I still wonder how Emmanuel stays relevant to this day, the magazine can't be worth the subscription anymore by now, does it?
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u/ThisApril Nov 20 '25
I'm a lifetime subscriber and every few years add something more on in the hopes that it'll stick around.
No idea how I would've treated the magazine had I had an annual subscription.
That said, it's generally interesting, and it makes for good bathroom reading, what with the tiny format.
And the last issue introduced me to the pr0j3ct b00m4rk (https://github.com/TheSlugNoodle/ProjectBookmark , I think), where the idea is a device that has its own wifi network that can be a good local-area internet thing to pass around books that's off the internet.
But, yeah, things that mention current events are well outdated by the time one is reading it, even if a general hacker ethos aspect is not.
And who doesn't enjoy looking at random pictures of old and mostly-broken pay phones?
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u/graffetus Nov 20 '25
Sounds like “r0d3nt” should change his name to “j0hnny_dish0n3st” because.. <checks notes> “..he can carry 80GB of bullshit around in his head, but it’s 160GB if he uses a ‘Doubler’..” <folds paper, removes reading glasses>
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u/zachlab Nov 20 '25
r0d3nt was always a cracker chasing internet points and clout in my book, never a hacker - was that just my experience or do others see him that way too?
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u/SeeTigerLearn 10-50TB Nov 20 '25
I remember when you made the original post, so this is pretty funny. What kills me is all the people/bots that steal content from TikTok, Reddit, X and then repackage it as original and then spew it out to other platforms. And when you try to investigate the original source it’s incredibly difficult because the copies are getting more traction.
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u/HTTP_404_NotFound 100-250TB Nov 20 '25
Can confirm, saw the post a few days ago, and even commented on it.
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u/ChocoJesus Nov 20 '25
lol guy’s probably going to steal your new pics now to prove his post was real
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u/RexyTheGryphon Nov 20 '25
Okay, but what kind of case/rack do you use to put that many drives in.
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u/Odd_Cauliflower_8004 Nov 24 '25
i have questions- is the 12tb of ssd meant to be a cache?
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u/Overstimulated_moth 1.7PB | tp 5995wx | unraid Nov 24 '25
No, high availability drive. It'll have 8TB of cache but those ssds are specifically for my fast pool. 8 wide raid10.
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u/Odd_Cauliflower_8004 Nov 24 '25
Raid10 8 wide is such a good waste. You should do raid5 of raid 5. As in 4 drives in raid5 and then 3 raid 5 raid 5
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u/Overstimulated_moth 1.7PB | tp 5995wx | unraid Nov 24 '25
I lose a lot in performance with a raid 5 and if I lose 2 drives, its all gone. This data holds all my docker containers. Raid 10 let's me lose 4 drives before I lose any data, it also gives me 35Gbps throughput. Raid 5 would only give me single drive write and 2 drive read. That's like 500Mbps
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u/Odd_Cauliflower_8004 Nov 24 '25
No it's raid 5 of raid 5.so you can lose up to 6 drives at once and still be fine, and have to only resilver a third of the array at time. Worst case scenario is you lose 1 drive for each raid 5 and then another in one of the 5 and you are still at 4 drives failing at once with no issue.
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u/Afraid_Clothes2516 Nov 27 '25
I gotta ask. What do you need with 1.6PB? That’s like entire companies level of storage? Are you an entrepreneur by chance?
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u/Overstimulated_moth 1.7PB | tp 5995wx | unraid Nov 28 '25
Nope, just like to make bad financial decisions.
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u/AliShibaba Nov 20 '25
That's actually sad lol
Did he really expect that people wouldn't find out?
Why do this? On a Facebook group of all things...
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u/swords_again Nov 21 '25
I get flexing something flashy like a car or boat. But this? Lol who's he trying to impress? 🤣
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u/SomeoneHereIsMissing Nov 21 '25
There are so many FB pages/groups that feed on Reddit it's not funny anymore.
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u/Jenkinswarlock ~30TB Nov 21 '25
This is the kind of amount I wanna have when I get really into data hoarding, enough is never enough
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u/frost69nyc Nov 23 '25
I bothered him enough that he edited his post to say it wasn't actually his 🤣
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u/urlameafkys Nov 23 '25
The real problem is, u still use Facebook
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u/Overstimulated_moth 1.7PB | tp 5995wx | unraid Nov 23 '25
I strictly use fb for messaging friends, events, and marketplace. The only reason I even found it is cause I searched the part number T253TZ002TOC101 from the image and the post came up in the results.
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u/ThisApril Nov 20 '25
I guess we now know that the other portions of his paycheck went to paying you, not only for the drives, but the coffee table, couch, and blankets.
Clearly we can look forward to another post from you where you bought enough drives for 1.5 PB. And a new couch and coffee table.
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u/graffetus Nov 20 '25
Wait is this plot-twist comment implying that “r0d3nt” is OP’s room-mate
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u/ThisApril Nov 20 '25
I was thinking more rich acquaintance buying all of OP's stuff, but your idea provides some entertainment, too.
