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Re:Cash App migrated 400TB of data to PlanetScale's cloud by telgareith on Tuesday November 12, 2024 @06:13PM (#42120968)
45drives is... bad. I cannot understand why people would use them- particularly for homelab. Three SC846 24x3.5" 4U can be had for no more than $400/ea and, theres 36bay versions.

60 drives in 6U is a crap ton of weight.

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Re:Cash App migrated 400TB of data to PlanetScale's cloud by znpy on Wednesday November 13, 2024 @09:47AM (#42126504)
> Three SC846 24x3.5" 4U can be had for no more than $400/ea and, theres 36bay versions.

Because then you need three times the rack space. What you don't spend one-time for the hardware you'll spend extra every month for rack space, connectivity, cooling, power etc.

You might use that budget for redundancy, for example.

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