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Seagate Expansion 5TB Desktop External Hard Drive USB 3.0 US $122.31 (~AU $161) Delivered @ Amazon

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Seagate Expansion 5TB Desktop External Hard Drive USB 3.0
Easy and simple to use - simply plug in the power adapter and USB cable
Fast file transfers with SuperSpeed USB 3.0
Compatible with USB 3.0 and USB 2.0
Drag and drop file saving for Windows, right out of the box
Please note: For Mac compatibility this Hard Drive requires reformatting.

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  • KOBH on 10/08/2016 - 15:07
    -6

    I noticed the larger the HDD is less reliable. I normally buy the 1-2TB ones.

    • nafe on 10/08/2016 - 15:16

      I've had plenty of 1/2TB die. I refresh them every couple of years to be on the safe side. By that stage they are so cheap it's easy enough to buy a couple of new backup drives. I usually go larger after a year or two so they are more established in the market, and also dropped in price :)

      • KOBH on 10/08/2016 - 15:26

        The 1-2TB HDDs have longer life span IMO. But you rather lose 1TB of data or 5TB of data? Always have a backup copy of your important files like holiday pictures/videos with your family. Nothing will last a lifetime regardless of brands. Even WD, SG, SS, TS and all the major brands will fail after 3 years.

        • nafe on 10/08/2016 - 15:31

          I don't keep drives in active use longer than 2 years though, so it's irrelevant. Buying 1-2TB drives just doesn't work as they aren't big enough to carry my files, so I ewould need to buy 5-6 of them (including backup copies). Practicality and cost outweigh any potential longer life beyond my active use. This is for my situation though.

        • DeWalt on 10/08/2016 - 16:42
          +5

          @PW:
          Hi PW,

          Thanks for your comments. It's best to provide evidence if you are going to assert a position.
          Here's a company that deals with many hard drives. According to them, the WORST hard drives by far are in the 1 - 2 terabyte range across multiple brands,

          http://www.pcworld.com/article/3071180/storage/who-makes-the…

          Most of your friends may agree with you, but these guys have some credibility with about 100,000 hard drives to compare.

        • Smigit on 10/08/2016 - 17:02
          +3

          If you have a backup then you wouldn't lose 5TB of data.

          The last Blackblaze I report (which uses consumer grade drives) had larger capacity drives as being more reliable than some of the smaller ones too for what its worth.

          There's also the fact that larger drives are more cost efficient, easier to manage, require far less bays and don't consume as much power if you are looking at using five 1TB drives in place of one 5TB drive. I have a PC with about 18TB in it…1TB drives would be a ridiculous configuration.

        • Epikmunch on 10/08/2016 - 20:41

          I've probably just gotten really lucky but I have two Seagate 750GB HDDs that have been in use for around 5 years and they're still going strong. However I had a 6 month old we 2tb that failed in 6 months. I guess it's luck of the draw and I just got really really good HDDs first time round

        • bomberswarm2 on 29/08/2016 - 19:12

          @PW: 17 down votes can't be wrong

        • promethbastard on 29/08/2016 - 19:27

          @PW: No, most people won't agree with you.
          Most HDD's these days have a roughly 5 year lifespan. I still have a Quantum Fireball 10.2Gig drive that works.
          Current BackBlaze report: https://www.backblaze.com/blog/hard-drive-failure-rates-q2-2…

          Read through and enjoy the information.

    • Transparent on 10/08/2016 - 15:54
      +1

      ALWAYS EXPECT EVERY DRIVE TO FAIL!!!! it will happen eventually.

      I run a NAS with RAID 10 (mirror) and a 'hot spare' hidden in the garage.
      If 1 drive fails I can rebuild from the second, Both fail, I have a 1 week old backup in the garage :)

      "the ONLY data you don't back-up is that which you are OK with losing"

    • hetzjagd on 10/08/2016 - 16:10

      how much data do you have though? I can't imagine most folks with more than 10tb relying on 5 2tb drives or more with 1tb. Or 10x 2tb for redundancy

  • Nilfunds on 10/08/2016 - 15:09

    'Please note: For Mac compatibility this Hard Drive requires reformatting.'
    this is like racism, but OSism

    • OzDayZee on 11/08/2016 - 17:39
      +1

      Actually, there is no need to reformat. To make the drive work on both Mac and Windows, all you need to do is to install a free NTFS driver for mac.
      This driver comes bundled with Seagate's costlier drives. They have decided not to bundle the driver with this drive probably to save the license cost.

      http://www.seagate.com/au/en/support/downloads/item/ntfs-dri…

      • Nilfunds on 11/08/2016 - 19:07

        i was just trolling,
        but thanks for link, i have a feeling it will not work without one of these drives connected but i will give it a try.
        free NTFS would be cool, that fluffy feeling when u dont have to pirate, har har har matie :)

    • bomberswarm2 on 14/09/2016 - 11:13

      well thats what you get for buying a rip off apple device when you can get a better device not made by apple for 3 times less price.

  • Leonard on 10/08/2016 - 15:12
    +1

    Price drop to US$109.99 atm. (+ delivery)

    • Jase2801 on 10/08/2016 - 15:21

      Yep. US$122.31 is the total delivered amount.

