So I am very new to the enterprise hardware world but am purchasing server parts now and have noticed over the past 6-8 months the prices for pcie gen 4 nvme drives go up by about 60% or so. I have been watching the prices on both ebay and newegg and the average price for pm9a3 3.84tb drives has gone from ~$150 to ~$270 (used on ebay august 2023) and $300 (wiredzone december 2023) to now $548 (newegg now). CD6 drives have followed similar trend.
Is this some new trend from AI buying up all the supplies or some regular thing to expect that prices sort of go up and down like this? Should prices fall in the future? Seems like pcie gen4 drives should be around for a while even though a lot of the big guys are moving onto the gen5 stuff. Seems like the gen4 stuff should be getting cheaper as well, not more expensive... Is it normal when something new faster comes out, that the older generation price fluctuates this much?
Any insights would be appreciated. Trying to pick up ~30 more drives and not liking where this trend is going. Considering waiting this out because, you know, older stuff should be cheaper....
Is this some new trend from AI buying up all the supplies or some regular thing to expect that prices sort of go up and down like this? Should prices fall in the future? Seems like pcie gen4 drives should be around for a while even though a lot of the big guys are moving onto the gen5 stuff. Seems like the gen4 stuff should be getting cheaper as well, not more expensive... Is it normal when something new faster comes out, that the older generation price fluctuates this much?
Any insights would be appreciated. Trying to pick up ~30 more drives and not liking where this trend is going. Considering waiting this out because, you know, older stuff should be cheaper....