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Staples.com has 8TB Seagate Backup Plus Hub USB 3.0 External Hard Drive (STEL8000100) on sale for $154.99 - $10 w/ coupon code 45298 - $20 w/ coupon code 35575 = $124.99 (price reflected during checkout). Shipping is free. Thanks NightHound

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Staples [staples.com] has Seagate Backup Plus Hub 8TB USB 3.0 External Hard Drive (STEL8000100) for $124.99 when you apply the coupon codes 45298 and 35575 in the cart. Shipping is free, otherwise select free in-store pickup where available.

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That should be fine. SMR drive technology allows for tighter and overlapping tracts, increasing storage density. This comes as a cost of poor write performance, especially if you have to over-write. Its better to think of these drives as for archiving - write occasionally and read many times, rather than a scratch disk where many files are being written over and over.
FYI this is a decent price, ~$30 off from Amazon and is shuckable but if you want to put this into a NAS keep in mind these are SMR drives (AFAICT). If you need 8TB and you're not doing a lot of writes you should be fine.
So much negativity. I use the drives to backup my blu day disks. The speeds are fine, and smr has never been an issue. Furthermore, I have had external seagate drives that have been used continuously for 5+ years with Plex. Seagate has never failed me. Neither has western digital or toshiba or hitachi. Maybe I just have good luck with drives.

If you're backing stuff up this is a great drive. If you're using it for something like Plex, this is a great drive.

If you're editing video or using a NAS, I'd avoid it.

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05-22-2020 at 11:57 PM #3
Anyone knows what drives are inside these? Are they 7,200 RPM drives?
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05-23-2020 at 02:08 AM #4
FYI this is a decent price, ~$30 off from Amazon and is shuckable but if you want to put this into a NAS keep in mind these are SMR drives (AFAICT). If you need 8TB and you're not doing a lot of writes you should be fine.
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05-23-2020 at 08:55 AM #5
I'm not seeing this price, goes down from $184 to $154 with free shipping.
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05-23-2020 at 09:22 AM #6
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FYI this is a decent price, ~$30 off from Amazon and is shuckable but if you want to put this into a NAS keep in mind these are SMR drives (AFAICT). If you need 8TB and you're not doing a lot of writes you should be fine.
I apologize for my ignorance but what do you mean by saying these are smr drives and its okay if you're not doing alot of writing? I understand it could be alot to write so I'll simplify my question: is this a good drive for storing movies to watch off my xbox one x?
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05-23-2020 at 09:44 AM #7
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I apologize for my ignorance but what do you mean by saying these are smr drives and its okay if you're not doing alot of writing? I understand it could be alot to write so I'll simplify my question: is this a good drive for storing movies to watch off my xbox one x?

That should be fine. SMR drive technology allows for tighter and overlapping tracts, increasing storage density. This comes as a cost of poor write performance, especially if you have to over-write. Its better to think of these drives as for archiving - write occasionally and read many times, rather than a scratch disk where many files are being written over and over.
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05-23-2020 at 12:47 PM #8
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I'm not seeing this price, goes down from $184 to $154 with free shipping.
You're obviously not entering the codes mentioned.
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05-23-2020 at 03:16 PM #9
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I apologize for my ignorance but what do you mean by saying these are smr drives and its okay if you're not doing alot of writing? I understand it could be alot to write so I'll simplify my question: is this a good drive for storing movies to watch off my xbox one x?
I'm also looking for one for Xbox one
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05-23-2020 at 03:27 PM #10
I purchased this in early March and it worked great for backing up my NAS.
Tempted to pick up another one.
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05-23-2020 at 03:29 PM #11
Wondering if this can stack with my $25 off $100 coupon.
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05-23-2020 at 03:34 PM #12
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Wondering if this can stack with my $25 off $100 coupon.
let us know!
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05-23-2020 at 03:36 PM #13
Does this work for the ps4's extended storage?
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05-23-2020 at 04:18 PM #14
I have the 6TB version of this drive and it's SLOOOW.
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05-23-2020 at 04:23 PM #15
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Rats, the coupon expired on Wednesday, good only two days.

But I was able to apply my $10 Staples Rewards in my account to bring it down another $10.
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