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On yearly: Polar Bear $48/yr = $2.00/TB/mo; Mammoth $220/yr = $2.29/TB/mo. 5 TB workload: 8 TB plan at $2.50/TB/mo (or 3x Polar Bear at $2.00/TB/mo). 20 TB workload: 2.5x Mammoth = $2.29/TB/mo. Caveat: active billing outage, b…","notes":"Opossum 1 1 TB $29/yr · Polar Bear 2 TB $5/mo or $48/yr · Killer Whale 3.5 TB $8.50/mo or $84/yr · Mammoth 8 TB $20/mo or $220/yr","extras":{"price_verbatim":"$2.50/TB/mo at 2 TB ($5/mo) and at 8 TB ($20/mo); $2.43/TB/mo at 3.5 TB. On yearly: Polar Bear $48/yr = $2.00/TB/mo; Mammoth $220/yr = $2.29/TB/mo. 5 TB workload: 8 TB plan at $2.50/TB/mo (or 3x Polar Bear at $2.00/TB/mo). 20 TB workload: 2.5x Mammoth = $2.29/TB/mo. 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