Best Buy has 8TB WD Red Plus 3.5" SATA Internal Hard Drive (WDBAVV0080HNC-WRSN) on sale for $155.99. Shipping is free.
Thanks to community member fgullama for finding this deal.
Features:
256MB cache buffer
Optimized for NAS systems
CMR technology
NASware 3.0 technology
Error Recovery Prevention
7200 rpm
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Comes with a 3-year limited warranty.
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WesternDigital.com has 8TB WD Red Plus 3.5" SATA Internal Hard Drive (WD80EFBX) on sale for $149.99 when you apply coupon code WDSAVES5 in cart. Shipping is free.
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asked this question on 11-29-2021 at 01:41 PM
11-29-2021 at 01:41 PM
You’ll want multiple drives if you’re planning on using raid. If one drive fails you’ll still be ok.
11-29-2021 at 01:41 PM
Depends on your goals and data usage. In general though if you're doing NAS you probably have multiple bays and so why not use that to a better potential. If you want some resilience to your system you could do a RAID 1 with two 4TBs or why not two 8TBs? In that case you'd have 4TB and 8TB respectively. If you have a second NAS you could mirror those NASs then you might want to do a RAID 0, so with two 4TBs you'd have about 8 TB, with two 8TBs you'd have about 16TBs.
Don't forget you'll want to backup important data. Build in a resilient, robust system, with some redundancy and backups though. Don't just put all your eggs in one basket and put it all on one NAS either RAID 0 or 1.
Big Wang
asked this question on 11-29-2021 at 01:42 PM
11-29-2021 at 05:38 PM
Yes. I have two older 8 TB WD Reds (CMRs -- before they switched to the Red Plus designation -- that I shucked from a WD My Book Duo), set up in RAID with an Asus Strix mobo, running flawlessly as a D drive. I use them for less intensive storage -- documents, photographs, backups from C drive programs, etc, with the C drive, an SSD, handling more intensive tasks -- applications, games, etc. Unlike the drives from this deal -- which are excellent -- my older ones are 128 MB cache and 5,400 RPM. It is a tempting upgrade, if only any Best Buy within 250 miles of me had them.
It's Best Buy. Most people probably live within 15 minutes of a Best Buy store. Just buy this. When it arrives, leave it in the box unopened. If a better deal comes along, buy that instead, and return this one to Best Buy. They'll accept the return without any hassle since it's unopened. And the factory seal being intact means they can put it right back on their store shelves so you impose minimal cost to the store as well.
That turns this problem from you saying "damn, I should've waited for a better deal", into Best Buy saying "damn, we should've offered a better sale price."
My guess would be they're trying to say "not for laptops" cause if they just list the size in inches people will still be like: "will this fit in my laptop."
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What does "for desktops" mean? I've never seen that before. As opposed to what, servers? Yet it shows "NAS HDD." Well isn't a NAS essentially a server?
What does "for desktops" mean? I've never seen that before. As opposed to what, servers? Yet it shows "NAS HDD." Well isn't a NAS essentially a server?
My guess would be they're trying to say "not for laptops" cause if they just list the size in inches people will still be like: "will this fit in my laptop."
These cmr? What's the chances we get a better deal tomorrow?
It's Best Buy. Most people probably live within 15 minutes of a Best Buy store. Just buy this. When it arrives, leave it in the box unopened. If a better deal comes along, buy that instead, and return this one to Best Buy. They'll accept the return without any hassle since it's unopened. And the factory seal being intact means they can put it right back on their store shelves so you impose minimal cost to the store as well.
That turns this problem from you saying "damn, I should've waited for a better deal", into Best Buy saying "damn, we should've offered a better sale price."
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That turns this problem from you saying "damn, I should've waited for a better deal", into Best Buy saying "damn, we should've offered a better sale price."
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That turns this problem from you saying "damn, I should've waited for a better deal", into Best Buy saying "damn, we should've offered a better sale price."