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14TB WD Red Plus SATA 3.5" Internal NAS Hard Drive
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Western Digital has 14TB WD Red Plus SATA 3.5" Internal NAS Hard Drive (WD140EFGX) on sale for $209.99. Shipping is free.
Amazon has for Prime Members: 14TB WD Red Plus SATA 3.5" Internal NAS Hard Drive (WD140EFGX) on sale for $209.99. Shipping is free.
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Amazon has for Prime Members: 14TB WD Red Plus SATA 3.5" Internal NAS Hard Drive (WD140EFGX) on sale for $209.99. Shipping is free.
Thanks to Community Member WittyKnob7338 for finding this deal.
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- Supports up to 180 TB/yr workload rate | Workload Rate is defined as the amount of user data transferred to or from the hard drive. Workload Rate is annualized (TB transferred ✕ (8760 / recorded power-on hours)). Workload Rate will vary depending on your hardware and software components and configurations.
- NASware firmware for compatibility
- Small or medium business NAS systems in a 24x7 environment
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- This price is $260 lower (55% savings) than the list price of $469.99
- About this product:
- 3-year limited warranty
- Rating of 4.7 from over 5000 Amazon customer reviews.
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- Information about Amazon returns can be found here.
- Don't have Amazon Prime? Students can get a free 6-Month Amazon Prime trial with free 2-day shipping, unlimited video streaming & more.
- If you're not a student, there's also a free 1-Month Amazon Prime trial available.
- Western Digital return policy: 30-day money back guarantee
- Please read the Forum Thread for more deal discussion.
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Western Digital has 14TB WD Red Plus SATA 3.5" Internal NAS Hard Drive (WD140EFGX) on sale for $209.99. Shipping is free.
Amazon has for Prime Members: 14TB WD Red Plus SATA 3.5" Internal NAS Hard Drive (WD140EFGX) on sale for $209.99. Shipping is free.
Thanks to Community Member WittyKnob7338 for finding this deal.
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Amazon has for Prime Members: 14TB WD Red Plus SATA 3.5" Internal NAS Hard Drive (WD140EFGX) on sale for $209.99. Shipping is free.
Thanks to Community Member WittyKnob7338 for finding this deal.
Features:
- Supports up to 180 TB/yr workload rate | Workload Rate is defined as the amount of user data transferred to or from the hard drive. Workload Rate is annualized (TB transferred ✕ (8760 / recorded power-on hours)). Workload Rate will vary depending on your hardware and software components and configurations.
- NASware firmware for compatibility
- Small or medium business NAS systems in a 24x7 environment
Editor's Notes
Written by powerfuldoppler | Staff- About this deal:
- This price is $260 lower (55% savings) than the list price of $469.99
- About this product:
- 3-year limited warranty
- Rating of 4.7 from over 5000 Amazon customer reviews.
- About this store:
- Information about Amazon returns can be found here.
- Don't have Amazon Prime? Students can get a free 6-Month Amazon Prime trial with free 2-day shipping, unlimited video streaming & more.
- If you're not a student, there's also a free 1-Month Amazon Prime trial available.
- Western Digital return policy: 30-day money back guarantee
- Please read the Forum Thread for more deal discussion.
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In most environments, the primary cause of data loss isn't hardware failure, but user error or another problem (logical disk corruption; accidentally over-writing data, etc). For example, if you accidentally delete some files from your primary drive, in a RAID (mirrored or parity) configuration, the change would commit almost immediately. In a backup scenario (where you use a script or other tool to periodically copy data), you could just use the backup copy. Furthermore, with backups, you can keep many generations of past data; it's all too common to realize you've deleted or over-written something a week or two later, and RAID won't help you get that back. There are potential performance benefits of some RAID configurations, but that's also probably not appropriate for most home use purposes. Also, keep in mind that the more drives you have in a parity-based RAID array, the LESS protected it is (because of the risk of a double-fault). There are other issues, too, like the NAS itself or disk controller/computer being a single point-of-failure.
