In the last two quarters since September 2024, solid-state drive (SSD) prices per gigabyte decreased by 7%, while SAS hard disk drive prices increased by 18%. Flash drive prices fell to under $0.079/GB, contrasting with a rise in SAS HDD prices from $0.041 to $0.049/GB. This increase in HDD prices coincided with new high-capacity launches. Although SSD prices surged earlier in 2024, production increases did not spur demand, leading to lower prices. These findings come from an analysis of over 65,000 drive prices from Diskprices.com sourced from Amazon.com.
The average price of flash storage has dropped while SAS HDD prices have risen, suggesting a significant shift in the storage market dynamics that merits attention.
Despite earlier expectations for higher SSD prices in 2024 due to production limits, demand has not matched those projections, leading to a decrease in prices.
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