{"id":119057,"date":"2017-07-13T12:30:42","date_gmt":"2017-07-13T10:30:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/?p=119057"},"modified":"2017-07-13T10:50:50","modified_gmt":"2017-07-13T08:50:50","slug":"how-hard-drive-prices-have-changed-from-2009-2017","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/hardware\/119057-how-hard-drive-prices-have-changed-from-2009-2017","title":{"rendered":"How hard drive prices have changed from 2009 – 2017"},"content":{"rendered":"

Backblaze has released its\u00a0latest hard drive report<\/a>,<\/strong>\u00a0outlining the cost per gigabyte of storage since 2009.<\/p>\n

Backblaze is a backup solutions provider which records the failure rates, prices, and reliability of its consumer hard drives over time.<\/p>\n

The company\u2019s latest report on hard drive costs found that while storage demands are increasing, the reduction in storage prices is slowing down.<\/p>\n

From 2009 to 2011, the price per GB of hard disk storage decreased by 42% \u2013 but has only decreased by 26% in the past two years.<\/p>\n

Different capacities<\/h3>\n

Backblaze also analysed the cost-per-GB of each hard drive size they purchased since 2013, noting that the prices of certain capacities were significantly higher.<\/p>\n

It found that hard drive capacities larger than 4TB had a higher price per gigabyte than 4TB drives, making it cheaper to purchase two 4TB drives instead of a single 8TB drive.<\/p>\n

According to the data, a capacity of 4TB is the sweet spot for price-per-GB value.<\/p>\n

\"Backblaze<\/a><\/p>\n

Slowing down<\/h3>\n

Backblaze also measured the average cost-per-GB for all drive sizes over a period of eight years.<\/p>\n

The cost-per-GB of hard disk storage has been decreasing since 2009, despite a spike in price following the 2011 Thailand floods.<\/p>\n

The flooding affected major hard drive manufacturing facilities and caused a prolonged stock shortage.<\/p>\n

The market recovered by 2013, and per-GB prices continued to decrease \u2013 although at a much slower rate.<\/p>\n

Backblaze anticipates that the declining price of storage will become less relevant in driving the cost of providing storage, due to the slowdown in storage value reduction.<\/p>\n

\"Backblaze<\/a><\/p>\n

Now read:\u00a0The most reliable hard drives you can buy in 2017<\/a><\/strong><\/h4>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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