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Nov 23, 2021 7:02 PM

8TB Toshiba N300 NAS Systems 7200 RPM 3.5" Internal Hard Drive

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Newegg has 8TB Toshiba N300 NAS Systems 7200 RPM 3.5" Internal Hard Drive (HDWG480XZSTA) on sale for $234.99 - Extra $75 Off w/ promo code BCMAY22339 (apply in cart) = $159.99. Shipping is free.

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Note, must be sold/shipped by Newegg. Must apply the listed promo code in cart to receive discount.

About the Product
  • 7200 RPM 256MB Cache
  • SATA 6.0Gb/s
  • For NAS systems
  • Desktop RAID and servers
  • Multimedia service storage
  • Private cloud storage
  • Small business server/storage
Warranty
  • Includes a 1-year warranty w/ purchase

Editor's Notes

Written by Discombobulated | Staff
  • Price Research: Purchase this device today and save $75 Off (31.92% Savings) from the original list price of $234.99
  • The Toshiba N300 is designed to meet the reliability, performance, endurance, and scalability requirements of 24/7 network attached storage application for personal, home office and small business use
  • Limit 5 per customer
  • Offer valid through November 30, 2021 or while promotion/supplies last
Additional Note
  • Please refer to the forum thread for additional details - Discombobulated

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Written by jasonvr
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Newegg has 8TB Toshiba N300 NAS Systems 7200 RPM 3.5" Internal Hard Drive (HDWG480XZSTA) on sale for $234.99 - Extra $75 Off w/ promo code BCMAY22339 (apply in cart) = $159.99. Shipping is free.

Thanks to community member jasonvr for finding this deal

Note, must be sold/shipped by Newegg. Must apply the listed promo code in cart to receive discount.

About the Product
  • 7200 RPM 256MB Cache
  • SATA 6.0Gb/s
  • For NAS systems
  • Desktop RAID and servers
  • Multimedia service storage
  • Private cloud storage
  • Small business server/storage
Warranty
  • Includes a 1-year warranty w/ purchase

Editor's Notes

Written by Discombobulated | Staff
  • Price Research: Purchase this device today and save $75 Off (31.92% Savings) from the original list price of $234.99
  • The Toshiba N300 is designed to meet the reliability, performance, endurance, and scalability requirements of 24/7 network attached storage application for personal, home office and small business use
  • Limit 5 per customer
  • Offer valid through November 30, 2021 or while promotion/supplies last
Additional Note
  • Please refer to the forum thread for additional details - Discombobulated

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Written by jasonvr

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_A2
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Hmmm...

1. Locate model numbers for both drives
2. Locate and download PDF spec sheet for both drive
3. Compare
4. PROFIT?!?!?!?

I'm not saying this to be an *sshole, I'm saying it because it's something I would do. After having done that, I might ask for advice. For people's personal experiences which don't show up in spec sheets.

Also keep in mind when you say "WD Reds" there are now WD Red, Red Plus, and Red Pro drives I think. Which makes it a bit of a pain in the ass to compare.

Toshiba drive: HDWG480XZSTA Datasheet link [toshiba-storage.com]

WD Red data sheet: Link
 [westerndigital.com]WD Red Plus data sheet: Link [westerndigital.com]


I didn't share the WD Red Pro PDF link because I'm pretty sure they're in another league in terms of warranty (5 years versus 3), performance, etc.

You might consider "shucking" WD EasyStore drives from Best Buy. I currently have 2x8TB WD EasyStore drives, shucked from their enclosures, in a basic Synology DS220j.

I also have 3x8TB WD Gold and one more 10TB WD EasyStore shucked also. EasyStores were purchased at Best Buy ("EasyStore" is exclusive to Best Buy, I believe). The 8TB and 10TB EasyStores which I shucked are Helium filled drives. Not all drives will be Helium filled. With part numbers that match FCC or other filings for DeskStar Enterprise grade drives. Plenty to read on Reddit and other sites about drive shucking. Interesting stuff. Also, warranty is not voided by shucking. Hope you find this helpful.
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Hat-Trick
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So, in your opinion (since you've read and researched) are they better than the WD Red Plus?
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DadLovesBluey
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Here's one resource for trying to gauge real world reliability between drives. Backblaze keeps statistics for all of the drives they use in their data centers. You will have to look through multiple sheets/ years and also do some research to see if the drives you are considering are in the same families as the drives they use, but still a pretty cool non-biased resource:

https://www.backblaze.com/b2/hard...-data.html
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Nov 24, 2021 5:47 PM
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_A2Nov 24, 2021 5:47 PM
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Quote from xcopy View quoted comment :
I'm guessing it's a "SHTR" (think phonetically)

LMAOLMAOLMAOLMAOLMAOLMAO
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theGr81Nov 24, 2021 6:08 PM
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i have 3 Toshiba HD in my PC with the oldest one from 2013 and have not had any issues. everyone is different but i have had not issues with the noise.
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_A2Nov 24, 2021 6:27 PM
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Quote from Woden501 View quoted comment :
All that about doing your own research, and you have to go and be completely wrong about the 8TB drives being helium filled. That was the case at one point, but they are and have been since at least April standard drives. I've got three of them shucked that were purchased in two transactions (April and September), and they're all white label, non-helium drives. I'm less sure about the 10TB I purchased last year, but judging by the temps it reaches in it's enclosure I'm going to assume it's not helium filled either.

LOL... Thankfully I'm not "completely wrong". And I bought my drives well before April of this year Smilie. Not to mention, my being wrong or not has nothing to do with someone else's laziness, and whether they make any effort to do their own research before asking to be spoon-fed information. Try to understand that, you might just get there.

