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16TB Toshiba Enterprise SATA 6.0GB/s 7200 RPM 3.5" Internal Hard Disk Drive

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    • 7200 RPM 512MG Cache
    • SATA 6.0GB/s
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Newegg has 16TB Toshiba Enterprise SATA 6.0GB/s 7200 RPM 3.5" Internal Hard Disk Drive (MG08ACA16TE) for $324.99 -> $329.99 Now-> $324.99. Shipping is free.

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  • About this product:
    • 7200 RPM 512MG Cache
    • SATA 6.0GB/s
    • Includes a 5-year parts & labor limited warranty
  • About this store:
    • Newegg return policy may be found here

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Wordsmith9091
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Yes. If you have an exceptionally large family.
satellite779
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I think you're off by a factor of 1000: 20 members x 100 photos x 2mb is 4GB, which would make this drive good for almost 4000 years.
tg9413
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Sure can store a ton, probably more than you need for years to come if you aren't hording bunch of 4K vids. But any drive has chance to fail regardless. Work on a backup solution for things u can't afford to loose first. If not, the bigger the drive the more u lost in one failure.

There are things like 321 back up rules out there might seem far fetched for regular home. But the least to do is have duplicates copies on two different drives / store medium. ( not raid, that's not back up )

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Would this be good for family photos?
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tg9413
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Quote from R3DTR1X :
Would this be good for family photos?
Sure can store a ton, probably more than you need for years to come if you aren't hording bunch of 4K vids. But any drive has chance to fail regardless. Work on a backup solution for things u can't afford to loose first. If not, the bigger the drive the more u lost in one failure.

There are things like 321 back up rules out there might seem far fetched for regular home. But the least to do is have duplicates copies on two different drives / store medium. ( not raid, that's not back up )
Sep 17, 2021
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TodayOnly
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Quote from R3DTR1X :
Would this be good for family photos?
yap, but a bit of an overkill.
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Wordsmith9091
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Quote from R3DTR1X :
Would this be good for family photos?
Yes. If you have an exceptionally large family.
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satellite779
Sep 17, 2021
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With GPay 15% off it's still $17.26/GB

Would this work in a Synology 220+?


I already have a WD Elements 12TB that I plan to shuck. Is it a bad idea to combine these two?
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zopi
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Quote from R3DTR1X :
Would this be good for family photos?
Everyone knows whatever size of HD is fine for photos .. don't take the bait!
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zopi
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Quote from Wordsmith9091 :
Yes. If you have an exceptionally large family.
Now this guy knows the family photo post was a joke .. good one! If your family is 20 members x 100 photos per member per year x 2mb per photo = you've got 3+ years! (add a backup drive)
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viperninjamaster
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Quote from R3DTR1X :
Would this be good for family photos?
Nobody has that many photos
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bilditup1
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Any idea of the reliability of these drives? Anything like the Backblaze reports?
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satellite779
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Quote from zopi :
Now this guy knows the family photo post was a joke .. good one! If your family is 20 members x 100 photos per member per year x 2mb per photo = you've got 3+ years! (add a backup drive)

I think you're off by a factor of 1000: 20 members x 100 photos x 2mb is 4GB, which would make this drive good for almost 4000 years.
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its_bacon12
Sep 17, 2021
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14TB for $289 as well but +$35 for 16TB looks better
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Quote from bilditup1 :
Any idea of the reliability of these drives? Anything like the Backblaze reports?
This shows a physically similar Toshiba drive near the bottom. Only notable difference is the data they have is for the drive that comes with an sanitize instant erase feature which makes it cost more. But seemed to score pretty well. (It's explained a little bit in the comments below it)

https://www.backblaze.com/blog/ba...r-q2-2021/
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LEOMHK1.0
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Quote from R3DTR1X :
Would this be good for family photos?
Yes..... AND NO !!
Technically it is proper for family photos but it might be much too big,

Plus, HDDs are infamous for when they die they die and you're SOL with the data that it contained.
This would be perfect as a back up !!
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Quote from satellite779 :
I think you're off by a factor of 1000: 20 members x 100 photos x 2mb is 4GB, which would make this drive good for almost 4000 years.
To be fair 4000 definitely falls into the 3+ bucket
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lilgrubbybaby
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Quote from satellite779 :
I think you're off by a factor of 1000: 20 members x 100 photos x 2mb is 4GB, which would make this drive good for almost 4000 years.
I was thinking the same thing. No way can a 16tb drive only store 2000 2mb files 3 times...

16tb is basically overkill for everything except for professional or serious amateur applications. I'm a data scientist that works with images and my biggest hobby dataset isn't even 1tb... and it's already a ****ton of images. You'd have to be really seriously into editing home movies or something to use this.

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