WD 18TB Elements Desktop External Hard Drive $443.76 Delivered @ Amazon UK via AU

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$24.65/TB is a decent price for this capacity and I think about the lowest price for this drive so far.

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  zeno on 09/04/2022 - 20:22

  Camel3x says lowest was $434.35 back in March but this is a good price. I still have 4 x 14TB spare drives but I'm still tempted…

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    boomramada on 09/04/2022 - 21:27

    Get four more 😉

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  ozbs25 on 09/04/2022 - 20:30

  +3

  Smaller ones have also been reduced. All around the $25/TB price point.

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  ozbagends on 09/04/2022 - 21:36

  Can this be put into a NAS?

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    Justaddgrum on 09/04/2022 - 21:48

    Yes but expect potential earlier failure rates. I believe specific NAS drives are built to be able to operate 24/7 in a higher vibration environment like when running multiple drives in a NAS.

    In saying that, this still could last just as long. I'm no expert. But i built my NAS with just NAS drives based on this info. I'm tempted to get this just for temporary offsite backup of my nas.

    Edit: For my NAS (a Synology) this isn't listed on the officially supported drives but i would still assume it will work.

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      hollykryten on 09/04/2022 - 22:26

      +9

      I believe that these inside of the case are Enterprise grade Helium 3.5" white label hard drives. So it might be fine in a NAS. Enterprise drives are rated for 24/7 operation.

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        JL1 on 10/04/2022 - 02:52

        How do they compare with WD Red plus?

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        senorclean on 10/04/2022 - 06:01

        The 10T ones I bought in 2019 certainly are - they're all singing along well in a zfs array.

        Check out www.reddit.com/r/datahoarder

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      Aarent on 10/04/2022 - 00:06

      speaking of synology, i've recently found out that the newer top of the line synologies have HDD whitelisting, which is semi pain to get around and causes 'unverified drive' errors which you cant get rid off. Luckily i found this out before upgrading my syno, i'm looking into truenas scale now as my upgrade path.

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        fredblogs on 11/04/2022 - 17:12

        wtf why would they do that?

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          Aarent on 17/05/2022 - 22:38

          @fredblogs: apologies for not checking back, to answer ur question, i'd say money. They launched their own rebranded drives and want to lock the ecosystem down. Though this is for the higher tier NAS models, maybe it will trickle down to the smaller models eventually.

          https://www.storagereview.com/review/synology-unverified-dri…

          https://www.reddit.com/r/synology/comments/r6oa6i/howto_bypa…

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      ticanaus on 10/04/2022 - 19:57

      Hi, I can confirm that this work in synology NAS but this is in the new os. Not sure if it will work in the old one.

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  Bombdigidy on 09/04/2022 - 23:14

  +5

  That's a lot of VR JAV

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    Morien on 10/04/2022 - 11:27

    +6

    Disgusting. Utter filth. Please tell us where we should actively avoid so not to come across this material.

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      zCrimson on 11/04/2022 - 19:29

      Surely you should be more disgusted with the sites that only sells fans.

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  javawoo on 10/04/2022 - 08:32

  I ordered one 2 weeks ago @ 445

  and this one has same delivery date.

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    Justaddgrum on 10/04/2022 - 10:21

    +3

    Looks like you need 1 more ;)

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      jace88 on 10/04/2022 - 10:32

      My thoughts exactly.

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  javawoo on 11/04/2022 - 08:13

  How can I get AU power plug?? one i ordered arriving today

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    mbm on 11/04/2022 - 20:34

    Check this thread out in the 12TB post https://www.ozbargain.com.au/comment/11990832/redir

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  jace88 on 12/04/2022 - 21:43

  Back up to $557 :(

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  javawoo on 13/04/2022 - 21:29

  My windows 10 can't detect this HDD…

  second time……

  I don't know what's wrong..

  so disappointed

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    senorclean on 14/04/2022 - 09:04

    Have you shucked it? Might be an issue with the 3.3v power?

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      javawoo on 14/04/2022 - 18:11

      I feel like it's an adapter issue.

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      javawoo on 14/04/2022 - 18:11

      I will try when AU plug arrives and share here

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    fredblogs on 14/04/2022 - 14:31

    try different USB & power cables and a different PC. If it still can't be detected, the drive is dead…

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      javawoo on 14/04/2022 - 18:12

      unfortunately i have no different power cable. :(

      I will try when AU plug arrives and share here