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[Prime] Western Digital 20TB Elements Desktop HDD $485.43 Delivered @ Amazon UK via AU

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[Prime] Western Digital 20TB Elements Desktop HDD $485.43 Delivered @ Amazon UK via AUAffiliate
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The first decent deal on 20TB HDD. Dispite the title says 8TB, the technical details section shows it's 20TB and the ASIN (Amazon Standard Numer) B09TYZCN61 which correspond to Amazon UK's WD 20TB Elements HDD listing.

Credit to doweyy.

About the item

  • The WD Elements desktop hard disk drive with USB 3.0 offers reliable, high capacity, add-on storage, fast data transfer rates, and universal connectivity with USB 3.0 and USB 2.0 devices. The drive’s features up to 20TB capacity
  • IMPROVE PC PERFORMANCE When your internal drive is almost full, your PC slows down. Don’t delete files – free up space on your internal drive by transferring files to your WD Elements HDD desktop storage and get your computer moving again
  • STORE MORE OF WHAT's IMPORTANT. With capacities up to 20TB, the WD Elements desktop hard disk drive helps you store more photos, videos, music, and files
  • FAST TRANSFER RATES. When connected to a USB 3.0 port, the WD Elements desktop hard disk drive delivers fast data transfer rates
  • PLUG-AND-PLAY SIMPLICITY. The WD Elements Desktop Hard Drive works right out-of-the-box with Windows 10+ PCs – just plug into the USB port to instantly add storage.
  • USB 3.0 AND USB 2.0 COMPATABILIY With this single drive, you get compatibility with the latest USB 3.0 devices and backwards-compatibility with USB 2.0 devices as well.
  • WD QUALITY INSIDE AND OUT. We build the drive to our demanding requirements for durability, shock tolerance, and long-term reliability. Then, we help protect with a durable enclosure designed for style and protection
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  • OZZYBAGMAN on 11/10/2022 - 14:38

    Is this the model with the 2 white label 10tb reds inside ?

  • ozbs25 on 11/10/2022 - 14:39
    +5

    Tempting but will wait until Black Friday. Held out this long. Hopefully my hardware holds on too…

  • dreamscene on 11/10/2022 - 14:49
    +12

    Finally, 4K HDR linux pr0n distros

    • boomramada on 11/10/2022 - 20:55

      Why stop there when you can get 3d linux distros

  • metalslaw on 11/10/2022 - 14:54

    I'd be wary of any buying 20tb models, as they could be SMR.

    The bare drive could be a WD Gold 20TB, which is CMR, or a Ultrastar DC HC650 20TB, which is SMR.

    • metalslaw on 11/10/2022 - 15:00

      Hmm, there is a chance that it's not a HC650,

      "HC650 (20TB) is ePMR SMR but it's host-managed SMR, so they probably can't use it for WD Elements/Easystore 20TB. I think they'll use another of their 20TB drives, it's ePMR CMR with OptiNAND:"

      From,
      https://www.reddit.com/r/DataHoarder/comments/qf5ar3/is_this…

    • CarbonTwelve on 11/10/2022 - 15:00
      +2

      At this price it's almost certainly SMR. If you're using the drives as a NAS or to shuck the drives for a file server then IMO SMR is fine. Yes, performance isn't as good, but most people aren't buying cheap 20TB disks for performance.

      Storage per $ is what counts, and this delivers on that.

      • jmeister on 11/10/2022 - 15:05

        SMR drives don't tend to last as long though even if you can live with the performance hit.

      • tm001 on 11/10/2022 - 16:09
        +2

        Well, SMR drives are terrible in RAID. Source - personal experience. Never more. Similar to try using Crucial BX SSD for a boot drive.

        • CarbonTwelve on 11/10/2022 - 18:22
          +2

          RAID1/10/5/6 where every write hits every disk, sure, not ideal. However RAID such as FlexRAID / UnRAID where only the parity disks are hit, it's not as bad. Again, personally I'd rather take the cost savings.

          FWIW, I also have personal experience with 7 SMR disks in UnRAID that I've used for years, and haven't had an SMR fail, yet I've had many many non-SMR disks fail in the years before that. Yes, I know that doesn't prove anything for what others' experience will be, but I would say that it doesn't matter what type of disk you use, you should anticipate and plan for failures. RAID is not a backup, so if the data matters, have a backup.

        • rx8geek on 11/10/2022 - 18:28

          I've got 8x8tb seagate SMR drives in RAID 6 array. Software raid on openmediavault.

          My personal experience is it works perfectly fine, solid performance.

          I have heard that mixing SMR and CMR is a bad idea for raid, but all my drives are SMR and for the price I got them all it was a good deal.

          • BargainKen on 11/10/2022 - 19:04

            @rx8geek: SMR is fine for the most part, around 100meg/sec per drive but the performance can really start to tank when the drive gets full, the last 100gig or so it really takes a hard hit sub 50mb/sec and simetimes will sit at 0 while it rearranges data around.Dont think Id want to run it in a NAS tho

    • BargainKen on 11/10/2022 - 20:19

      At least for the EasyStore drives they're CMR, I'm assuming Elements are using the same drive.

      https://www.reddit.com/r/DataHoarder/comments/up2lki/wd_easy…

  • Fatboy74 on 11/10/2022 - 15:35
    +1

    Does this have the annoying 5 second heartbeat click like the 18TB model?

