AI companies have been driving storage prices up all year. The WD 20TB desktop drive is still $0.03 per gigabyte, and it costs less than a single year of cloud storage at the same capacity.

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. During recent prior year projections for digital storage and memory we have not talked much about digital storage using optical recording. Optical storage media was a big consumer ...

Factors in Calculating Storage Unit Cost How much is a storage unit? The exact answer will depend on several factors that affect the costs of storage units. Prices can differ from the national average due to location, the size and accessibility of the unit, the purpose of the unit, seasonality, availability, rental contract length, taxes, fees, and insurance rates.

Flash storage pioneer Pure Storage Inc. said today it’s once again disrupting the storage-as-a-service industry with its Evergreen portfolio, introducing what it says is a first-of-its-kind commitment to pay for customers’ power and rack space costs.

‘We’re talking about easy, predictable pricing, no extraneous fees. We’re talking about performance that makes sure your data gets in and out without any glitches. And then of course, let’s be sure that your data is protected,’ says Drew ...