  • hongas on 10/08/2016 - 15:18
    +2

    Just thing I needed.

    my WD Green 1TB dided last week. that was 2nd hard drive failed.

    thanks

  • Jaduqimon on 10/08/2016 - 15:20

    how reliable r these? amazon warranty ok?

  • hongas on 10/08/2016 - 15:37

    only problem I can see is the POWER PLUGS are US version.

    • auir on 10/08/2016 - 15:49
      +1

      Maybe not I got the same series ext drive (3Tb tho) from office works and the power supply came with removable heads the us one was on by default, changed to ours and plugged in all good

  • aussie216618 on 10/08/2016 - 15:40

    Is it the nas series inside the enclosure, or just the budget one?

  • [Deactivated] on 10/08/2016 - 16:38

    The drive model number is ST5000DM000. It looks like it's only sold with the enclosure and not separately.

    Tempted to use the drive in my NAS but from what I've read it's a bad idea.

    • raydragon on 10/08/2016 - 16:47

      Nope, available caseless as well (assuming it's actually this drive in the case)

      https://www.amazon.com/Seagate-Barracuda-ST5000DM000-3-5-Inc…

      • [Deactivated] on 10/08/2016 - 16:49
        -1

        Well you nearly fell for it then. Sellers are removing them from enclosures and passing them off as 5TB OEM drives.

        See here http://www.legitreviews.com/seagate-barracuda-st5000dm000-5t…

        • raydragon on 10/08/2016 - 17:01

          Not sure what you think I nearly fell for, I was just providing information.
          I'll never understand how a bare drive can be dearer than the exact same drive that comes with a case and power supply, really confuses me why it's like that. All it does is encourage the sort of things that are mentioned in your link and the Manufacturers end up with disgruntled customers.

  • billyb67 on 10/08/2016 - 16:39

    When you guys Talk about two or three year lifespans are you talking real time or actual hours of usage ?..

    Most of my external HDDs only get plugged in for an hour or two per week as I transfer/ retrieve files…

    Am I still only looking at a 2-3 year life expectancy ?

    • raydragon on 10/08/2016 - 17:08

      Traditionally that's kinda the time people start getting antsy about drives that have been running 24x7 starting to die but it's a guide like most things. Trouble is drives, like any electronics, can die at ANY time so it's not really all that helpful an indicator in your case. As a few other people have indicated not being prepared for a hard drive to die at any time is inviting disaster. ( This can include the NAS the drives could be plugged into, it can die just as easily as the drives in it).

  • RedHab on 10/08/2016 - 17:32

    Conversion rate @ xe.com(xe.com)

    How do we use this good rate to pay on Amazon, instead of the one from credit cards that Amazon accepts?

    • ilikeradiohead on 10/08/2016 - 17:41
      +2

      I think it's more an indicative rate as OP can't know what you'll be charged you your CC company.

  • hetzjagd on 10/08/2016 - 17:34

    Don't take this as gospel, I certainly haven't looked further into it, but there are some claims that these are crappy harddrives https://www.reddit.com/r/DataHoarder/comments/3200rl/buyer_b…

  • sengork on 10/08/2016 - 17:52

    Would this disk have the embedded and transparent disk data encryption similar to the WD external disks? It would make sense to avoid this wherever possible.

  • Ngr73 on 10/08/2016 - 17:56
    +1

    Good for backing up your NAS

  • Lets Make Sandwiches on 10/08/2016 - 19:01

    Does anyone have an old USB 3 PCB board from an old 3.5 SATA that they have no use for anymore? I had mine die on a Toshiba Canvio the other day and cannot find one reasonably priced online (need to order from U.S and pay expensive shipping which makes it almost a pointless exercise).

    Nobody is selling them used on eBay either. I've tried using docking stations but none of them recognise the drive, which is formatted OS X journaled.

    Thanks

  • teasatotalling on 10/08/2016 - 19:05

    I back up our small business server, running Windows Server Essentials 2012 R2, to a WD Elements 3TB drive.
    What will tell me the external drive has failed? Does Windows Server flash up a message?

    • Shaw on 10/08/2016 - 20:48

      What do you run for the backup? The inbuilt backup software?

      • teasatotalling on 10/08/2016 - 21:12

        No, Windows Backup

        • Shaw on 11/08/2016 - 06:22

          Yea, that's the one I meant. Been a while. IF you check the software it'll give you an error if the backup fails. Windows will also give a popup if there is an error with the drive. Something like this could help, I don't think there is inbuilt email reporting in Windows Backup.

        • teasatotalling on 11/08/2016 - 10:27

          @Shaw: thanks dude. That's helpful.

        • Shaw on 11/08/2016 - 10:28

          @yoyomablue:

          No worries, having worked in data recovery and server admin, I know it's much easier to be proactive. Hopefully you can get something functional setup.

  • hongas on 11/08/2016 - 10:49

    Price has been changed to US $129

    • Jase2801 on 11/08/2016 - 10:51

      Cheers. Will mark post as expired.

  • linkii on 29/08/2016 - 21:10

    Can you open theses easily?

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