From 2245f1fc7d57d2376b62e7fd5d25ae250d906d57 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: deeddy Date: Wed, 16 Sep 2026 12:35:05 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] price-trends README: honest usage note (computed aggregate, free to use, credit appreciated, not CC BY) --- price-trends/README.md | 4 ++++ 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+) diff --git a/price-trends/README.md b/price-trends/README.md index c034dec..c1f856e 100644 --- a/price-trends/README.md +++ b/price-trends/README.md @@ -30,3 +30,7 @@ This folder publishes the computed monthly medians only, not the underlying per- ## Takeaway for buyers Because the two tiers track each other, there's no reliable price-per-TB win from picking enterprise over consumer among new drives. Buy on price-per-TB and CMR vs SMR, not on tier. The one genuine discount is the recertified/refurbished enterprise market, which sits well below new prices but comes with shorter reseller warranties and prior drive hours, so it isn't included here. And since these are supply-driven prices, they are unlikely to snap back to 2024 levels soon; plan around the current floor rather than waiting for a rollback. + +## Using this data + +The monthly medians here are computed aggregate statistics, free to use. A credit or link back to nasdisks.com is appreciated, not required. They are derived figures rather than a copyrightable dataset, so they are provided as-is and are not placed under the repository's CC BY 4.0 license (which covers the drive specs and CMR/SMR data).