14TB WD Elements External USB 3.0 Desktop Hard Drive

Andrey95

Nov 29, 2021 01:58 PM

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Anyone use this in a NAS? How does it work compared to a NAS HD like the WD Red Plus?

alex356

Nov 29, 2021 01:58 PM

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Thanks!

Do I need Unraids Pro license or a cheaper one if I end up with something like 4 14TB Drives, 2 8TB drives and a few smaller ones on that 4-Core PCI 4 machine?

And what would the setup look like? Not a true RAID-5, but some periodic testing of Drive's health and parity checks, so that everything can be restored?

I am trying to maximize the storage space and read speed out of the zoo I already have.

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Raid doesnt really work at these sizes...

Your best bet is now "parity". So you could still use your setup, but you want to run freenas or unraid(20% off today). In unraids case, it will scan all drives every 30 days for a "parity check" just incase one of the seldom used sectors takes a dump and you dont realize it.

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NOOOOOOOOOOOO I was in the middle of checking out and got the message of doom: this item is no longer in stock, please save it for later. I checked back through the link and it now says OOS, notify me when available.

nightanole

Nov 29, 2021 02:03 PM

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Welp im going to wait till i get home. Im gonna see if any of you folk actually get the 20% CB, and not just 7 bucks. Maybe its a glitch they will fix during the day.

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Quote from nightanole

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Welp im going to wait till i get home. Im gonna see if any of you folk actually get the 20% CB, and not just 7 bucks. Maybe its a glitch they will fix during the day.

I tried all those codes mentioned earlier and it turns out they don't stack. Next time I'm just going to buy the damn thing and forget the small stuff. That was the difference between me having one and it going oos on me.

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Quote from nightanole

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Welp im going to wait till i get home. Im gonna see if any of you folk actually get the 20% CB, and not just 7 bucks. Maybe its a glitch they will fix during the day.

OOS already

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Quote from cinnamonlovely

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I tried all those codes mentioned earlier and it turns out they don't stack. Next time I'm just going to buy the damn thing and forget the small stuff. That was the difference between me having one and it going oos on me.

Same here, bro. I clicked on the submit order button and it threw me back to the cart to tell me it was out of stock. I must have missed it by less than a minute.

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ElatedGalley3673

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$176 with CB for 12TB

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nightanole

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Quote from alex356

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Thanks!

Do I need Unraids Pro license or a cheaper one if I end up with something like 4 14TB Drives, 2 8TB drives and a few smaller ones on that 4-Core PCI 4 machine?

And what would the setup look like? Not a true RAID-5, but some periodic testing of Drive's health and parity checks, so that everything can be restored?

I am trying to maximize the storage space and read speed out of the zoo I already have.

Unraid licenses dont unlock new features. If you want a 6 drive array, its $60 basic. That would get you 5 drives + 1 parity drive. If one "redballs" and fails smart or the parity check(or even alot of funky errors, unraid is sensitive enough to find bad or not good connections on sata connectors) then the array will run in limp mode(no protection but full access to your files) till you replace the drive. Once you replace the drive the "rebuild" happens and you are back to full protection.

Now you can add/share as many drives as you want, outside of the array, as "unassigned devices". They would just be unprotected folder shares. I use them to host VM's and dockers.

But if you dont add the "few smaller drives", the basic license would due(and you can upgrade in the future, you dont have to complete rebuy to goto pro). 1 14 tb(always the largest) would be parity, and then the array would be 3 14b + 2 8tb, so 58 tb total.

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Quote from cinnamonlovely

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NOOOOOOOOOOOO I was in the middle of checking out and got the message of doom: this item is no longer in stock, please save it for later. I checked back through the link and it now says OOS, notify me when available.

Which is odd since you can by reds that are backordered to mid december...

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champson

Nov 29, 2021 02:46 PM

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Quote from dankim1987

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Same issue here. Ordered 2 drives for $400 + sales tax and only received R* cash back for $7. Contacted customer support, let's see what they say.

I only received $3 cashback. Did they write back?

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Free2Ads

Nov 29, 2021 02:51 PM

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Quote from holysin

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damnit, I thought I escaped this year only buying 2 14s from BB, then you come along and remind me this price is 20% lower for us eventually (plus at least in my case I can argue tax deduction for the spouse's side hustle so why not order 2 more LMAO

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Feel better WD is OOS.

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flangomango

Nov 29, 2021 02:59 PM

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Quote from jooooooohn

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The 14TB drive, and pretty much every WD 8TB or larger is a CMR/PMR or variant.

WD Elements:

Capacity Model Number Technology Actual HD inside

3TB WDBWLG0030HBK-NESN SMR shingled

4TB WDBWLG0040HBK-NESN SMR shingled

6TB WDBWLG0060HBK-NESN SMR shingled

8TB WDBWLG0080HBK-NESN CMR

10TB WDBWLG0100HBK-NESN CMR

12TB WDBWLG0120HBK-NESN CMR

14TB WDBWLG0140HBK-NESN CMR

16TB WDBWLG0160HBK-NESN ePMR CMR *

18TB WDBWLG0180HBK-NESN ePMR CMR

20TB not yet could be SMR

*US7SAR180 WD Ultrastar DC HC550 7200-RPM SATA (ePMR). Additional markings: White Label, WD160EDGZ-11B2DA0.

Is that good or bad?

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flangomango

Nov 29, 2021 03:00 PM

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Quote from maveriq

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20% Cashback for CyberMonday.. for WD.com..

fk rak - they processed it as 5% cash back - not 20% - even tho it showed 20% on their page

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