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Oct 29, 2020 5:15 AM

14TB WD Easystore External USB 3.0 Hard Drive

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Best Buy has 14TB WD Easystore External USB 3.0 Hard Drive (WDBAMA0140HBK-NESN) on sale for $189.99. Select free store where stock permits. Thanks silentalarm

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Best Buy has 14TB WD Easystore External USB 3.0 Hard Drive (WDBAMA0140HBK-NESN) on sale for $189.99. Select free store where stock permits. Thanks silentalarm

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Nov 1, 2020 2:35 AM
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slain85Nov 1, 2020 2:35 AM
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Quote from namlook View quoted comment :
Damn that's really messed up that someone swapped drives. It looks like you can open the box at the bottom without breaking any seals thus making it look like you are returning an unopened box.

I wasn't going to open mine but now I have to in order to make sure they are real.
I've purchased quite a few WD external drives throughout the years and I sometimes open from the bottom when I don't have a knife or scissor available. However, no matter how careful I was, there would always be a crease created on the flap when opening.

Maybe the scammer was very careful because I definitely couldn't tell.
Nov 1, 2020 3:41 AM
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TodayOnlyNov 1, 2020 3:41 AM
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Quote from LostViet View quoted comment :
Is this the highest TB? Or is there a 16TB HD from WD?
there is a 16TB and 18TB at full retail. Hopefully they put them on sale soon.
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Nov 1, 2020 4:24 AM
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dkcsNov 1, 2020 4:24 AM
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Quote from cheapee View quoted comment :
Are you at work? Or do you own some kind of side business?
Nope, just a hobby that keeps myself and friends very happy.

UnRaid supports an array of up to 30 drives (28 data + 2 parity) so one can get some large storage servers setup.
Nov 1, 2020 5:41 AM
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sonicmixmasterNov 1, 2020 5:41 AM
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Quote from MadPup View quoted comment :
wd140emfz
My 5 drives picked up in Union, NJ were all WD140EDFZ. I ordered 2 more to be shipped by mail and hoping they will be the same so I can shove 6 drives in a file server and configure them as RAID 6. I purchased 7 drives but will initially use 6 and have one on standby for replacement in the future.
Nov 1, 2020 11:00 AM
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shortyman24Nov 1, 2020 11:00 AM
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Does anyone else easystore external drive smell funny like a smoker / burnt plastic? I was worried I got a swapped drive, I plugged it shows that its 12.7tb / 13039gb thats normal right? "WDC WD140EDFZ-11A0VA0 14000.5 GB" from crystalmarkinfo
Nov 1, 2020 11:14 AM
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lakoraiNov 1, 2020 11:14 AM
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Quote from Nawert View quoted comment :
Thanks and sorry I was the one lol. I have a plex server and currently have a full 8tb and needed to upgrade. I just plug it into the back of my gaming pc and leave it on 247. Is there a better route to take than that?
Shuck the drives, buy two of thrm and make them into a RAID1 array. This way if a drive fails you have a mirror copy of your data
Nov 1, 2020 7:04 PM
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EdworldNov 1, 2020 7:04 PM
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TGBPWCP 12TB were EMFZ, does the same apply to these 14TB?

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Nov 1, 2020 7:56 PM
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speedyslick46Nov 1, 2020 7:56 PM
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Quote from BlueDeer4542 View quoted comment :
Can you guys really tell the difference between a 60 GB blu-ray remux vs a 6-10 GB HEVC reencode? Seems like a collosal waste of capacity.
I learned my lesson on DVDs. All the dual layer ones I ripped I compressed to fit single layer. Now with bigger TVs, there is a huge difference between in quality between the full dual layer (8gb) and the compressed (4.5gb) file. To the point that I don't like watching the movies. The only way to fix my mistake would be to re-rip all 1200+ discs. So for blu-ray I decided the full rip or nothing. What sucks with the movies from the DVDs is that some aren't available on blu-ray, so I'm stuck with the compressed file now.
Nov 1, 2020 8:06 PM
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YungTaxpayerNov 1, 2020 8:06 PM
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Quote from shortyman24 View quoted comment :
Does anyone else easystore external drive smell funny like a smoker / burnt plastic? I was worried I got a swapped drive, I plugged it shows that its 12.7tb / 13039gb thats normal right? "WDC WD140EDFZ-11A0VA0 14000.5 GB" from crystalmarkinfo
I noticed the smell too, it's definitely the plastic.
Nov 1, 2020 8:58 PM
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bawajiNov 1, 2020 8:58 PM
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Quote from Teddy6321 View quoted comment :
This WD might help. https://i.imgur.com/Sat9NJv.png
But I think they might have made some changes. F meant 10,000 rpm in the chart, but in EDFZ, its 5400rpm with 512MB Cache.