Unless people are using their at-home NAS devices for other things (like runnning various thin server applications), I think they'd be best-served by using backup methods and online/off-site backups (where possible). Also, on very large drives, think about what data is really important and can't easily be replaced. In most cases, things like games and applications can easily be downloaded again. I hope this helps.
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In most environments, the primary cause of data loss isn't hardware failure, but user error or another problem (logical disk corruption; accidentally over-writing data, etc). For example, if you accidentally delete some files from your primary drive, in a RAID (mirrored or parity) configuration, the change would commit almost immediately. In a backup scenario (where you use a script or other tool to periodically copy data), you could just use the backup copy. Furthermore, with backups, you can keep many generations of past data; it's all too common to realize you've deleted or over-written something a week or two later, and RAID won't help you get that back. There are potential performance benefits of some RAID configurations, but that's also probably not appropriate for most home use purposes. Also, keep in mind that the more drives you have in a parity-based RAID array, the LESS protected it is (because of the risk of a double-fault). There are other issues, too, like the NAS itself or disk controller/computer being a single point-of-failure.
Unless people are using their at-home NAS devices for other things (like runnning various thin server applications), I think they'd be best-served by using backup methods and online/off-site backups (where possible). Also, on very large drives, think about what data is really important and can't easily be replaced. In most cases, things like games and applications can easily be downloaded again. I hope this helps.
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In most environments, the primary cause of data loss isn't hardware failure, but user error or another problem (logical disk corruption; accidentally over-writing data, etc). For example, if you accidentally delete some files from your primary drive, in a RAID (mirrored or parity) configuration, the change would commit almost immediately. In a backup scenario (where you use a script or other tool to periodically copy data), you could just use the backup copy. Furthermore, with backups, you can keep many generations of past data; it's all too common to realize you've deleted or over-written something a week or two later, and RAID won't help you get that back. There are potential performance benefits of some RAID configurations, but that's also probably not appropriate for most home use purposes. Also, keep in mind that the more drives you have in a parity-based RAID array, the LESS protected it is (because of the risk of a double-fault). There are other issues, too, like the NAS itself or disk controller/computer being a single point-of-failure.
Unless people are using their at-home NAS devices for other things (like runnning various thin server applications), I think they'd be best-served by using backup methods and online/off-site backups (where possible). Also, on very large drives, think about what data is really important and can't easily be replaced. In most cases, things like games and applications can easily be downloaded again. I hope this helps.
On a serious note, everyone has different needs. Some people want to have a Plex collection, they rip their DVD/BD..etc and can access to it from everywhere. Other people use it as a photo/video/document backup replacing GDrive, photos, icloud, videos,footage..etc.
Others love to selfhost everything they can and be on control of their data. Others are all of the above, and trust me it starts to fill. Again, this is not for everyone either, an average user would never fill 14tb.
In most environments, the primary cause of data loss isn't hardware failure, but user error or another problem (logical disk corruption; accidentally over-writing data, etc). For example, if you accidentally delete some files from your primary drive, in a RAID (mirrored or parity) configuration, the change would commit almost immediately. In a backup scenario (where you use a script or other tool to periodically copy data), you could just use the backup copy. Furthermore, with backups, you can keep many generations of past data; it's all too common to realize you've deleted or over-written something a week or two later, and RAID won't help you get that back. There are potential performance benefits of some RAID configurations, but that's also probably not appropriate for most home use purposes. Also, keep in mind that the more drives you have in a parity-based RAID array, the LESS protected it is (because of the risk of a double-fault). There are other issues, too, like the NAS itself or disk controller/computer being a single point-of-failure.
Unless people are using their at-home NAS devices for other things (like runnning various thin server applications), I think they'd be best-served by using backup methods and online/off-site backups (where possible). Also, on very large drives, think about what data is really important and can't easily be replaced. In most cases, things like games and applications can easily be downloaded again. I hope this helps.
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