480GB PM853T drives on sale for 149.95 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=9SIA5AD3N04986. I think some folks recently lucked out with $100 OBO on eBay; otherwise this looks like a great price for brand new.
I use the 960GB version as VSAN All-Flash capacity (read-centric) drives and so far they're great! Only downside I can think of is since they're OEM (Lenovo, Cisco, HP, etc.) getting firmware updates may be an issue.
I use the 960GB version as VSAN All-Flash capacity (read-centric) drives and so far they're great! Only downside I can think of is since they're OEM (Lenovo, Cisco, HP, etc.) getting firmware updates may be an issue.