[r_lee]

> I was quoted $18K for a 3.7 TB Dell NVMe disk

surely you don't actually think that's realistic pricing?

[HDBaseT]

What is "realistic" in this context?

It is very real, that is the price they quote. You can buy it through Dell at that price.

[r_lee]

as in that it reflects market prices in any way. I feel like anybody who works in this field knows that Dell etc. rip off naive customers this way and you can either negotiate it back to reality or just buy 1 small drive and order your own separately