    • MrGareth on 11/10/2022 - 16:42
      +1

      I get the feeling nearly every modern large drive has that due to Preemptive wear leveling (PWL)… it's annoying :(

      • Fatboy74 on 12/10/2022 - 08:51

        :( Very annoying. Especially in a quiet room.

  • BRWNSUGA on 11/10/2022 - 15:40
    +2

    Does it matter if the heading says 8TB but the description is 20TB?

    • pjetson on 11/10/2022 - 15:54
      +1

      It's difficult to say. Maybe you'll be shipped an 8TB drive as listed in the heading, or maybe you'll get a 20TB drive as listed in the description. There are plenty of listing errors on Amazon, and I've received a few items over the years that were different to the listing and/or heading. I have been able to return them for a refund, though.

      • Mortin on 11/10/2022 - 16:09
        +3

        Or may be the 18tb as the photo

  • Rockhard on 11/10/2022 - 15:41

    Good price. $4.86/TB. Haven't been this low for a while

    • FrugalSplack on 11/10/2022 - 15:45

      Think you messed up your decimal point lol

  • clubhonda on 11/10/2022 - 15:44
    +10

    The listing itself is concerning. The specs show 20TB, the title says 8TB, and the last photo on the ad says 18TB. What the hell is it exactly??

    • tempi on 11/10/2022 - 15:48
      +1

      good point, no idea what you are getting!

    • Mortin on 11/10/2022 - 16:08

      Exactly

    • Axelstrife on 11/10/2022 - 16:14

      The UK listing when you add .com.au instead of .co.uk brings you to this on the AU amazon site so this is definitely the 20tb HDD.

  • Korban Dallas on 11/10/2022 - 16:07
    +1

    With this Amazon lottery I think you are all going to get the 8GB drive as my best bet and considering other historical Amazon screwups

    • Mortin on 11/10/2022 - 16:08
      +1

      The title says 8tb, I wouldn't risk it.

    • BargainKen on 11/10/2022 - 18:20

      Can always return it if an 8TB rocks up..

  • StickBug on 11/10/2022 - 16:17

    With prior experience from the whole GPU/CPU debacle, most likely it's the 20TB.

  • vavud on 11/10/2022 - 16:40
    +2

    If its the 8TB then the cost is $60.78 per TB. That is too high a price.
    If its 20 then the cost is $24.21 per TB. This is a very good price.

    I find that $32-34 is the minimum good price for 1TB. Anything under this is even better.

    • chutibuti on 11/10/2022 - 17:08
      +2

      $32-34 is the minimum good price for 1TB
      Really?

      • vavud on 12/10/2022 - 10:48

        Yes. I have been looking at prices and worked out the average (for the moment) to be this figure. If its lower then it is worth considering.
        I would expect the average to drop even more over time.

  • LoserScott on 11/10/2022 - 17:37

    Need to buy this dam

  • justtoreply on 11/10/2022 - 17:51

    Need to know definitively if cmr or smr

  • releasethekr4cken on 11/10/2022 - 18:06

    I remember my first one of these, it was a 1TB, I thought I was king of the storage. Now it doesn't hold my MP3z

  • fireball99 on 11/10/2022 - 18:28

    My first hdd was a mfm 20mb seagate 😮 in 1990

    • chutibuti on 11/10/2022 - 18:54
      +2

      Did you run stacker on that 😀

      • McFly on 11/10/2022 - 20:39

        I think I still have my Stacker for OS/2 somewhere in the cupboard.

      • fireball99 on 11/10/2022 - 22:20

        nope but i did have to upgrade the 640k ram to 1mb just to play wing commander 1

        • McFly on 11/10/2022 - 23:10

          It was worth it.

      • bchliu on 13/10/2022 - 02:06

        MS Double Space! lol

  • BargainKen on 11/10/2022 - 18:57
    +2

    $411.08 for the 18TB - https://www.amazon.com.au/gp/product/B08KY32HFR

    Limited to 1 drive only tho.

    $389.75 for the 16TB - https://www.amazon.com.au/gp/product/B08KY4P7L5

    Not as good per TB but might be useful for some.

  • whitepuma on 12/10/2022 - 07:35

    really good deal…usually i'd jump at it. but i think i'm going to hold out to black friday

  • clubhonda on 12/10/2022 - 12:10

    I can't wait for Black Friday. Need… more… space…!!

  • bchliu on 12/10/2022 - 22:20

    Are these actually shuckable? they do have the SATA interface instead of the USB one inbuilt right?

  • fruitloafer on 18/10/2022 - 11:11
    +1

    Received my drive. Can confirm that it is indeed the 20TB drive from the UK listing. Have not shucked it yet, doing a disk scan prior to opening it up.

    CrystalDiskInfo confirms this drive is a WD200EDGZ, as per here:
    https://www.reddit.com/r/DataHoarder/comments/up2lki/wd_easy…

    Appears to be helium filled CMR drive at 7200RPM.

    • BargainKen on 18/10/2022 - 14:46
      +1

      Amazon also corrected the listing recently so no more references to 8TB

  • RichardL on 26/10/2022 - 17:38

    $530.83 now for anyone interested.

    They also fixed the Amazon Product listing to show it 20TB now.

  • congo on 19/11/2022 - 14:54

    $475.42

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