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WD Red Plus 3.5" SATA Hard Drives(CMR): 8TB $155, 6TB $105, 4TB

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BH Photo Video has select WD Red Plus 3.5" Internal SATA NAS Hard Drives (CMR) on sale below. Shipping is free.

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BH Photo Video has select WD Red Plus 3.5" Internal SATA NAS Hard Drives (CMR) on sale below. Shipping is free.

Thanks to Community Member MuthuMV for posting this deal.

Available Capacities:
Adorama also has select WD Red Plus 3.5" Internal SATA NAS Hard Drives (CMR) on sale below. Shipping is free.

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  • About this Deal:
    • Includes a Limited 3-Year Warranty.

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AnupK
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Btw, I saw 4TB ones for 68.99 in B&H and thought maybe I over paid for these in Newegg. I compared the two and turns out model are different. B&H one is WD40EFRX with 64MB Cache and Newegg one is WD40EFZX with 128MB Cache. I paid $76.99 with $8 coupon. Don't know about you, but $8 more for 64MB more cache sounds not so bad at all.


https://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/pr...s_cmr.html
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Yes. It's the SMR drives you want to avoid.
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Yup........
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Nov 25, 2021 2:40 PM
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SiennaTerrier388Nov 25, 2021 2:40 PM
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Quote from sdaddict001 View quoted comment :
What type of files? If it's pics and videos from phones then NAS is the way to go. I use NAS plus external drive that backs up my entire NAS. For pics and videos it's super super convenient to have them backed up automatically. I don't trust my data on external drives only as I was very careful of handling my ext drive and even then it started clicking. Luckily I had my data on the NAS already by that time. Plus are you going to be very diligent on backing up the files to external drive yourself or would you rather just have it done automatically.

All of this depends on how important this files are. If it's just ripped or downloaded movies I could care less if lost. But family pics and videos are not something I'd take risk with and rather spend the money to protect them now than to pay shit load of money for data recovery services.
Curious - are you saying your NAS is a RAID setup and then you also backup with an external drive? I understand why you'd back up the NAS to an external, but why also have the NAS as a RAID vs. a single drive in the NAS?

I'm trying to figure that out myself for a similar situation - I have a NAS that I was considering using with only a single drive, which I would then back up with an external drive. Not sure how using a multiple drive RAID in the NAS would benefit me if I'm going to back up to an external drive anyway...
Nov 25, 2021 2:59 PM
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ReiNov 25, 2021 2:59 PM
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Quote from SiennaTerrier388 View quoted comment :
I'm trying to figure that out myself for a similar situation - I have a NAS that I was considering using with only a single drive, which I would then back up with an external drive. Not sure how using a multiple drive RAID in the NAS would benefit me if I'm going to back up to an external drive anyway...

According to Synology's Raid calculator: https://www.synology.com/en-us/su...calculator


If you do Raid 5 with 4 hard drives in the NAS if 1/4 of the hard drives fails you wont lose any data if they were setup in Raid 5. If you lose more than 1 hard drive though then your out of luck as they say lol so that might be why he still has 1 large external hard drive to back everything up just in case he has more than 1 hard drive fail at the same time.
Nov 25, 2021 3:04 PM
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lue96500Nov 25, 2021 3:04 PM
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4TB red plus, WD40EFZX, is the same price on AMAZON, $68.99.
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B08VH8C3WZ
Nov 25, 2021 3:11 PM
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blitzpa9Nov 25, 2021 3:11 PM
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8TB is OOS and I can't find a price match anywhere. Bummer. I need an 8TB replacement for my QNAP.
Nov 25, 2021 3:38 PM
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deelseakerNov 25, 2021 3:38 PM
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Quote from superblast View quoted comment :
Western Digital website has them for the same price, free shipping, and no limit of 2 like Amazon has: https://www.westerndigital.com/pr...d#WD10EFRX
How much does WD charge for shipping? I don't have an account, and they won't calculate shipping until I fill in all the contact info.
Nov 25, 2021 3:45 PM
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ClarkeMNov 25, 2021 3:45 PM
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Canceled my Newegg order for the Reds. Picked up 2×4TB and 2x6TB WD Red Plus and an 8GB Crucial SODIMM from Amazon. Will run SHR at ~13TB like my 412j has done for the last 9+ years.

Will mate nicely with the 920+ I bought last night from B&H.
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Nov 25, 2021 3:54 PM
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blazingdragonNov 25, 2021 3:54 PM
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Quote from SiennaTerrier388 View quoted comment :
Curious - are you saying your NAS is a RAID setup and then you also backup with an external drive? I understand why you'd back up the NAS to an external, but why also have the NAS as a RAID vs. a single drive in the NAS?

I'm trying to figure that out myself for a similar situation - I have a NAS that I was considering using with only a single drive, which I would then back up with an external drive. Not sure how using a multiple drive RAID in the NAS would benefit me if I'm going to back up to an external drive anyway...
The main way I would look at it.

Raids are not true back ups unless you do the mirror. A backup is a ready to use 2nd copy of your data you can get to. Raids only provide a way to recover data if a drive fails depending on your setup.

Raids also provide increase read/write performance depending on which one you set up, it can provide fault tolerance(s)(1 or more drives fail depending on your level of redundancy), and a hot spare option, allowing you to have a spare drive in the Nas on stand by, ready to kick in if one dies and it will automatically start the raid rebuild.

