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Model Number:
WDBAMA0200HBK-NESN
Product SKU:
6500985
External Hard Drive Type:
Desktop
Interface(s):
Micro-USB Type B
Product Height:
6.7
Product Weight:
2.04 ounces
Product Width:
2
Storage Capacity:
20000 gigabytes
Storage Drive Type:
HDD
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Model: WD - easystore 20TB External USB 3.0 Hard Drive - Black
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Here we go again. While $16/TB or whatever some of you are complaining about while the 18TB drives are cheaper per TB, you miss the big picture, especially since a huge market for these deals is actually data hoarders.
They're putting these drives into systems with limited drive bays. If you own a NAS with only 4 bays, you don't go "oh, the 10TB drives are only $5/TB, I'll get 4 of those" because you'll cap your storage at 40TB (assuming RAID0 or JBOD).
You go "oh, I only have so many bays so it's worth it to me to go ahead and pay a little more for the 20TB drive knowing I'll max out at 80TB"
Plus - even if you're not shucking the drive and using it in another machine, you can only hook so many USB drives to a computer before you run into problems - plus you need outlets to plug all those drives into.
Finally - if you're using this as archival storage, again - it's probably advantageous to go bigger rather than strict per-TB economical simply because of the simplicity and capacity you can back up on one disk.
Same here. Since I would be shucking I would be fine with a NAS drive direct from WD at a good price. I think this stuff is coming way down. Seagate just cut 3000 jobs worldwide.
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Love it on a deals site to see a TD for a guy hoping for a better deal. Damn you and your dreams of a sale. Our corporate masters set a fair price and you should pay it with no expectation of it ever coming down!!!!"
I wouldn't give him/her a TD, but I imagine the idea is that this is the best price now for a 20TB. That is what this site is about. It surely goes without saying that prices can/might go down in the future. *So what?* Same reason people get pissy on this site and say 'get in your time machine, go back 2 years, and pick one up for xyz price then" when someone claims the current best price isn't good because it was cheaper in the past. Happy Friday, Slickdealer!
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*sigh*
Here we go again. While $16/TB or whatever some of you are complaining about while the 18TB drives are cheaper per TB, you miss the big picture, especially since a huge market for these deals is actually data hoarders.
They're putting these drives into systems with limited drive bays. If you own a NAS with only 4 bays, you don't go "oh, the 10TB drives are only $5/TB, I'll get 4 of those" because you'll cap your storage at 40TB (assuming RAID0 or JBOD).
You go "oh, I only have so many bays so it's worth it to me to go ahead and pay a little more for the 20TB drive knowing I'll max out at 80TB"
Plus - even if you're not shucking the drive and using it in another machine, you can only hook so many USB drives to a computer before you run into problems - plus you need outlets to plug all those drives into.
Finally - if you're using this as archival storage, again - it's probably advantageous to go bigger rather than strict per-TB economical simply because of the simplicity and capacity you can back up on one disk.
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Here we go again. While $16/TB or whatever some of you are complaining about while the 18TB drives are cheaper per TB, you miss the big picture, especially since a huge market for these deals is actually data hoarders.
They're putting these drives into systems with limited drive bays. If you own a NAS with only 4 bays, you don't go "oh, the 10TB drives are only $5/TB, I'll get 4 of those" because you'll cap your storage at 40TB (assuming RAID0 or JBOD).
You go "oh, I only have so many bays so it's worth it to me to go ahead and pay a little more for the 20TB drive knowing I'll max out at 80TB"
Plus - even if you're not shucking the drive and using it in another machine, you can only hook so many USB drives to a computer before you run into problems - plus you need outlets to plug all those drives into.
Finally - if you're using this as archival storage, again - it's probably advantageous to go bigger rather than strict per-TB economical simply because of the simplicity and capacity you can back up on one disk.
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Same here. Since I would be shucking I would be fine with a NAS drive direct from WD at a good price. I think this stuff is coming way down. Seagate just cut 3000 jobs worldwide.
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or return until jan holiday ext
18TB X18
or return until jan holiday ext
18TB X18
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no reliability
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Here we go again. While $16/TB or whatever some of you are complaining about while the 18TB drives are cheaper per TB, you miss the big picture, especially since a huge market for these deals is actually data hoarders.
They're putting these drives into systems with limited drive bays. If you own a NAS with only 4 bays, you don't go "oh, the 10TB drives are only $5/TB, I'll get 4 of those" because you'll cap your storage at 40TB (assuming RAID0 or JBOD).
You go "oh, I only have so many bays so it's worth it to me to go ahead and pay a little more for the 20TB drive knowing I'll max out at 80TB"
Plus - even if you're not shucking the drive and using it in another machine, you can only hook so many USB drives to a computer before you run into problems - plus you need outlets to plug all those drives into.
Finally - if you're using this as archival storage, again - it's probably advantageous to go bigger rather than strict per-TB economical simply because of the simplicity and capacity you can back up on one disk.
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