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Good price for 10TB NAS drive.
Model: WD101EFBX
Rotational Speed: 7200RPM
Western Digital Red Plus 10TB NAS Hard Drive $326.60 + Shipping ($0 with Prime) @ Amazon US via AU
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What is going on with USPS?
USPS Shipments to some countries including Australia were suspended due to massive delays in their operations.
Amazon does best is logistics, they must have precautions in place with couriers.
@Telios: They have built an efficient business, if you ever start a business you will want that to be efficient as well. Employees are free to find other jobs if needed.
Estimated delivery for mine was 3 Nov. Not too bad considering its from the US. Remains to be seen whether that's accurate I suppose
Seems like the $32/TB for a NAS HDD is the new norm =[. Good deal if you're itching for an upgrade.
yeah starting to see 2tb drives consistently under 70$ + free shipping where i am, a better option for more casual users. https://www.ple.com.au/Products/635988/WD-Blue-WD20EZAZ-35-2…
Nice. ;)
Question, what makes it a NAS drive specifically? Lower speed?
I'm not exactly sure about the technicalities behind it, but they're typically; more durable (in terms of number of reads/writes, and number of spin-ups/downs) and cope better with being always on. They typically have the same speeds, if not faster than your standard WD Blue or Seagate Baracuda.
At least that's my understanding.
Physically speaking, they are more resistant to vibrations (mostly vibrations from other drives), better temperature tolerance and regulation, and ultimately cost more due to extended warranty coverage.
Read/write cycles before failure is the headline difference.
More or less than a normal wd blue/seagate barra?
More. They're intended to run 24/7. Blue and Barras are more for desktop or removable storage where they'll be used hours a day. The equivalent Seagate is the Ironwolfs.
@Jonski: You could, but you can use a Blue or Barra for that too as games aren't really that read/write heavy when all is said and done. Usually a lot of big files that don't need to change a lot.
A lot of people would probably suggest running the games off an SSD if you can but, otherwise try get a CRM drive which are more reliable.
These are good for running surveillance cameras due to lots of read / writes.
Supposedly surveillance is supposed to be the domain of the WD purples, which are more optimised for continuous writing with occasional reading compared with the reds. Not sure how much that actually plays out in reality though.
Reds are better than Purples. Purples are intended to be a cheaper product for the specific surveilance use case but Red would do just as well.
Purples are intended to be a cheaper product for the specific surveilance use cas
Purple are intended to be used for surveilance, they are not cheaper just to be cheaper.
They ignore cyclic redundancy check (CRC) errors which makes them more suitable for video surveillance
WD still using SMR in NAS drives?
HDD prices are trending lower in Hong Kong, there is still a bit of room for AU sellers to discount further.
is this 2.5"? how do I fit this bad boy into my gaming laptop 😂
3.5". You'll need a hammer to get it into your laptop.
just kidding. I know laptop drives can't achieve this kind of capacity yet
but would have been nice! I have 4tb in my unit at present: 2x 1tb NVMe drives, and one spinning 2tb
imagine having 10tb on a laptop! nice. I will never have to uninstall another game
You could always get yourself this 15TB 2.5” Sata 3 drive :)
https://www.amazon.com/TEAMGROUP-Internal-Compatible-Desktop…
@Smigit: Only $ 3,299, you should post this as a deal considering how many RRP deals get posted everyday ;)
Easier to use a saw.
How about warranty?
Noted this from the review:"Amazon do not honor manufacturer's warranty, which is 3 years for this drive. I bought the previous generation and it stopped working in 2.5 years. WD told me it's an OEM product (not meant for retail) which means the seller is the only one that can repair/replace it. Amazon will not do that. Their max warranty is 2 years (12 months in some products). Also the warranty in the description is for a different product altogether"
Not only that, imagine standard Amazon shipping practices applied to a HDD coming from USA.
Expect it to arrive in a cardboard box with a couple of air pillows and that's about it.
Tempted to try with an el-cheapo HDD just to prove this theory.
comes with small cartoon box, on left and right hand side, there was moulded plastic material that hold the hard drive in the centre of the box (leaving empty small spaces surrounding)
Ordered my 6tb x 2 nas from amazon us the other day.
Did the HD sentinel checked. All good, no problem at all.
Is it just at my place that amazon drivers now throw parcels over the front fence from their cars instead of using the gate and bringing them up to the front porch like they used to?
