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TL;DR dumb Barbarino video from Welcome Back Kotter
supposedly 30TB are right on the horizon too.
Might wait a bit longer then…
I'm sure 50TB will be in the future soon too, might wait a bit longer for that…
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Have this in my NAS. Very fast but also extremely loud. Worth keeping in mind if your NAS is nearby
Do you have smaller Reds's in your NAS? How loud are those? Just today I was feeling stupid for buying Ironwolves over Reds because of noise, was going to start buying Reds over Ironwolves
No issue with 6TB reds (non-pro).
I have 3TB Wed Reds in my other NAS and they're basically silent. Anything up to and including 6TB Red Plus should be quiet
First few WD red I got were 5400 rpm, which I liked. Last red I got was 7200 rpm which surprised me. I'd pick 5400 for less noise. Speed not that important to me. Also strange they are labelling 7200 drives as "5400 RPM class".
Thanks, looking to get one for the synology NAS.
could you please use your phone and test the Db (decibels) at a distance of about 1 meter please ? thanks :)
there is a noise Db tester app for free on both stores :)
I don't think you'll get much out of it. My NAS is currently idle and there is a LOT of background noise in my house, including 2 young children. Check this out https://nascompares.com/2021/05/28/hard-drive-noise-seagate-…
What do you use in your NAS?
old LP vinyl records?
couldn't fit them in after he tried his 8 tracks
and how much did you pay for your 18TB SSD :s
we are not all rich and able to pointlessly spend 10's of thousand of dollars for no real benefit in our NAS's (though even if I could afford it I wouldn't waste the money like that). I guess you should feel lucky you are wealthy enough to waste such huge amounts.
I can't afford the legally download all the data to fill a NAS..
then why would you make such a dumb remark about mechanical drives?
If you have an 18TB SSD you'd like to sell at this price, I'll happily take it off your hands. Cash
I will take 8 of em please. hell will pay a 50% premium on this price without blinking.
Good deal but fair warning that Amazon have a bad reputation in regards to the packaging of hard drives.
Can confirm, first one I bought was just the hard drive in an anti static bag, in a padded envelope, definitely not enough padding, probably won't buy again.
I don't understand how this makes sense for them. If they get a lot of returns, they lose money right?
Probably the human that packaged it thought if it fits it sends #iamnotpaidenoughtothunk
Depending on manufacturers’ packaging of the goods,Packers are instructed to use “appropriate” packing suggested by computer algorithms.
Here is what I received WD HC550 18TB from Amazon US: https://i.imgur.com/QIVVcoJ.jpg
HDD in a box and the box is in an paddled envelope.
I think you should blame the algorithms, not the people.
I had the opposite experience. My seagate exo drive from seagate/Amazon US came inside a static bag. That static bag was placed inside an Inflatable Air Packaging Protective Bubble Packing Wrap Bag like so: https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/oHcAAOSw5dlaJQXb/s-l1600.jpg
That bag was inside a thick cardboard box and that box was inserted inside a stachel. The packaging was so good I kept it all.
They're definitely not all bad but I certainly most commonly see Amazon pop up when people are complaining about hard drive packaging.
Amazon UK do. Not sure about AU/US.
This one is not listed under the supported devices under my QNAP NAS. :( Back ordered a 10GB plus version from Amazon. $339
Synology are the same, they haven't updated their support page past 16tb models from memory.
Works fine in my TS-653D and TS-431KX
Model no: WD181KFGX is not SMR (thankfully).
Non-recoverable errors per bits read: <10 in 10^14, so you can expect ~15 non-recoverable errors per full disk read if the HDD's operate to spec. (Realistically they are better but that's the guarantee.)
Really consider your need for an 18TB HDD before using it in an array, you're far better off with large arrays of smaller disks.
This model itself is fine, just the idea of a 18TB HDD scares me.
if it dies ….
all that porn…
gotta redownload
I need about 320TB of storage for our next project, so the idea of less than 18TB HDDs scares me :)
what type of project needs 320TB? Are you making a tiktok clone?
Backing up the internet for end of the world. Then using it for regression testing to see if there was anything that could be done to spot it to pass down onto future generations.
VM's, ISO's, backups. last I checked movies made up a tiny fraction of my NAS storage. regardless even if it was movies, why the hell would you think SSD's are are better, they provide zero benefit for movies and music and cost way more per TB. personally I use tiered storage. mirrored 1TB SSD's as cache drives and 8 10TB drives in raid for storage.
For me, mostly photography, videography, drone footage, converting over old photos and tape recordings, phone backups. etc.
My legal movie hording took a backseat when 4tb drives were still a thing. around about the time netflix came out. Its almost as if, if you make your content $ reasonable and accessible, people will pay for it. :O
i guess the personal photos and movies .. but still seems safer to upload photos to the cloud than store yourself … google have much better practices to safely manage your data .. rather than just leaving hard-drives lying around the racks.
how much do you think google charge for 18TB of storage? not to mention the inconvenience of upload and download wait times of doing that. Perhaps at least do some basic research before yet again saying something that costs lot more as a better option.
You walked into this thread to mock people buying 18TB HDDs instead of 18TB SSDs and now you complain about affordability? lol
you misread .. affordability to get the content to fill the thing .. do you fill it with illegal movies?
who cares if people fill it with illegal movies. Most people aren't, but some people might. Get over it
@Asterpin: just want to know how to use so much storage .. it shouldn't be hard for people to let me know … Get over it
18TB formats down to 16.37TB = approximately 335 legally backed up blu-rays
Buying blu-rays on special at $5-$10…. call it $7.5. $2500 to fill it… occassionally i gotta have one as soon as it's out… so we can round that up to $3000.
Edit: but really, there's so much more use for a home NAS than music and movies. Digital Camera's, drone footage, non cloud CCTV, years and years and years of pointless email PSTs.
18TB of SSD is only going to run you around $10k so obviously you should be doing that instead. sure it makes every blu-ray now cost you $35-$40 ($50+ for the new release), but obviously this is the right solution despite no benefit to you.
Did you forget about content creators, those who do video editing and the like?
Haha. I should probably upgrade my 3TB WD Greens.
3TB?! don't door bells have that much these days? :P
Or two of these for around the same total cost if you prefer local stock and your circumstances permit: https://www.umart.com.au/product/western-digital-red-10tb-3-…
That should be a deal in itself
Post it mate
I bought a big drive in one of the recent posts. It got knocked off the desk (don't ask) and the platters appear stuck now but I think it's is gas-filled type as there doesn't appear to be a way to open it so I can get it unstuck and try a last ditch salvage of the data…….is it due for the recycle bin or could I try the freezer or something else?
Lol .. do you use the old school LP record players also?
did you ever think that little mechanical spinning discs inside your big drive would be reliable?
If the data is important you could send it to a drive saver service and they could probably get you the data back, but I doubt it could be used normally anymore
yeah, I know that as I've opened and unstuck drives before….one lasted over a year before it went totally kapput,
Anyway .. just funny that these drives are still popular .. enjoy .. but not for me :)
And yet here you are trolling in something you don't understand offering idiotic suggestions for others.
just doing my sums on this - 2 x 18TB in a NAS for 10 years would work out to more than $1200 right? - but you can get 10-20TB for around $1,000 over the same 10 year period. - https://www.tomsguide.com/buying-guide/best-cloud-storage
Do we have to pay tax top of this price in Australia?
Can I just use normal sata2/3 cable for this HDD?
Is it too loud for desktop hdd?
I might wait until the 20TB ones are released here.