Seagate Backup Plus 8TB Desktop External Hard Drive US $213.95 (~AU $279) Delivered @ Amazon

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lyl on 01/04/2016 - 09:33 amazon.com (722 clicks)
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Cheapest price I've seen for a 8TB external hard drive, less than $35/TB. Price has dropped US$30 today :)

• 200GB of free OneDrive cloud storage for 2 years is included when you register a new Backup Plus drive ($95US value)
  After registering your drive on Seagate.com, a link will be provided to add 200GB to any new or existing OneDrive account
• Only one offer can be redeemed per OneDrive account, offers must be activated by June 30, 2017 and may not be available in all countries
• Create easy customized backup plans with included Seagate Dashboard software
• Backup your mobile device photos and videos automatically with the Lyve App
• Quick file transfer with USB 3.0 connectivity

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  SteveAndBelle on 01/04/2016 - 09:40

  Nice! Anyone know what model HDD is in these… 'Archive' or 'NAS' I wonder?

  EDIT: Doh! Sorry, a two second Google search revealed it's an 'Archive' model: http://www.storagereview.com/seagate_backup_plus_external_ha… Not as cheap as buying the raw drive through Kogan last week but still a great price for mega storage.

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    Jabba the Hutt on 01/04/2016 - 09:47

    +2

    This teardown reveals it as well. Wish they wouldn't sell SMR drives without some sort of disclosure.

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  Maverick-au on 01/04/2016 - 10:03

  +11

  Waiting for the usual comments…

  is this a portable drive….
  does it require power….
  can it be used in an xbox….
  will this fit in a notebook….
  does it have warranty in Australia….
  I paid $288 for this after using the Amazon Converter or my crappy credit card charge so the post is wrong….

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    petestrash on 01/04/2016 - 10:52

    You should get closer to the ~A$279 quoted if you pay Amazon in USD and used a fee free card like the 28 degress Mastercard.

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    Major Mess on 01/04/2016 - 11:02

    Except this time, the warranty question should be yes. With Sydney return address, replacement sent via Singapore.

    It has been a long time since I had a Seagate warranty claim, so might have changed?

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  Clear on 01/04/2016 - 10:22

  +5

  To think that I paid only a bit less a few years ago for a 5TB Seagate. Disappointing, but at least it's cheap.

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  gasman70 on 01/04/2016 - 11:18

  +4

  $35/TB

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    lyl on 01/04/2016 - 11:24

    +1

    thanks XD

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  newozbargainermelb on 01/04/2016 - 11:23

  @lyl, whose profile pic did you use today? ;)

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    lyl on 01/04/2016 - 12:20

    +1

    I've used an original profile pic, totally doesn't look like anyone elses ;)

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  epicttiimm on 01/04/2016 - 12:27

  Great price. Has anyone used these in a NAS and can comment on reliability? It's pretty cheap and ~$1120 for 4x8TB sounds like an amazing deal.

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    SteveAndBelle on 01/04/2016 - 14:03

    +1

    Used a single 8TB Arhive HDD in a mini-NAS I built up for a friend last year. Been working perfectly and he's now considering getting a second to mirror for redundancy. I have heard others report of failures but not enough to stop me grabbing three during the Kogan sale last week :) Just under $250 a pop delivered however there weren't enough in stock to make it deal-worthy so I could only comment on it in the original Kogan thread.

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      epicttiimm on 01/04/2016 - 15:02

      Thanks. I've got a Synology 4 bay NAS so what are your thoughts on running 4 of these archive drives in a RAID 5 array?

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        jnewau on 01/04/2016 - 16:00

        I wouldn't run them in anything more than a mirror. The rebuild times are horrendously long. I have 2 mirror sets in my Synology DS1813 and they work great.

        As an exercise when I first got them I deliberately broke a 4 drive SHR-1 set to see how long a rebuild would take. After 2 days it was at 15%…..it's a combination of the SMR drives and the fact that its a crapload of data for the unit itself to rebuild. Even if they were PMR drives I'd be wary of having that much data in just a raid 5 set - rebuild times are going to be very long and your drives are probably never stressed more than during that.

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      holisticboy on 01/04/2016 - 17:58

      I bought one of these and it died after two days. Seagate was really helpful and emailed me a postage paid slip, and sent me a new drive. Total process was approximately a week. The new unit has been rock solid.

      Currently I write about 4-8gb of backup files to it each night. It works well in this manner, as extremely large file transfers are quite slow compared to traditional drives.

      A useful hint for those who use Linux, is to use Linux kernel 4.4 or above, which comes with a number of fixes for these drives.

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  tomleonhart on 01/04/2016 - 13:43

  +1

  /gif hard drive

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    Zylam Marex on 01/04/2016 - 13:45

    +1

    LOLOLOL

    /gif wtf is that

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  Zylam Marex on 01/04/2016 - 13:44

  /gif wow crazy

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  victinini on 02/04/2016 - 01:34

  ah, looks like the price has reverted to $229 USD. Should have picked it up this afternoon.

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  sparkzhu on 02/04/2016 - 10:10

  Order Summary
  Items: AUD 313.57
  Shipping & handling: AUD 19.03
  Total before tax: AUD 332.60
  Estimated tax to be collected: AUD 0.00
  Order total: AUD 332.60

  Anyone knows why I go for this price?

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  [Deactivated] on 02/04/2016 - 18:09

  Just give me fibre to the premises so the internet can be my hard drive. Can't be bothered with storage anymore, just deleting and re-downloading as required.