I guess depends who is the delivery guy
all my parcel always in front of my porch, and everytime i happen to see the delivery guy, i always said thank you (with the hope they look after my next parcels). They even asked me to move my car, to help them speed up the delivery to my house (and i did it… coz they asked politely and provide a reasonable reason, and i want them to look after my stuff as well)
Hope 16TB can get a deal
Is it good for playing games?
It's a bit heavy for brandy, would be better off with purple.
Not particularly. A SSD would be ideal for games. Reds are mostly for NAS setups. Blue is general desktop usage (not quite as reliable as the Reds but a lot cheaper).
Still waiting for the shuckable elements drives to get back to a decent price.
Any deals on portable 2tb hard drives? Used to be $69 on special for $59-$63 - now $79 and above.
I bought 4 of these in 6TB size in 2018, 2 have failed, one just recently out of warranty.
I have them on a Synology 918.
Not sure if that is normal life span for these, but not happy with them.
My 4x 4tb red pro (i think pro is now the same as plus)
Have just clocked up 57000 hours with no signs of giving up. I think you just have bad luck or maybe I'm lucky.
I had 8x 6tb red pro and 2 failed precisely on the conclusion of the 5 year warranty period. You're lucky or yours will fail too.
How quiet are these? I'm currently running a 6TB Ironwolf in a Synology NAS, and although the spec sheet lists it as one of the quietest, I can hear the constant low-level disc activity from the next room. Would be keen to swap it out for something quieter.
Good lord that's expensive :/
How much do you reckon they should sell for?.
I picked up 7x8TB WD drives, for $1721.13 AUD from Amazon Global in November, 2018. My mental limit is $250 per disk.
That's just shy of 3 years ago.I even had to split the order, 1 batch of 4, 1 batch of 3, to keep it under $1000 per transaction.
My mental limit is $250 per disk.
How does that works when drives come in diffeent sizes?
What if an 8TB was $240 and a 10TB was $260?@spaceflight: This is almost never the case, furthermore it's approximate.
The price on hard drives is almost exponential. You'd be a fool to buy a 16TB for $550 when a 14TB is $350 etc.
Generally, I find my price around $250. When a disk I'd like drops to that zone, I snap it up.
I paid $250 each for my 5TB disks in 2014, I paid $250 each for 8TB disks in 2018, I intend to pay $250 each for 14TB disks, one day.
@spaceflight: That's no good, because you may end up needing 12 hard drives. There's a point of power use, heat, noise, physical space, case size - and SATA ports which becomes nasty.
My NAS holds 6 drives perfectly and I buy 1 spare.
This isn't expensive, on a $/TB level it's only 6.3% more and when accounting for inflation over 3 years it's actually about the same price on a $/TB comparison. Unfortunately (other than SMR) there hasn't been any real development in HDD tech to increase value and drive $/TB down. If anything this is a very decent price considering covid constraints on materials and labour for production in an environment where more and more people are demanding more tech (WFH and directly HDD related Chia mining).
@Trance N Dance: Buddy, I don't know what your deal is and I don't care.
My mental limit is APPROXIMATELY $250 per disk.
I'm not spending money on a super expensive SATA card with 8/10/12/16 more ports, I got a board with 10, meaning I'm happy to allocate 6 to my needs.
I don't want 71 noisy hard disks in my house, using 5w each
I don't want to pay, $500 for 18TB space, vs $300 or less for only a fraction less.I'm hardly saying anything, any normal NAS running datahorarder says./
I'm out fellas, buy what you want. I paid $250 for 8TB 3 years ago, whatever.
@hamwhisperer: Nothing I said has anything to do with with running 71 noisy disks or how much you don't want to pay.
You called the posted item expensive, in terms of value per TB it's the same as what you paid 3 years ago for a smaller drive. So unless what you bought 3 years ago is also expensive, this post doesn't deserve being called expensive either. In addition to that I just added as to why this drive isn't near your magical $250 figure at the moment and for one to think it should be near that figure would be fanciful.Buddy, I don't know what your deal is
I don't know what your deal is and why you went on such a rant.
If you know of a deal for a less expensive version, then please post it.
Otherwise why are you here ?
Yeh, I've yet to find a deal on an 8TB CMR drive for sub $250 (especially WD).
I hope Amazon US to AU is not affected by the USPS situation.