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Western Digital 6TB WD Red NAS Internal Hard Drive HDD (SMR WD60EFAX) $165.51 Delivered @ Amazon US via AU

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Western Digital 6TB WD Red NAS Internal Hard Drive HDD (SMR WD60EFAX) $165.51 Delivered @ Amazon US via AUAffiliate
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singingwolf on 06/03/2022 - 23:43 amazon.com.au (1133 clicks)
Last edited 08/03/2022 - 07:43 by 2 other users
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Available in capacities ranging from 2-6TB with support for up to 8 bays
5400RPM performance class
NASware firmware for compatibility
NAS systems with daily workloads associated with personal and home office environments and idle time available to perform necessary background operations
Supports up to 180 TB/yr Workload Rate* | * Workload Rate is defined as the amount of user data transferred to or from the hard drive. Workload Rate is annualized (TB transferred ✕ (8760 / recorded power-on hours))
3-year limited warranty

Cheapest price ever according to the 3 wise camels.

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  • roller on 07/03/2022 - 00:44
    +26

    There is no price low enough for an SMR drive

    • dbmitch on 07/03/2022 - 00:47

      what are they used for anyway

      • Exprise on 07/03/2022 - 00:49
        +1

        Cloud data storage, servers etc (low grade)

    • Munki on 07/03/2022 - 01:31
      +5

      Yeah, I prefer ASMR drives.

      Hnnnngh!

    • kehuehue on 07/03/2022 - 01:33

      are they any good as a storage drive in a PC?

  • Khro on 07/03/2022 - 01:39
    -5

    The last thing I’d want is something as sensitive as a mechanical hard drive to go through the abuse incurred during international freight.

    • skrep on 07/03/2022 - 02:01
      +5

      Well they aren't produced here.

      • Khro on 07/03/2022 - 02:26
        +1

        Air freight*. I mean stock that comes from Amazon will normally go by air. I’d like to think that bulk shipments of aus stock come by sea?

        It’s pretty obvious we don’t produce hard drives here.

        Hard drives that come packaged individually are going to have much less protection than a proper bulk hard drive shipment, which I believe is 20 or so.

        Recently there was a thread going around where even Amazon AU was shipping hard drives loose in mostly empty boxes, with hardly any filler.

    • FLICKIT on 07/03/2022 - 02:05
      +1

      I'd love a link to an Aussie made HDD !

    • cheesecactus on 07/03/2022 - 04:27

      Having seen the way Amazon packages HDDs online, I agree with you.

      • tejsidhu on 07/03/2022 - 05:57

        So is there any risk for hard drives then ?

        • BrotherEstapol on 08/03/2022 - 17:18

          The drive I got from Amazon Australia was in it's own cardboard box with additional cardboard packaging inside of it that protected the drive.(it was about an inch of support all around)

          I kept the box in case any of my drives need to be RMA'd. I am not sure what he means when he says the packaging isn't good!

          • Trance N Dance on 08/03/2022 - 17:26

            @BrotherEstapol: Amazon US are really bad at packaging, essentially just the drive thrown into a box and off it goes.

      • spoonmugen on 07/03/2022 - 09:02

        bought the 10tb one… hope ure wrong/but at least can return to amazon au if not/or have issues?

      • BrotherEstapol on 08/03/2022 - 17:15

        What have you seen?
        I bought a Seagate IronWolf from amazon Australia just before christmas, and the packaging was so good I've actually kept it in case I need to RMA any of my drives.

        • cheesecactus on 09/03/2022 - 01:08

          Talking about amazon US, not AU

  • jerrysfang on 07/03/2022 - 07:19

    I bought 2 of those Red 6TB from Amazon 2 years ago. $273. From memory it was shipped with bubble wrap. Haven't had problem.

  • chartparker on 07/03/2022 - 07:32
    +2

    I believe that none of the Red Pluses or Red Pros are SMR, so if that's important best to stick to those variants

  • shole on 07/03/2022 - 08:47
    +7

    https://www.amazon.com.au/dp/B08TZYBMMC?psc=1&smid=A4XRJ8S0W…
    6tb nas plus for 180

    • BlitzR on 07/03/2022 - 10:34
      +3

      Thanks. I'll gladly pay the extra $13 for this CMR version

      • shole on 07/03/2022 - 12:20

        same just pulled the trigger and got two to replace my 4tb ones

      • HunterxHunter9000 on 07/03/2022 - 13:12

        Im not hdd savy so whats diffrence between them mean?

        • S2 on 07/03/2022 - 16:00
          +2

          Previously, jaymzrsa has said:

          SMR get very slow on large writes. Anything that you are writing a lot of data too can become painful. Reads are OK but your writes will be potentially slammed under large workloads. So if it was me, I wouldn't put these into a NAS.

          Furthermore, skillet has said:

          [SMR is] perfectly fine for a Archival grade / read-many drive.

          • HunterxHunter9000 on 07/03/2022 - 16:23

            @S2: Thank you for explanation. So how to tell which is smr and which is cmr? I know one on this thread has smr in name but the link that shole doesnt say anywhere?

            • Trance N Dance on 07/03/2022 - 16:49
              +3

              @HunterxHunter9000: For external drives, you gotta do your own research and see what other people who have shucked them say is inside.
              Rule of thumb for WD drives are anything 8TB to 16TB are CMR (as WD don't produce SMR drives in those capacities)
              Rule of thumb for Seagate is anything 10TB to 16TB are CMR (as Seagate don't produce SMR drives in those capacities)

              For internal drives, the manufacturers lists the drive type on the spec sheet.

    • thomas163 on 07/03/2022 - 15:27

      Thank you. Bought 2 for my new NAS RAID setup

  • cainan3 on 07/03/2022 - 11:12

    Can I use in my desktop for music (flac) storage and listening? If not, would type of drive would be appropriate?

    • shole on 07/03/2022 - 12:19

      yes should work fine for that

    • Indomietable on 07/03/2022 - 12:56

      It will be perfectly fine if you use it in single drive mode (ie non-raid ). This is how I store my media collection.

  • dmateos on 07/03/2022 - 13:17

    Arn't SMR drives specifically bad for RAID/ZFS setups.

    Why would they market this as a NAS drive if so?

    • Crownanchor on 07/03/2022 - 16:02
      +1

      Marketing dept done it.

    • BlitzR on 07/03/2022 - 16:02
      +1

      Correct. I read that originally WD were not discloseing this and got caught out.

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