Interesting. I checked random sample of prices and they were up to date.this preserves the relative relationships anyway — everything is just more expensive now. Let me try to validate the rest of data.
That’s so sad, a few years ago I bought a few used (not refurb) MG07 14TBs when they were going for $80 or $90.
I wonder how many of us will still buy drives to change the dying ones? At the current prices and network activity, I believe verry few. And it’s the worst time. The majority reached 5 years or they will next year.
There was indeed stale data (from search results) mixed with current data (from primary sources).
I’m not going to post the table with two hundred URLs..
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Preliminary testing shows power draw of around ~8 watts using only PoE injector instead compared to ~16watts US-8-60W.
That’s 50% lower power draw! … which certainly sounds more impressive, than saving less than 10 watts. Still; 10 watts saved is at current power prices around $11 per year, which will cover the price of the PoE injector in around 8 months.
Is this penny pinching? Yes.
Is it also what I dare to call a hobby? Yes!
Win win in my book. … if, and only if, I don’t need anymore switching capability in the near future 
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Not penny pinching. Goal is satisfaction from correctly sized/configured/designed system. No need to burn 16 watts having 8 ports ready when you just need one. No need for two cpu when one suffices. It’s a correct and valuable instinct — palpable discomfort from the mismatch.
Today I replaced a thunderbolt dock with a cheap usb hub and toslink usb adapter becuse my new display can pass through thunderbolt so I don’t need a dock station anymore to drive two displays. It still worked but it bothered me that I’m running the thunderbolt ridge for no reason. So I spent amount of money on dongles and cables (DP to usb-c, toslink to usb-c, etc) probably more than the dock station is now worth, but it’s “correct” now - no excess, matched functionality.
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