Storing Hard Drives and SSDs

Now that I have multiple hard drives and SSDs, I need a better way to store them.

The hard drives and SSDs are internal ones, I only have one enclosure, I don't want to have to buy a bunch of enclosures for each drive.

Any cheaper way to store these items? Are anti-static bags decent?

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2 points denmalley

I hang on to the boxes they came in to store spares that I care more about (in an antistatic bag inside the box), plus a big box of them just in antistatic bags for the ones I don't care as much about but can't bring myself to dispose of.

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3 points nricotorres

I have a bunch of these for small drives:

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0B9ZN6S37

And these for larger drives:

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B09B6X8ZGJ

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2 points uluqat

Orico has individual drive storage cases that are inexpensive, between $20 and $25 for a pack of 5.

Grey boxes for 3.5"

Grey boxes for 3.5"/2.5"

Colorful plastic boxes for 3.5"

Colorful plastic boxes for 3.5"/2.5"

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2 points churnopol

Adam Savage visited a Paramount Pictures Archive. At 24:14, long term HDD storage was discussed. Turns out the lubricants in HDDs can settle at the bottom of the drive leaving the moving parts dry. If this happens, your drive's platters can seize and smoke. Definitely something to keep in mind when storing drives long term.

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