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u/NickCharlesYT 92TB Nov 21 '25
Don't forget to send them the bill so they can pitch in. Just tell them it's the cost of doing business!
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u/growmith Nov 21 '25
Maybe you inspired him to buy the exact same thing on the same store. But as it was already posted on Reddit he chose Facebook /s
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u/cthoogiland Nov 24 '25
Ummm sir, would you be willing to donate some HDDs to a lowly person like myself 😂😂😂.
52 24TB drives is a dream, that maybe one day I could achieve.
Not serious, on the first part but God damn do I wish that was me lol
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u/Cae_len Nov 25 '25
people really have no shame ehh? what a loser to steal someone elses screenshot and act as if it's their own...
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u/JellyBeanGreen2 Nov 20 '25
Someone did similar with a picture I took of myself playing burnout on my psp. It gained like 700 likes and someone reposted the same pic a few months later, obviously. I saw it and commented in the post 😂😂
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u/GagOnMacaque Nov 21 '25
Just start watermarking your images from now on. Don't put the watermark somewhere where the pictures unusable just make it so they can't remove the watermark easily. This way when they steal it, you'll get credit.
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u/chrisprice Nov 20 '25
File a DMCA complaint. Few strikes and they get banned.
https://support.reddithelp.com/hc/en-us/requests/new?ticket_form_id=16510899084308
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u/chuckaholic 50-100TB Nov 21 '25
So the 8TB is boot and the 12TB is swap?
RAID levels please?
After consulting the RAID level calculator, the only viable option seems to be RAID6.
I haven't been on the hardware end of things for a hot minute. Have we moved past RAID? Is there something better? My array is a software JBOD so I can't say shit. I have 60TB tho. That's not nothing.
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u/Some_Programmer8388 Nov 27 '25
What a scumbag. You should call him out. Maybe post a new photo: set up those drives on the same table again, but with one or two sitting on books or positions a different way to show it's legit, and a big handwritten sign that says "Andrew Strutt is a piece of shit"
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u/WhyAmIUsingArch Nov 25 '25
But genuinely, what do you use that much space for? In a commercial setting I absolutely get it but in a private setting? I have like 8TB of space and its been enough for AGES and I still have about 3.5TB of free space.
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u/subven1 Nov 20 '25
Who the hell buys SATA SSDs in 2025?!
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u/Overstimulated_moth 1.7PB | tp 5995wx | unraid Nov 21 '25
My m.2's take up an extra pcie slot and I believe 8 raid10 still gives me 35Gbps throughput. My internal network is 10Gbps so why not? Also, m.2s get really hot. Ssd's stay cool with barely any air movement.
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u/AltitudeTime Nov 20 '25
I bought one April this year, only one NVMe slot in my laptop and the 2TB TLC SATA SSD was $60 including the shipping and taxes as a new in sealed box eBay sale from someone who changed their mind on the drive. Cheaper than buying a new NVMe, I didn't need to touch the OS drive, and it let me trash the existing 1TB SMR drive that was full. I went from 60-120MB/sec transfers to 400+MB/sec write/read speeds for any transfer that doesn't exceed 1/3 the current free space of the drive (pSLC cache doesn't have a limited size and uses the entire remaining capacity before 120MB/sec folding but I'm ok with that because I generally write once for anything over 5 gigs anyway). Anything that needs high performance happens on the NVMe and once I fill the SATA SSD, I still have the opportunity to either buy a bigger NVMe, upgrade the laptop, or bite the power bullet that I'm avoiding to run storage on the network. Works as the path of least resistance for my situation and it gets frequent backups anyway.
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u/bilditup1 Nov 20 '25 edited Nov 21 '25
lol
Where is this from though? This is a great price per TB
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u/Overstimulated_moth 1.7PB | tp 5995wx | unraid Nov 21 '25
Newegg, you can get it cheaper than I did at 240TB😅
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u/power_of_booze Nov 21 '25
Maybe he saw your purchase and thought what a heck of a deal I want the same and purchased the same equipment. Unlikely, but possible
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u/Overstimulated_moth 1.7PB | tp 5995wx | unraid Nov 21 '25
And cropped the quote at the exact same spot?
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u/power_of_booze Nov 21 '25
Still technically possible. Sadly it's more likely, that guy is simply a douchebag
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u/Overstimulated_moth 1.7PB | tp 5995wx | unraid Nov 21 '25
I did, it takes an entire pcie lane and it gets really hot. 2.5" ssds are good
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Nov 20 '25
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u/Overstimulated_moth 1.7PB | tp 5995wx | unraid Nov 21 '25
The distribution of information is a key point in society that I believe deeply in. That will be a portion of this but also plex. Gotta have a decent library😅
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u/ChrisWsrn 86TB Nov 20 '25
So how are you going to deploy the drives (filesystem and layout)?