$26.89 per TB
it's a hard drive
FREE delivery: 21 - 24 Dec
Fastest delivery: 16 - 18 Dec
Arrives before Christmas.
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Widely reported to use exos 16tb enterprise hdds.
I have, they contain Seagate Exos X16 16 TB ST16000NM001G. It's basically impossible to open the enclosure without breaking at least a few of the clips, but the drives themselves work outside the enclosure without any modding.
I bought 2 of these from similar deal a few weeks ago.
Can confirm both EXOS x16 drives.
Currently Pre-Clearing prior to shucking and chucking in NAS
These drives are great?
enterprise grade, so they "should" have more wheat bix than the standard NAS graded drives.
People complain they are noisy, but I don't GAF.
@Chenzo: I disagree that they are noisy - I have six of them in a storage server two inches from me and they are inaudible at idle over the three 140mm fans spinning at a quiet 1400rpm. When either reading or writing large files that really get the drives going, the server makes a low rumble typical of HDD head seeking, but it's certainly not noisy. Bear in mind there are 9 platters and 18 heads per drive, so for my six drives that's 108 heads flying all over the disk surface, yet these are barely audible. The external backup drive is substantially louder when in operation overnight. These are significantly quieter than the 6TB HGST drives they replaced, and 20°C cooler on average. Highly recommended.
The cheapest its been is $387.77, not historic low, but its been this price of $430 for a few weeks at least.
the only shame about these are the 7.2 :( Need another good deal on the WD 14 drives,
7.2?
7200 RPM. Implies higher power usage I believe.
RPM?
Technically, the WD spin at 7200 as well, they just throttle the performance in firmware to be similar to 5400RPM
https://www.tomshardware.com/news/wd-changes-5400-rpm-hdd-mo…
Do you mean firmware of the drive or firmware of the case?
If the bare drive was throttled, then most people might need to re-think before buying.
The bare drive is throttled (nothing to do with the enclosure), most WD Reds, and by extention, these white label 'Reds' are all 7200RPM, presumably cos its cheaper to manufacture a single model of spindle motor.
The "Pro 7200RPM" Reds just have non-throttled firmware
so a "5400RPM drive" uses the power and generates heat, vibration of a 7200RPM, without the performance benefit
drill down to the data sheet and the power specs are the same for a "5400RPM Class" vs a "7200 RPM" drive
https://documents.westerndigital.com/content/dam/doc-library…
https://documents.westerndigital.com/content/dam/doc-library…
It generated some buzz but not as much as the SMR debacle
@icecream: Seagate so far have been less sneaky and the datasheets for thier drives don't appear to have any discrepencies with their RPM ratings. They are not using weasle words like "5400 RPM Class" and have not snuck SMR drives into thier "high end" drives (they did sneak them into their entry level drives)
Having said that, the 5400 vs 7200 difference for most people are negligible, they will run hotter, etc. but it doesent really matter practically. But if the cost and power usage is the same between a "5400 RPM Class" vs a "7200 RPM" drive, you might as well get the un-throttled drive.
For the Seatgate Exos X16, their datasheet specifies
7200 RPM spindle speed.
Perpendicular recording technology provides the drives with increased areal density.
https://www.seagate.com/www-content/product-content/enterpri…
Which is so far the only model found in this external drive, but as with all external drive, ymmv and is subject to change
was $424
Not a deal. Been within $5 of this for months IIRC
430 is standard price, ~380 is where the moneys at!
Yeah it's been hovering around $424, $426 up to $435 for weeks. I've been watching every day. Same with the US version.
Just received it today. Bought this on the November 30th. With cashrewards 10%(max $25) off and citibank $30 amazon giftcard it was around $375. Wouldn't have bought it for this price as it's the regular price.
Does this driver require the tape trick to get to work in a pc after being shucked?
Does this driver require the tape trick to get to work in a pc after being shucked?
No mods required for these shucked drives to work :)
I bought 2 of these on Black Friday (from seller Amazon US rather than Amazon UK) during the 1 hour 12% SB cashback sale.
Paid with Zip (10% off to max of $50) with a referral code for a further $10 off. Kind of cool that I essentially get 55 days interest free with Zip (I'll then pay it off on my credit card before incurring any fees) and then get 55 days interest free on the credit card due to my billing cycle. So I won't be paying for these drives until mid March.
All up about $700 - and I missed the Citibank $30 deal as you can't apply giftcards after paying with Zip unless you do so at the time of purchase unlike if you're pay using a normal credit card where giftcards can be applied later (as long as they haven't sent it yet).
Still haven't received mine yet though.
I actually got mine already yesterday; I also bought this drive during that 12% flash cash back although now I need to fight shopback to get the cashback tracked because all my smaller purchases were tracked except for this one.
I also bought this drive during that 12% flash cash back although now I need to fight shopback to get the cashback tracked because all my smaller purchases were tracked except for this one.
I was pleasantly surprised because SB tracked it the very next day with a confirmation date of 21st Feb.
However, my order only contained the drives and nothing else.
Good luck sorting it out with SB - I've never had much luck with them when something didn't track properly.
For the ultra cautious just a reminder to do the following before shucking…
Check the enclosed HDD is an 16TB Exos using some freeware utility like CrystalMarkInfo (http://crystalmark.info/en/) or HDD Guardian (https://www.majorgeeks.com/files/details/hdd_guardian.html). Should list the HDD as model ST16000NM001G
Check the enclosed HDD for any errors using a freeware utility like HD Tune (http://www.hdtune.com/). Note the enclosed HDD gets very hot (approx 60 degrees) as the error scan takes approx 24 hours to run so stick a fan on it (should bring it down to mid/high 30s depending on your ambient temp)
At least that's what I did before I hacked into it :)
if you're careful you should be able to get these out without much damage. The last couple I did I only broke a single clip, more than good enough for full warranty replacement if I ever needed that. After trying a variety of methods I think single-edge scraper razor blades are possibly the best choice - you can use two or three of them to lever the side out enough to release the clips without snapping them, and the razors are fine enough to get in the seam without leaving any marks. I also have a range of 0.1mm spluding tools of various shapes but found they actually left marks where the razors didn't.
Much appreciated!
Anyone shucked these? what drives are in them?