Quick answer
How much does a rented storage server cost per TB per month?
On 2 November 2026, a rented storage server of 16 TB+ cost a median $9.50 per raw TB per month at no-KYC crypto hosts. From 144 TB, the median fell to $4.68. Across every listed plan, crypto or not, it was $5.12. Basalthold Hold 160 costs $3.50/TB raw, paid in crypto with no KYC.
What does a raw terabyte cost at each capacity?
The bigger the server, the cheaper the terabyte. At crypto hosts that ask for no ID, the median fell by half between 16 TB and 144 TB. One more filter thins that pool: of 13 plans that passed every other test, 10 ran a processor launched before 2018.
| Raw capacity | Median, no-KYC crypto hosts | Median, all listed plans | Basalthold hold in this range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 16 TB or more | $9.50 | $5.12 | Hold 24: $4.62/TB |
| 36 TB or more | $6.70 | — | Hold 40: $5.02/TB |
| 72 TB or more | $4.86 | — | Hold 100: $3.77/TB |
| 144 TB or more | $4.68 | $2.14 | Hold 160: $3.50/TB |
| 200 TB or more | No plan qualified | $1.66 | No hold this large |
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How many raw terabytes are usable after RAID?
Usable space is raw space minus the drives that hold copies or parity. RAID 6 survives two failed drives and keeps (n − 2) of n drives for data. A mirror keeps one drive in two. OpenZFS gives RAIDZ the same rule, (N − P) × X, and calls it approximate: small records cost extra parity.
Divide the raw price per TB by the usable share to get the price of a usable TB. These are calculations from drive counts, not measurements:
| Layout | Drives that may fail | Hold 24 (2 drives) | Hold 40 (4 drives) | Hold 100 (10 drives) | Hold 160 (10 drives) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mirror or RAID 10 | 1 per pair | 12 TB, raw price × 2 | 20 TB, × 2 | 50 TB, × 2 | 80 TB, × 2 |
| RAIDZ1 or RAID 5 | 1 | — | 30 TB, × 1.33 | 90 TB, × 1.11 | 144 TB, × 1.11 |
| RAIDZ2 or RAID 6 | 2 | Needs 4 drives | 20 TB, × 2 | 80 TB, × 1.25 | 128 TB, × 1.25 |
| RAIDZ3 | 3 | — | — | 70 TB, × 1.43 | 112 TB, × 1.43 |
Decimal TB before file-system overhead. Tools such as zfs list show tebibytes: 128 TB is about 116.4 TiB.
On ten drives in RAIDZ2, a usable terabyte costs 1.25 times the raw price. Hold 160 at $3.50/TB raw stays below Backblaze B2's $6.95 per usable TB after that markup. On a two-drive server, a mirror doubles the price of each usable TB. Mirrors against parity is the subject of RAID 6 or RAID 10: which is better for a rented storage server?
How do the holds compare with their reference servers?
Each hold is priced 25% under a named like-for-like server: same raw capacity, cores and memory, from a crypto host that asks for no ID. At 100 TB and 160 TB that host is the only one: 1 host, OffshoreDedi. The full rule is on the pricing page.
| Hold | Raw TB | Basalthold per raw TB | Reference server per raw TB | Host | Survey median for the range |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hold 24 | 24 TB | $4.62/TB | $6.17/TB | Mangohost | $9.50 |
| Hold 40 | 40 TB | $5.02/TB | $6.70/TB | OffshoreDedi | $6.70 |
| Hold 100 | 100 TB | $3.77/TB | $5.03/TB | OffshoreDedi | $4.86 |
| Hold 160 | 160 TB | $3.50/TB | $4.68/TB | OffshoreDedi | $4.68 |
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What are the cheapest storage servers listed anywhere?
The lowest prices per TB come from sellers that do not say they take crypto. NetDynamics24 listed $1.30 per raw TB, the lowest of the study. Hetzner and OVHcloud follow, and neither takes crypto. The cheapest server a crypto buyer could rent without ID was OffshoreDedi's 160 TB.
| Host and server | Raw TB | Per month | Per raw TB | Crypto | Why it is outside the no-KYC crypto pool |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NetDynamics24, 2 × Xeon E5-2630 v4, 12 × 14 TB SAS | 168 | $219.00 | $1.30 | Not stated | No crypto or ID rule stated |
| NetDynamics24, Xeon W-1250, 4 × 26 TB | 104 | $159.00 | $1.53 | Not stated | No crypto or ID rule stated |
| GorillaServers, 12 × 14 TB SAS | 168 | $259.00 | $1.54 | Not stated | No payment method, core count or IPv4 stated |
| GorillaServers, 12 × 10 TB SAS | 120 | $199.00 | $1.66 | Not stated | No payment method or core count stated |
| Hetzner Server Auction, Xeon W-2145, 10 × 16 TB | 160 | €247.00 ($275.95) | $1.72 | ✗ | No crypto; IPv4 €1.70 extra |
| OVHcloud KS-STOR, Xeon-D 1521, 4 × 4 TB | 16 | €23.99 + €23.99 setup ($29.04) | $1.81 | ✗ | No crypto; 500 Mbit/s port |
| Hetzner SX295, EPYC 7502P, 14 × 22 TB | 308 | €879.00 + €439 setup ($1,022.89) | $3.32 | ✗ | No crypto |
| OffshoreDedi 160TB Storage, Xeon E5-2670 v3 | 160 | €670.00 ($748.52) | $4.68 | ✓ | In the pool: lowest per TB there |
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On LowEndTalk in 2024, NetDynamics24 answered "No we don't" to a question about crypto. A forum reply says its storage servers are GorillaServers hardware; that is not verified.
