so are these drives worth it? I mean the price is nice but is the quality worth it?
I'm interested but don't want something to die out. I suppose my other question is what is normal life expectancy if 4/5 years is considered bad.
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Setting up my first NAS (synology). This or recertified Exo for the same price and warranty?
bought 5, do I need them? no. Do I want them? Damn right.
Better man than me…
dawg cancel one for me they’re sold out now and i was waiting for payday :(
i may join you with the fact that I'm waiting for mine to ship :(
Do these have the 3.3v pin issue?
Well, I got an Enterprise one (WUH721818ALE6L4) for US$ 245 shipped.
I bought two. One to give me room for another 900 movies on Plex and another to back them up. I should be good for awhile.
Cleared out my store's three units.
Pairing this with 8TB SATA SSD for disaster proof backups. After twenty years, getting all my data in one place...
... Well, except the 20TB overflow. That backs up to my $279 20TB's. Which hook into BackBlaze. They had better appreciate the loyalty. The 28TB backups sure cost them a lot.
I'm just glad I don't have more. Then I'd have to set up a NAS and, ugh, I'm just working too hard to enjoy doing that these days.
Only hiccup so far is either my 8TB Samsung 870 QVO died or the enclosure, a whopping 30 minutes in. This is why I backup meticulously in (at least) three separate locales, plus encrypted cloud.
how about stock picks that are about to grow well?
Yes, but can you shuck them and use them? Or have they added the drive encryption to the interface?
And what specific model drives are they? (The HDD, not the easyStore)
--- DS
Some of the 10TB Easystores in my server are getting close to 5 years, so this is a convenient time to upgrade.
Idk I just get my drives with out enclosures and drives
i bought one, will probably go buy another before the holiday season ends as long as it's still $200.
These are cmr right?
Mine came in late last week. I hooked it up yesterday, and it is making an incessant clacking noise, so I'm returning it.