Saturday, March 02, 2019

Storage Prices for March, 2019

I wanted to make sure that it still makes sense to use Blu-ray Recordable (BD-R) discs for archiving old files. So, I got several samples of storage prices from Amazon and computed the cost per gigabyte for various available sizes of several types of storage.
Name ASIN Density (GB) Count Price $/GB
Blu-ray Recordable




Verbatim BD-R 25GB 6X Blu-ray Recordable Media Disc - 50 Pack Spindle - 98397 https://www.amazon.com/Verbatim-BD-R-Blu-ray-Recordable-Media/dp/B00GSQ4DBM 25 50 $38.30 $0.0306
Verbatim BD-R 25GB 6X DataLifePlus White Inkjet Printable, Hub Printable - 50pk Spindle https://www.amazon.com/Verbatim-DataLifePlus-White-Inkjet-Printable/dp/B004477BQQ 25 50 $41.80 $0.0334
Verbatim Blu-ray Disc 20 Spindle - 50 GB 4X Speed BD-R DL - Printable https://www.amazon.com/Verbatim-Blu-ray-Disc-Spindle-Printable/dp/B0056DURHW 50 20 $45.29 $0.0453
Verbatim Blu-ray Disc 50 pcs Spindle - 50GB 4X BD-R DL - Inkjet Printable https://www.amazon.com/Verbatim-Blu-ray-Disc-pcs-Spindle/dp/B0056DV0L4 50 50 $102.88 $0.0412
10 Verbatim Bluray 100gb BD-R XL Triple Layer 4x Speed Blu-ray Inkjet Printable Discs https://www.amazon.com/Verbatim-Bluray-Triple-Blu-ray-Printable/dp/B01DGG5ZP4 100 10 $85.88 $0.0859
1000 Years Archival Verbatim M-Disc BDXL Inkjet Printable | 100GB 4x Speed | 5 Pack Jewel Case https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01B99WWXI 100 5 $67.35 $0.1347
USB Flash




SanDisk Ultra Flair 128GB USB 3.0 Flash Drive – SDCZ73-128G-G46 https://www.amazon.com/SanDisk-Ultra-Flair-128GB-Flash/dp/B015CH1PJU 128 1 $23.99 $0.1874
Samsung BAR Plus 32GB - 200MB/s USB 3.1 Flash Drive Champagne Silver (MUF-32BE3/AM) https://www.amazon.com/Samsung-BAR-Plus-32GB-Champagne/dp/B07BPHML28 32 1 $9.99 $0.3122
PNY Turbo 128GB USB 3.0 Flash Drive - P-FD128GTBOP-GE https://www.amazon.com/PNY-Turbo-128GB-Flash-Drive/dp/B00FE2N1WS 128 1 $21.99 $0.1718
Lexar JumpDrive S75 64GB USB 3.0 Flash Drive - LJDS75-64GABNL (Green) https://www.amazon.com/Lexar-JumpDrive-64GB-Flash-Drive/dp/B00S5V5PEC 64 1 $14.99 $0.2342
Verbatim 32GB Store 'n' Go USB Flash Drive - PC / Mac Compatible - 3pk - Red, Blue, Green https://www.amazon.com/Verbatim-32GB-Store-Flash-Drive/dp/B0722DV8R5 32 3 $35.11 $0.3657
SanDisk 256GB Ultra Fit USB 3.1 Flash Drive - SDCZ430-256G-G46 https://www.amazon.com/SanDisk-256GB-Ultra-Flash-Drive/dp/B07857Y17V 256 1 $44.99 $0.1757
Micro SD




SanDisk Ultra 64GB microSDXC UHS-I card with Adapter - 100MB/s U1 A1 - SDSQUAR-064G-GN6MA https://www.amazon.com/SanDisk-Ultra-microSDXC-Memory-Adapter/dp/B073JYVKNX 64 1 $11.55 $0.1805
Kingston Canvas Select 32GB microSDHC Class 10 microSD Memory Card UHS-I 80MB/s R Flash Memory Card with Adapter (SDCS/32GB) https://www.amazon.com/Kingston-32GB-microSDHC-microSD-SDCS/dp/B079GTYCW4 32 1 $5.25 $0.1641
Samsung 128GB 100MB/s (U3) MicroSD EVO Select Memory Card with Adapter (MB-ME128GA/AM) https://www.amazon.com/Samsung-MicroSD-Adapter-MB-ME128GA-AM/dp/B06XWZWYVP 128 1 $22.99 $0.1796
SanDisk 32GB X2 (64GB) MicroSD HC Ultra Uhs-1 Memory Card, Class 10 https://www.amazon.com/SanDisk-MicroSD-Ultra-UHS-1-Memory/dp/B00CNYV942 32 2 $15.70 $0.2453
Samsung 256GB 100MB/s (U3) MicroSDXC EVO Select Memory Card https://www.amazon.com/Samsung-MicroSDXC-Adapter-MB-ME256GA-AM/dp/B072HRDM55 256 1 $47.99 $0.1875
Silicon Power-32GB High Speed MicroSD Card with Adapter Compatible with Surveillance Camera Wyze, YI, Wansview, TENVIS https://www.amazon.com/Silicon-Power-32GB-Compatible-Surveillance-Wansview/dp/B07MKK9NX1 32 1 $5.99 $0.1872
Silicon Power-64GB High Speed MicroSD Card with Adapter https://www.amazon.com/Silicon-Power-64GB-Speed-MicroSD-Adapter/dp/B07F6TS4TD 64 1 $9.99 $0.1561
SATA SSD




Crucial MX500 500GB 3D NAND SATA 2.5 Inch Internal SSD – CT500MX500SSD1(Z) https://www.amazon.com/Crucial-MX500-500GB-NAND-Internal/dp/B0784SLQM6 500 1 $69.95 $0.1399
Samsung 860 EVO 500GB 2.5 Inch SATA III Internal SSD (MZ-76E500B/AM) https://www.amazon.com/Samsung-500GB-Internal-MZ-76E500B-AM/dp/B0781Z7Y3S 500 1 $77.99 $0.1560
Kingston A400 SSD 120GB SATA 3 2.5” Solid State Drive SA400S37/120G - Increase Performance https://www.amazon.com/Kingston-120GB-Solid-SA400S37-120G/dp/B01N6JQS8C 120 1 $19.99 $0.1666
WD Blue 3D NAND 500GB PC SSD - SATA III 6 Gb/s, 2.5"/7mm - WDS500G2B0A https://www.amazon.com/Blue-NAND-500GB-SSD-WDS500G2B0A/dp/B073SBZ8YH 500 1 $67.99 $0.1360
SanDisk SSD PLUS 480GB Internal SSD - SATA III 6 Gb/s, 2.5"/7mm - SDSSDA-480G-G26 https://www.amazon.com/SanDisk-480GB-Solid-State-SDSSDA-480G-G26/dp/B01F9G46Q8 480 1 $59.99 $0.1250
SanDisk SSD PLUS 1TB Internal SSD - SATA III 6 Gb/s, 2.5"/7mm - SDSSDA-1T00-G26 https://www.amazon.com/SanDisk-SSD-PLUS-Internal-SDSSDA-1T00-G26/dp/B07D998212 1000 1 $124.99 $0.1250

This yields the following graph:


Conclusion: BD-R is indeed the most affordable medium per gigabyte with most options less than 0.10 USD/gigabyte.