What are people doing for storage right now with SSDs being so expensive?

As the title says, I actually cannot justify spending $400 on a 1tb SSD, especially because currently I need to buy 2 more. Are people just switching to HDDs for the time being even though they’re less reliable. So over all these price increases.

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Mira Lennox Lennox

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July 10, 2026 at 5:48 am

I have 4 20T HDDs in a NAS raid. I can’t even think about using SSDs for that. I would have to refinance my house.

What I do: I usually keep the photos in a local 1T SSD while I’m working on them. Once I’m done, they all go to the NAS.

bahexeg

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July 10, 2026 at 5:44 am

HDDs aren’t less reliable? They are more physically fragile, but they are more reliable when used within their confines. SSDs are solid, literally, but they can’t hold information forever if unpowered.

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