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Best HDD/SSD for local media hosting (thebrainbin.org)

submitted 1 day ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Need to expand local storage for local media streaming. Running a regular desktop on linux.

I am willing to spend money on "the best" for streaming purpose while and hopefully something I can keep reusing down the road if it lasts.

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 8 hours ago (1 children)

My SSDs use negligible power at idle, I only noticed a 1w increase when I installed two. Almost 'free'. Also your 0.14kwh is almost certainly just the cost to generate the power minus the delivery fees. Where I live the delivery fees double my true per kWh cost. Double check your bill and divide your monthly consumption by your monthly payment to find the real cost.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 8 hours ago (1 children)

Here's my current bill:

usage - 420 kWh
total - $58.86 (mix of winter and summer usage)
stated rate - $0.09-0.10/kWh for "block 1", 0.10-0.12 for "block 2" (they charge more the more you use)
calculated average rate (inclusive of all fees and credits) - $0.14/kWh

And here's my previous bill (all summer usage w/ AC and whatnot):

usage - 522 kWh
total - $80.17
stated rate - $0.09/kWh for "block 1," $0.117/kWh for "block 2"
calculated average rate - $0.154/kWh

That's why I gave the $0.12-0.15/kWh range, because it depends on time of year, total usage, etc. It'll probably be closer to $0.12/kWh next month since we'd use hardly any electricity (we use natural gas for heat).

[–] [email protected] 2 points 8 hours ago (1 children)

Thats friggin bananas. Do you live somewhere with lots of hydro power? Your cost is less than 1/3 mine....

[–] [email protected] 2 points 8 hours ago

Nope, I live in Utah, US, which is mostly coal, natural gas, and solar, in that order, and we've been scaling coal back significantly and replacing it with gas and solar (and a little wind). We're about average for the US:

The average cost per kWh in the U.S. as of January 2024 is 15.45 cents

That said, I heard that our local electricity company wants to hike rates, and that seems to be about $0.03/kWh. So my range would go up to $0.15-0.18/kWh, which still isn't that crazy.