-Judging by the part number on my white label drive, which is an exact match for a helium filled WD drive (UltraStar), I'm pretty sure mine are Helium drives.

-I spy a little S.M.A.R.T. attribute labeled "Helium Level". Hmmm... While not a guarantee, it's certainly a good indication.

-I have 2x WD80EMAZ-00WJTA0. That drive is widely regarded to be a Helium drive.

 I guess I did "all my own" research, and I wasn't wrong after all.
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Nov 24, 2021 7:17 PM
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jkaipaNov 24, 2021 7:17 PM
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3yrs of warranty is a deal breaker for me.
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Nov 24, 2021 7:51 PM
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NiravP3261Nov 24, 2021 7:51 PM
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Quote from MadPup View quoted comment :
$20/TB is par for the course but a measily 1 year warranty on a NAS drive is not.
They have a 3 year warranty. The person that posted this deal needs to change that above. See newegg product page and also official Toshiba page for this drive.
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Nov 24, 2021 10:46 PM
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agateNov 24, 2021 10:46 PM
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Quote from oliverjia View quoted comment :
Is this a SMR or PMR drive? Plan to buy one to be used in my desktop computer, but if it's SMR I'll pass.
Found online:
"The company does not use SMR in the N300, a NAS drive intended for the consumer market – unlike Western Digital which uses SMR in some low-end WD Red NAS devices."

Temped to buy one
Nov 24, 2021 11:28 PM
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slimsNov 24, 2021 11:28 PM
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FWIW, I have 12 3TB 7200rpm Toshiba drives (TOSHIBA DT01ACA300) in a RAID since around 2015 and have only swapped one or two - both where the data was still readable but the seek times got too high for comfort.

The RAID is loud though, but not so much I could hear it by walking outside the room.
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Nov 25, 2021 2:41 PM
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RayJ7477Nov 25, 2021 2:41 PM
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In for 2 to replace my 4G Seagate drives in my Synology NAS. My NAS is in a separate makeshift data closet so noise is not an issue. Thanks for the post. Repped.
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Nov 25, 2021 2:45 PM
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MrBean411Nov 25, 2021 2:45 PM
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Why are NAS drives all of a sudden so popular?
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Nov 27, 2021 7:17 PM
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pandorarobotNov 27, 2021 7:17 PM
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1 year warranty? It's cheaper to buy three 4 TB on RAIDZ1 guarantees uptime and data integrity beyond the scope of the manufacturers liability

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okay 3 year warranty doesn't guarantee your data
Nov 29, 2021 2:29 PM
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Woden501Nov 29, 2021 2:29 PM
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Quote from _A2 View quoted comment :
LOL... Thankfully I'm not "completely wrong". And I bought my drives well before April of this year . Not to mention, my being wrong or not has nothing to do with someone else's laziness, and whether they make any effort to do their own research before asking to be spoon-fed information. Try to understand that, you might just get there.

-Judging by the part number on my white label drive, which is an exact match for a helium filled WD drive (UltraStar), I'm pretty sure mine are Helium drives.

-I spy a little S.M.A.R.T. attribute labeled "Helium Level". Hmmm... While not a guarantee, it's certainly a good indication.

-I have 2x WD80EMAZ-00WJTA0. That drive is widely regarded to be a Helium drive.

I guess I did "all my own" research, and I wasn't wrong after all. https://static.slickdealscdn.com/ima...es2/please.gif [slickdealscdn.com]
Literally from your first comment: "The 8TB and 10TB EasyStores are Helium filled drives"

Not MOST, not SOME. You very clearly stated that 8 and 10TB EasyStores are Helium filled drives which is a false statement as not all are. Before you chastise others for laziness or ignorance you really need to make sure that you're not exhibiting the exact same tendancies.
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_A2Nov 29, 2021 3:28 PM
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Quote from Woden501 View quoted comment :
Literally from your first comment: "The 8TB and 10TB EasyStores are Helium filled drives"

Not MOST, not SOME. You very clearly stated that 8 and 10TB EasyStores are Helium filled drives which is a false statement as not all are. Before you chastise others for laziness or ignorance you really need to make sure that you're not exhibiting the exact same tendancies.

I believe I suggested people do some basic research before asking questions. And you're wrong, I didn't chastise anyone for being ignorant. In fact I didn't even mention laziness either lol. I simply described what I would do. And THEN I made the f*cking effort to get all of the URLs for the datasheets, to make it easy for that user to do their own comparison. I guess some people will read in the meaning(s) that they want.

Thanks for your comment about the drives being Helium filled or not. I wrote it from my point of view, regarding the two drives I had JUST mentioned two sentences before. Meaning MY two drives. My intention wasn't to state that ALL drives are Helium filled. Context is important, right? Why would I do that? If I've made the effort to research the topic, shuck drives, etc. it's pretty safe to assume I've learned that not all of them are Helium filled. I'm well aware that not all drives are Helium filled. I've updated my comment to make it clear that I was referring to my own drives. It was never my intention to state that ALL 8TB and 10TB EasyStore shucked drives are Helium filled.

Also, it's spelled "tendencies" and not "tendancies".
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ogpNov 30, 2021 2:09 PM
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Quote from slims View quoted comment :
FWIW, I have 12 3TB 7200rpm Toshiba drives (TOSHIBA DT01ACA300) in a RAID since around 2015 and have only swapped one or two - both where the data was still readable but the seek times got too high for comfort.

The RAID is loud though, but not so much I could hear it by walking outside the room.
I have 5 I purchased in 2013 and only 3 work now.
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