8TB WD Red NAS 3.5" Internal Hard Drive

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07-13-2020 at 05:25 AM #3

$20.74/TB. I'll pass, thanks.

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07-13-2020 at 05:28 AM #4

Great deal, but I'm tired if the fact that every time Newegg has a WD Red deal, it's limit 2. I would guess that many people interested in these would want four or more, especially in this capacity.

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07-13-2020 at 05:37 AM #6

Quote from novakia7 :

You must be a datahoarder

I think its just the people that are in the market for NAS drives need more than 2 for redundancy

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07-13-2020 at 05:43 AM #7

Quote from novakia7 :

You must be a datahoarder

Some people just deal with giant file sizes. RAW 8K footage is roughly a terabyte per hour. Raw 4K at a 12:1 compression ratio is still going to be about 3-4 hours per terabyte. Shooting anything episodic like a weekly podcast, church service etc. that you plan to edit in high quality will chew through data like you wouldn't believe.

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07-13-2020 at 05:46 AM #8

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$20.74/TB. I'll pass, thanks.

Yup, I just picked up two external 14tb WD drives to shuck and those were around $16.50/TB (before tax). Even then, a patient person can find them for under $16/TB.

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07-13-2020 at 05:51 AM #10

Quote from nadanunca :

Careful: This is an EFAX model number, which means it's SMR, not CMR. Read more here: https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2...-channels/

If you read the article you linked, you would see:

"WD Red capacities 2TB-6TB currently employ device-managed shingled magnetic recording (DMSMR) to maximize areal density and capacity. WD Red 8-14TB drives use conventional magnetic recording (CMR)."

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07-13-2020 at 05:54 AM #11

Quote from dougscar56 :

Some people just deal with giant file sizes. RAW 8K footage is roughly a terabyte per hour. Raw 4K at a 12:1 compression ratio is still going to be about 3-4 hours per terabyte. Shooting anything episodic like a weekly podcast, church service etc. that you plan to edit in high quality will chew through data like you wouldn't believe.

Pretty sure he's referencing the datahoarder subreddit guys

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07-13-2020 at 05:55 AM #12

Quote from JJWalker :

If you read the article you linked, you would see:

"WD Red capacities 2TB-6TB currently employ device-managed shingled magnetic recording (DMSMR) to maximize areal density and capacity. WD Red 8-14TB drives use conventional magnetic recording (CMR)."

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Thanks for calling me out on that.

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07-13-2020 at 06:00 AM #13

Quote from ejtt7ciia :

Great deal, but I'm tired if the fact that every time Newegg has a WD Red deal, it's limit 2. I would guess that many people interested in these would want four or more, especially in this capacity.

Yep. I would need 4. Would be nice to see the 7200rpm ones on sale.

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07-13-2020 at 06:03 AM #14

Quote from Halewafa :

Yup, I just picked up two external 14tb WD drives to shuck and those were around $16.50/TB (before tax). Even then, a patient person can find them for under $16/TB.

These are NAS-level drives and not meant for normal internal/external backups you'd use with your desktop (such as the 14TB Elements or My Book drives). I have a QNAP TS-453Be that I've been looking for a 4th WD80EFAX to add in and this price is around the historical sale price for a WD Red 8TB...repped and bought

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07-13-2020 at 06:52 AM #15

Is there a big difference 5400 vs 7200 when used in a 4 bay nas?

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