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prirun on Jan 3, 2024 | parent | context | favorite | on: The drive stats of Backblaze storage pods

> Where do regular people buy servers without insane markup if you need say 10-20?

IMO, for a small number of servers, the insane markup isn't a huge cost of business so doesn't matter that much.

lostlogin on Jan 3, 2024 [–]

It’s a pity there isn’t a way for several buyers to pool their purchasing power.

lazide on Jan 3, 2024 | [–]

2-3x of 1 is still in the same order of magnitude and unlikely to matter.

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