The external drive is purely to have an onsite backup in case things go really bad.

For example I have a 4 x 4TB raid setup with 1 drive failure allowed. If one fails, I have to get home and swap in a new drive and rebuild the raid. Now if a second drive goes before the rebuild is completed chances are my whole raid is done for at that point. If I would to use 3 drives, I could dedicate the 4th as a hot spare, to save time but at the expense of storage.

I have an external HDD hooked up as a backup.

If you are storing anything on the Nas it's your primary location if it houses anything important you should have a back either via cloud/local or both.

Also I would recommend a ups for a Nas too. You don't need a big one I have a 920+ with 4 x 4 TB iron wolfs with 2 nVME cache drives all powered by a 750va ups. It gives it plenty of time to shutdown safely if power goes out.
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Nov 25, 2021 4:02 PM
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ClarkeMNov 25, 2021 4:02 PM
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Quote from blazingdragon View quoted comment :
The main way I would look at it.

Raids are not true back ups unless you do the mirror. A backup is a ready to use 2nd copy of your data you can get to. Raids only provide a way to recover data if a drive fails depending on your setup.

Raids also provide increase read/write performance depending on which one you set up, it can provide fault tolerance(s)(1 or more drives fail depending on your level of redundancy), and a hot spare option, allowing you to have a spare drive in the Nas on stand by, ready to kick in if one dies and it will automatically start the raid rebuild.

The external drive is purely to have an onsite backup in case things go really bad.

For example I have a 4 x 4TB raid setup with 1 drive failure allowed. If one fails, I have to get home and swap in a new drive and rebuild the raid. Now if a second drive goes before the rebuild is completed chances are my whole raid is done for at that point. If I would to use 3 drives, I could dedicate the 4th as a hot spare, to save time but at the expense of storage.

I have an external HDD hooked up as a backup.

If you are storing anything on the Nas it's your primary location if it houses anything important you should have a back either via cloud/local or both.

Also I would recommend a ups for a Nas too. You don't need a big one I have a 920+ with 4 x 4 TB iron wolfs with 2 nVME cache drives all powered by a 750va ups. It gives it plenty of time to shutdown safely if power goes out.
Agree on the ups. I have my NAS, HTPC and TV all connected to a Cyberpower 1500va.
Nov 25, 2021 4:08 PM
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BarnabyBarnabasNov 25, 2021 4:08 PM
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Out of stock on the 6gb and 8gb versions
Nov 25, 2021 4:38 PM
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sdaddict001Nov 25, 2021 4:38 PM
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Quote from SiennaTerrier388 View quoted comment :
Curious - are you saying your NAS is a RAID setup and then you also backup with an external drive? I understand why you'd back up the NAS to an external, but why also have the NAS as a RAID vs. a single drive in the NAS?

I'm trying to figure that out myself for a similar situation - I have a NAS that I was considering using with only a single drive, which I would then back up with an external drive. Not sure how using a multiple drive RAID in the NAS would benefit me if I'm going to back up to an external drive anyway...
I have NAS in RAID 5 with single external backing it up. It's just about how much redundancy you want. I'd still suggest that you have two drives in NAS and single drive backing the NAS up. That way if one of those drives fails, then you can replace and restore from the second drive. If both fails, then you have external drive as a backup. I have a 4 bay drive with three in use. I bought 4 identical size drive but keep the fourth one on hand for when one of drive fails in the NAS. The external drive size is the total capacity of my NAS and syncs up every night.
Nov 25, 2021 5:54 PM
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sam_ayNov 25, 2021 5:54 PM
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Quote from SmoodOps View quoted comment :
Are you starting a NAS? It's a great deal to start with the largest drive you can afford.

I started from scratch and purchase three 8tb and a four bay synology
I read on the other Nas thread that the enclosures fail in about 4-5 years anyways. Both Synology and QNAP threads are having failure problems.

I'm looking for storage solutions for all my family pictures. No Plex or and other use really. Is it worth spending so many dollars on setting up Nas or better with just paying online cloud storage. Even at 100 bucks a year it would be 10 years for break even, and by then the current equipment, hard drives may have failed or corrupted or obsolete.
Nov 25, 2021 5:56 PM
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elilovesblue3Nov 25, 2021 5:56 PM
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I saw the 6TB at 103.99 at the WD Store
https://www.westerndigital.com/pr...d#WD60EFZX
Nov 25, 2021 6:04 PM
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GrpDeal77Nov 25, 2021 6:04 PM
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Thank you grabbed 2 of them
Nov 25, 2021 6:14 PM
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PRYCEMYSTEAKNov 25, 2021 6:14 PM
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Quote from ClarkeM View quoted comment :
Canceled my Newegg order for the Reds. Picked up 2×4TB and 2x6TB WD Red Plus and an 8GB Crucial SODIMM from Amazon. Will run SHR at ~13TB like my 412j has done for the last 9+ years.

Will mate nicely with the 920+ I bought last night from B&H.
Why you need so much storage? Just curious. I have a 918+ with 12TB and it's a overkill for my plex server.
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Nov 25, 2021 6:18 PM
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BigBostonNov 25, 2021 6:18 PM
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How are the wd red plus vs ironwolf pro of 10tb, 12tb, 14tb? Want to start with 14's but might be out of my price range right now

Going with 4 in a ds920+ from the BH deal.

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