Will Murnane wrote: > If the prices on disks were lower on these, they would be interesting > for low-end businesses or even high-end home users. The chassis is > within reach of reasonable, but the disk prices look ludicrously high > from where I sit. An empty one only costs $3k, sure, but fill it with > twelve disks and it's up to $20k. Are there some extra electronics > required for larger disks that help explain this steep slope of cost? > I can't think of any reasons off the top of my head (other than the > understandable profit motive). > > I guess most large customers only compare storage costs against other storage vendors. Most shops I've worked with only buy fully populated shelves and none of them pay list!
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