# How much does a rented storage server cost per TB per month?

> What a rented storage server costs per TB a month on 2 November 2026: survey medians, raw vs usable TB under RAID, cloud prices. No KYC, crypto.

- URL: https://basalthold.com/storage-server-price-per-tb/
- Last updated: 2026-11-02
- Publisher: Basalthold (https://basalthold.com)

Medians per raw terabyte by capacity, the cheapest servers listed anywhere, what RAID takes off, and how Hetzner, Backblaze B2 and Wasabi compare.

**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.

*Monthly price ÷ raw hard-drive TB, setup fees spread over twelve months. No-KYC crypto hosts: 5 hosts paid in crypto with no ID check. Their plans are billed monthly and in stock, with an IPv4 address, a port of 1 Gbit/s or faster and a monthly allowance of 10 TB or more. All listed: every bare-metal plan of the 23 sellers, any stock or payment. 1 EUR = 1.1172 USD (ECB, 2026-10-30).*

| 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 |

*Prices checked on November 2, 2026.*

— = not broken out for this range.

## 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?](https://basalthold.com/raid-6-vs-raid-10/ "Parity against mirrors on large hard drives")

## 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](https://basalthold.com/pricing/ "Holds, terms and the price rule").

*Order pages read on 2 November 2026. 1 EUR = 1.1172 USD (ECB, 2026-10-30).*

| 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 |

*Prices checked on November 2, 2026.*

## 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.

*Public order pages and price feeds read on 2 November 2026, before VAT. Setup fees spread over twelve months. 1 EUR = 1.1172 USD (ECB, 2026-10-30).*

| 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 | 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 | No crypto; 500 Mbit/s port |
| Hetzner SX295, EPYC 7502P, 14 × 22 TB | 308 | €879.00 + €439 setup ($1,022.89) | $3.32 | No | No crypto |
| OffshoreDedi 160TB Storage, Xeon E5-2670 v3 | 160 | €670.00 ($748.52) | $4.68 | Yes | In the pool: lowest per TB there |

*Prices checked on November 2, 2026.*

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](https://basalthold.com/hetzner-storage-box-alternative/ "Storage Box and SX alternatives, with crypto and ID columns").

*Official price pages read on 2 November 2026. Hetzner prices exclude VAT; 1 EUR = 1.1172 USD (ECB, 2026-10-30).*

| 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 | No | Stock changes daily; price falls over time |
| Hetzner Storage Box BX11 to BX41 | $2.27 to $3.58 | Usable network storage | No | 1 to 20 TB per box |
| BuyVM Block Storage Slab | $5.00 | Usable block device | Yes | Up to 10 TB, attached to a BuyVM VPS |
| Backblaze B2 | $6.95 | Usable object storage | No | Egress free up to 3× stored, then $0.01/GB |
| Wasabi Hot Cloud Storage | $7.99 | Usable object storage | No | 90-day minimum; 1 TB minimum charge |
| Basalthold Hold 160 | $3.50/TB | Raw disk on a whole server | Yes | 160 TB raw; 200 TB per 30 days |

*Prices checked on November 2, 2026.*

## 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?](https://basalthold.com/hdd-vs-ssd-storage-server/ "Hard drives and SSDs on a 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).

## Sources

1. [150TB Storage Server Needed – Crypto Payment – $1-$1.5/TB Budget](https://lowendtalk.com/discussion/comment/4800178/) — LowEndTalk (2026-05-26)
2. [Looking for 180TB offshore storage server - RAID6, monthly, fast delivery](https://lowendtalk.com/discussion/comment/4853021/) — LowEndTalk (2026-08-25)
3. [Looking for a 120-140TB Storage server](https://lowendtalk.com/discussion/comment/3985931/) — LowEndTalk (2024-07-11)
4. [Storage server: 160TB Storage](https://my.offshorededi.com/store/storage-server/server-160tb-storage) — OffshoreDedi (read 2026-11-02)
5. [Storage servers (order group)](https://www.netdynamics24.com/client/order.php?step=1&productGroup=18) — NetDynamics24 (read 2026-11-02)
6. [High-capacity storage servers, Ogden](https://clients.gorillaservers.com/store/high-capacity-storage-servers-ogden) — GorillaServers (read 2026-11-02)
7. [Server Auction feed](https://www.hetzner.com/_resources/app/data/app/live_data_sb.json) — Hetzner Online (read 2026-11-02)
8. [Server finder price feed (SX line)](https://www.hetzner.com/_resources/app/data/app/live_data_en_EUR.json) — Hetzner Online (read 2026-11-02)
9. [Storage Box](https://www.hetzner.com/storage/storage-box/) — Hetzner Online (read 2026-11-02)
10. [Eco public catalogue (IE)](https://eu.api.ovh.com/v1/order/catalog/public/eco?ovhSubsidiary=IE) — OVHcloud (read 2026-11-02)
11. [Block Storage Slabs](https://buyvm.net/block-storage-slabs/) — BuyVM (read 2026-11-02)
12. [B2 Cloud Storage pricing](https://www.backblaze.com/cloud-storage/pricing) — Backblaze (read 2026-11-02)
13. [Cloud storage pricing](https://wasabi.com/pricing) — Wasabi Technologies (read 2026-11-02)
14. [RAIDZ](https://openzfs.github.io/openzfs-docs/Basic%20Concepts/Pool%20Structure/RAIDZ.html) — OpenZFS (read 2026-11-02)
15. [Standard RAID levels](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Standard_RAID_levels) — Wikipedia (read 2026-11-02)
16. [Euro foreign exchange reference rates](https://www.ecb.europa.eu/stats/eurofxref/eurofxref-daily.xml) — European Central Bank (2026-10-30)

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Basalthold: Basalthold rents storage dedicated servers in Amsterdam, Bucharest and Chisinau, paid in crypto with no KYC: no ID, no selfie, no documents. Each server is a whole physical machine with 24 TB to 160 TB of hard drives for one customer, delivered with blank data drives and root access, for backups, archives, file sync and self-hosted object storage. On 2 November 2026, prices ran from $110.99 per 30 days for 24 TB to $561.39 for 160 TB ($3.50 per raw TB). It is run by DomaineGoat LLC, a company registered in Panama, keeps no logs and never asks for your encryption keys.