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I am in no way saying that this is cheap but 300 TB will set you back a little less than $6k with tax. Very attainable for people other than OpenAI and Facebook. And it's not crazy at all to snag a server with enough bays to house all those.


For reference, considering you can purchase a 12-month Spotify Premium subscription via a $99 gift card at the moment, that same $6k could be used for 60 years of Spotify Premium.


For reference, cosidering the backup has 86 million music files, at an average of 3 minutes per file it would take you around 490 years to listen to all the tracks.


I have a Supermicro 24 bay 2U in my house with an array around half that size in it. It’s not prohibitive.


The cost of rest of the hardware, running it constantly, and 'admin' overheads aren't to be scoffed at to be fair.




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