What do storage boxes, block storage, B2 and Wasabi cost per TB?
These are not servers, and most of them price usable space with redundancy included. Compare them with a hold's usable price, not its raw price. Of the options sold as usable space, a Hetzner Storage Box is the cheapest per TB, but it stops at 20 TB a box. Its rivals are lined up in Hetzner Storage Box and SX alternatives.
| Option | Per TB a month | What the TB is | Crypto | Limits |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hetzner Server Auction (cheapest per TB) | $1.72 | Raw disk on a whole server | ✗ | Stock changes daily; price falls over time |
| Hetzner Storage Box BX11 to BX41 | $2.27 to $3.58 | Usable network storage | ✗ | 1 to 20 TB per box |
| BuyVM Block Storage Slab | $5.00 | Usable block device | ✓ | Up to 10 TB, attached to a BuyVM VPS |
| Backblaze B2 | $6.95 | Usable object storage | ✗ | Egress free up to 3× stored, then $0.01/GB |
| Wasabi Hot Cloud Storage | $7.99 | Usable object storage | ✗ | 90-day minimum; 1 TB minimum charge |
| Basalthold Hold 160 | $3.50/TB | Raw disk on a whole server | ✓ | 160 TB raw; 200 TB per 30 days |
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Can I rent a storage server for $1 to $1.50 per TB?
Not with crypto, not on 2 November 2026. On LowEndTalk, buyers who pay in crypto post budgets of $1 to $1.50 per TB for 150 TB and more. No plan that took crypto without ID came near it. The lowest such plan cost $4.68/TB raw, and Hold 160 costs $3.50/TB.
The sellers who answered those threads asked $340 to $350 a month for 144 TB raw, about $2.36 to $2.43 per TB. Another asked €569 for 216 TB, about $2.94. One forum regular summed it up: "the days of 1-1.5$ per TB is gone".
Prices under $1.50 do exist, at sellers that state no crypto: NetDynamics24 at $1.30. Hetzner auction boxes come close at $1.72, paid by card or bank.
What else changes the price of a terabyte?
The monthly figure is only part of the bill. Check five things before you compare:
- Setup fees: Hetzner charges €134 to €439 once on its SX line; OVHcloud's KS-STOR, one month. No setup fee is charged, neither on the first order nor on a renewal.
- Extra addresses: a Hetzner auction server bills its IPv4 at €1.70 a month.
- Port speed: OVHcloud's KS-STOR has a 500 Mbit/s port, half of 1 Gbit/s.
- Traffic: at full speed, a 1 Gbit/s link carries about 10.8 TB a day, so filling 160 TB takes about 15 days.
- VAT: Hetzner and OVHcloud quote prices before VAT.
The drive type matters too. Hard drives win on price per TB; SSDs win on random reads, as HDD or SSD: which is better for a rented storage server? explains.
What else do people ask about storage prices per TB?
What is the cheapest storage server per TB?
NetDynamics24, at $1.30 per raw TB, states no crypto or ID rule. Among crypto hosts that ask for no ID, OffshoreDedi's 160 TB server cost $4.68/TB. Basalthold Hold 160 costs $3.50/TB.
Is a price per TB quoted on raw or usable space?
Servers are priced on raw disk; cloud storage on usable space. Under RAIDZ2 on ten drives, multiply a server's raw price by 1.25 to compare it with B2 or Wasabi.
Why do small storage servers cost more per TB?
Part of every price pays for the machine itself: processor, memory, chassis and port. Spread over more drives, that part shrinks. In the survey, the median fell from $9.50 at 16 TB to $4.68 at 144 TB.
Can I buy storage per TB at Basalthold?
No. You rent a whole hold: Hold 24 $110.99, Hold 40 $201.09, Hold 100 $377.05, Hold 160 $561.39, per 30 days. Below about 30 TB of usable space, a storage box or B2 costs less.
How was this survey done?
Basalthold read 23 sellers with a priced bare-metal plan of 16 TB or more on 2 November 2026. Only public pages were used, and no order was placed. Euro prices use 1 EUR = 1.1172 USD (ECB, 2026-10-30).
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