Here is another helpful thread on reddit. https://www.reddit.com/r/DataHoar...b_shucked/
So the WD140EDFZ means it is a self-encrypted drive? Does the self encryption work only when the file is in the enclosure or does it happen even when it is shucked? Trying to figure out if these will be slower or have any other disadvantages compared to the EMFZ drives others have mentioned.
Nov 1, 2020 11:56 PM
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Teddy6321Nov 1, 2020 11:56 PM
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Quote from bawaji View quoted comment :
So the WD140EDFZ means it is a self-encrypted drive? Does the self encryption work only when the file is in the enclosure or does it happen even when it is shucked? Trying to figure out if these will be slower or have any other disadvantages compared to the EMFZ drives others have mentioned.
I have not used the encryption feature and based on the CrystalDiskMark tests I had ran, I don't think it is activate by default. It's probably a hardware encryption that needs to be activated with WD software. The Easy Store is not marketed as having hardware encryption. I had similar speeds from the Mybook and the EasyStore drives so if encryption was enabled, I would think the speeds would be very different. I saved the screen grabs of the CrystalDiskMark Test and I labed them in Microsoft Paint.. I too wonder if the encryption engine was in the usb-to-sata PCB or if it on the SATA PCB. The USB-to SATA PCBs from both the My Book and the Easy Store look identical, so I think its built into the drive itself. But probably not active or maybe disabled by WD at the factory. I already have mine schucked and inside a Synology NAS DS418. From what I read, these are all WD RED drives that have been throttled from 7200rpm to 5400rpm which should theoretically improve their life span since they generate less heat. Having them in a RAID can give you the extra speed lost to the rpm throttle.
Last edited by Teddy6321 November 1, 2020 at 05:16 PM.
Nov 2, 2020 12:24 AM
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Teddy6321Nov 2, 2020 12:24 AM
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Quote from YungTaxpayer View quoted comment :
I noticed the smell too, it's definitely the plastic.
My first Mybook I used for three months using its built-in enclosure. I noticed one thing of concern. Inside the WD enclosure the drive ran at 56c/132F. That was a bit toasty. When I inserted all of the drives (2 x Mybooks and 1 EasyStore) into the Synology which has dual active cooling fans, all three of my drives average 29c/84F after 36 hours of runtime. In fact my Synology is still running the parity test right this minute, 36 hours later and the drives are running cool. The drives in the WD enclosure seem to run very hot.
Last edited by Teddy6321 November 1, 2020 at 05:32 PM.
Nov 2, 2020 1:37 AM
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AisorikNov 2, 2020 1:37 AM
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If I make two different orders with the same info/payment, will it go through? I always buy two drives to mirror the data.
Nov 2, 2020 1:47 AM
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YungTaxpayerNov 2, 2020 1:47 AM
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Quote from Teddy6321 View quoted comment :
My first Mybook I used for three months using its built-in enclosure. I noticed one thing of concern. Inside the WD enclosure the drive ran at 56c/132F. That was a bit toasty. When I inserted all of the drives (2 x Mybooks and 1 EasyStore) into the Synology which has dual active cooling fans, all three of my drives average 29c/84F after 36 hours of runtime. In fact my Synology is still running the parity test right this minute, 36 hours later and the drives are running cool. The drives in the WD enclosure seem to run very hot.
Yeah I shucked mine and the drives smell fine, but fresh out of the box they smell like cigar ashes

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Nov 2, 2020 3:05 AM
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IIIINov 2, 2020 3:05 AM
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Quote from shortyman24 View quoted comment :
Does anyone else easystore external drive smell funny like a smoker / burnt plastic? I was worried I got a swapped drive, I plugged it shows that its 12.7tb / 13039gb thats normal right? "WDC WD140EDFZ-11A0VA0 14000.5 GB" from crystalmarkinfo
Mine says 12.7 to. is that normal for a 14tb drive after formated?
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