expiredScarletShow3424 posted Aug 15, 2022 08:12 AM
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expiredScarletShow3424 posted Aug 15, 2022 08:12 AM
14TB Seagate Exos X16 7200 RPM 3.5" Enterprise OEM Hard Drive
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Source (drive manual):: https://www.seagate.com/www-conte...45789h.
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and buy recertified by seagate 2 year warranty
https://www.epd.gov.hk/epd/noise_...1_2_b2
We're talking about soft whisper levels and less.
https://www.epd.gov.hk/epd/noise_...1_2_b2
We're talking about soft whisper levels and less.
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I have 2 shucked WD drives (white label HGST helium) working fine for years in an older Opti 7010 with their pins taped off. Without tape, they either don't spin up at all or cycle on/off rapidly because that PSU in the Dell is too old to properly deal with PWDIS on newer drives.
Some people sever the lead on the drive because they don't want to use tape that may fall off or adapters that may be at risk of melting wires (bad ones were reported to catch fire). I don't pull my media drives for fun so the tape has been fine. I've removed the drives perhaps once each and the lousy painter's tape has still worked perfectly. Cheap and easy solution IMO.
PWDIS is a standard (admittedly a standard they probably implemented backwards) so it's not likely to go anywhere. Newer PSUs will obviously alleviate this issue going forward but we all need to be familiar with it if we deal with storage on any regular basis.
Link to WD doc = https://documents.weste
I will be ordering 20+ hard drives from serverparts deals soon and from my understanding they will discount them 5.00 or more ea depending how many you buy.
The seagates 8TB enclosures they sell at target, walmart , staples, any local store will be SMR. Some WD 8TB enclosures if you can find them , best buy etc may have WD Reds in them which are CMR and so much better than Seagates 8TB SMR since they are made for NAS/Raid.
Anything over 8TB , from seagate in the enclosure sold locally i.e. 10TB will be CMR seagate enterprise drives ranging from X10 to X18.
Most of the 16TB enclosures from Seagate are actually X18 now with more platters that are a slightly better build quality vs X16 since they use the 18TB platters and speed.
X16 16TB at serverpartsdeals is 199.99
X18 14TB is 164.99
I may opt for 14TB 20Qty plus since I would receive a discount , no tax since i am outside florida. I would use more bays using 14TB but cost per TB is less so I would have more TB, so you really need to figure out your upgrade path and cost of equipment for expansion.
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good luck to all but this is just my personal opinion from what I researched. More than welcome to reply what may be a better path for upgrading hdds. I may wait until BF since this is the best time to buy in bulk
All companies make lines that are rock solid. The smart approach is to find which models have a good reputation and which don't.
I wish people would stop this brand generalization with all my brand X drives failed nonsense. Either they are lying or their sample space is too small to generalize.
Either way, it's a simple check with the drive's serial number.
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Google that it comes up . They will charge you tax though since you are in Florida. They are the only reputable dealer I know of that sells recertification seagate hdds.
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