Cheapest way to temporarily store 20-40TB from main server as I format?

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• davide Member

  October 2025

  1. buy disks from local ads
  2. use disks
  3. sell them back for a small profit

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• allthemtings Member, Megathread Squad

  October 2025

  Hetzner auction servers are hourly now arent they? limited to 1g but should be cheap enough with current auction prices

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• stefeman Member

  October 2025

  @allthemtings said:
  Hetzner auction servers are hourly now arent they? limited to 1g but should be cheap enough with current auction prices

  This is probly the cheapest.

  Thanks

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• JoshR Member, Patron Provider

  October 2025

  @stefeman said:

  @allthemtings said:
  Hetzner auction servers are hourly now arent they? limited to 1g but should be cheap enough with current auction prices

  This is probly the cheapest.

  Thanks

  If 1Gbps. That will take some time just to upload/download assuming can max the line out both ways.

  Maybe a B2?

  I would ask your host if they can just attach an external HDD or if they got something.

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• bench Member

  October 2025

  @JoshR said:
  If 1Gbps. That will take some time just to upload/download assuming can max the line out both ways.

  1 Gbps line will still take time to upload or download large data sets, but bandwidth isn’t the only limiting factor. The actual throughput also depends on how fast the storage subsystem can read or write data.