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18TB Seagate Exos X18 7200RPM SATA III 3.5" Internal Enterprise Hard Drive (OEM) Expired
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Newegg has 18TB Seagate Exos X18 7200 RPM SATA 6Gb/s 3.5" Internal Enterprise Hard Drive (OEM, ST18000NM000J) on sale for $299.99 - extra $30 off with promo code BFDBY2A2234 = $269.99. Shipping is free,
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update: code SSBZ629 for 12/6, now DLCBZ6293
new codeSSBZA422 exp 12/13 or DCLBZA389 DLCBZ297
https://www.newegg.com/p/1B4-00VK...00VK-00616
update: code SSBZ629 for 12/6, now DLCBZ6293
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 04/24/24 |  Newegg | $269.99 |
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 03/01/24 | Newegg | $255 |
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 02/07/24 | Newegg | $259.98 |
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| 01/24/24 | Newegg | $259.99 popular |
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| 01/20/24 | Newegg | $260 |
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| 11/28/23 | Newegg | $260 |
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| 07/15/23 | Newegg | $260 |
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| 05/30/23 | Newegg | $259.99 |
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 05/29/23 | Newegg | $264.99 |
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| 03/07/23 | Newegg | $269.99 |
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 01/29/23 | Newegg | $250 frontpage |
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 12/07/22 | Newegg | $270 |
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 12/01/22 | Newegg | $269.99 popular |
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| 10/20/22 | Newegg | $290 |
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| 07/08/22 |  Amazon | $286 |
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| 04/29/24 | Newegg | $269.99 |
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Sort: Lowest to Highest | Last Updated 5/7/2024, 08:27 PM| Sold By | Sale Price |
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| Product Name: | Seagate 18TB Exos X18 7200 RPM SATA 6Gb/s 256MB Cache 3.5-Inch Enterprise Hard Drive HDD (ST18000NM000J) - OEM |
| Product Description: | Seagate Exos X18 enterprise hard drive With massive capacity and innovative technology advancements, this Exos X18 enterprise hard drive is engineered to address the needs of the hyperscale storage market. The helium sealed drive design replaces air with helium inside the drive, to reduce air turbulence and allow more platters to fit in the same 3.5" form factor. Boasting SATA 6 Gbps host interface, 7200 RPM spinning speed, and 256 MB Cache, this 18 TB drive delivers Max. sustained transfer rate of 270 MB/s. And capable of 24x7 operation, the Seagate Exos X18 is a perfect high-reliability solution for servers, storage systems, and business-centric NAS systems. Best-Fit Applications Scalable hyperscale applications/cloud data centers Massive scale-out data centers Big data applications High-capacity density RAID storage Mainstream enterprise external storage arrays Distributed file systems, including Hadoop and Ceph Enterprise backup and restore — D2D, virtual tape Centralized surveillance Features: Market-leading 18TB HDD offering the highest capacity available for more petabytes per rack (Compared to 14TB competitive product) Highly reliable performance with enhanced caching, making it the logical choice for cloud data center and massive scale-out data center applications Hyperscale SATA model tuned for large data transfers and low latency PowerBalance. feature optimizes Watts/TB Maximize total cost of ownership savings through lower power and weight with helium sealed-drive design Proven helium side-sealing weld technology for added handling robustness and leak protection Digital environmental sensors to monitor internal drive conditions for optimal operation and performance |
| Product SKU: | 1B4-00VK-00616 |
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Pro: 15c / GB is the cheapest non-pricing-mistake deal at high (12TB+) capacities
Pro: As an enterprise drive, it's more reliable than NAS drives (fewer uncorrectable errors, by a factor of 10; 550 TB / year workload; 2.5 million hours MTBF) and Exos are all guaranteed by Seagate to be CMR drives
Pro: like all 18 TB-class drives, it uses Helium sealing, so it'll run a bit cooler than non-helium drives. But if you're in the 12TB+ market, they're all helium
Pro: Longer 5-year warranty (it applies to these OEM drives, too. Newegg is an authorized reseller)
Pro: it has the required rotational vibration sensors for a multi-HDD environment, so multiple vibrating rust drives don't start interfering with each other
Con: Most enterprise drives are generally quite a bit louder than consumer drives especially if you constantly access it: anything that amplifies sound (e.g., an empty room or a large-empty rack / case) won't help. They're designed to be stuck in basements & datacenters, where thousands of fans will overpower millions of HDD clicks and seeks. We put 2x 12TB Exos drives into a long closet that acted like a megaphone and, man, even an entire floor up, we could hear it clicking. It's drowned out now (or we got used to it?), but if you usually pay more for silence (aka me), I'd find a decent enclosure or location to minimize the auditory impact
Re: the warranty, from one of the reviews on Newegg for this drive:
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I've lost 2 recertified x18s in my 8 drive raid 6 in the past year
Now if we had newegg or amazon posting a deal, we see both sides of pro and con of deal. But with the refurb 3rd party thread, many of us have had our posts removed that voice concerns ( many long time slickedealers offered caution and their posts were removed) , so people just read the shills posts and people that are buying from vendor , and this is new development (allowing shill who bought 29 drives from this vendor, to post and post how safe these 18tb recerts are.
Most of us are not going to buy 29 of these drives, but just a few , and without parity, and without 5 year Seagate warranty. People should just realize there is more of a risk if you buy 3rd party vendor. All SMART data is reset, so you have no idea what the drive had before the reset, some companies have 1,000's of these drives, and exchange them for newer drives, and sell to resellers.
I would rather pay a little more for Seagate NEW drive with 5 year warranty and enjoy peace of mind. (but I understand if you buy a ton of these drives and have robust parity recert could be good).
Now if we had newegg or amazon posting a deal, we see both sides of pro and con of deal. But with the refurb 3rd party thread, many of us have had our posts removed that voice concerns ( many long time slickedealers offered caution and their posts were removed) , so people just read the shills posts and people that are buying from vendor , and this is new development (allowing shill who bought 29 drives from this vendor, to post and post how safe these 18tb recerts are.
Most of us are not going to buy 29 of these drives, but just a few , and without parity, and without 5 year Seagate warranty. People should just realize there is more of a risk if you buy 3rd party vendor. All SMART data is reset, so you have no idea what the drive had before the reset, some companies have 1,000's of these drives, and exchange them for newer drives, and sell to resellers.
I would rather pay a little more for Seagate NEW drive with 5 year warranty and enjoy peace of mind. (but I understand if you buy a ton of these drives and have robust parity recert could be good).
Mine are the 16 TB x18s but yes buyer beware only buy them at discount and have redundancy and backups, one was a sieze-up the other had some other sort of failure but I got them each for 200 or less so it was worth not having the warranty at that point, one of the replacements was new and has the 5 year warranty because I'm buying these on cost and got lucky
I fought with Newegg this summer because they didn't label the drive as OEM at the moment, and the drive turned out to be OEM and not intended to be sold in USA. They changed their wording as soon as I threaten to sue them... which I guess my reddit post is still up.
Adding OEM tag to the product helps them cover themselves if the hard drive does not have warranty, or not sold in the region (because "I told you it's a OEM"). They do claim they'll cover 5 years just like the manufacturer, but since these drives are not even reaching 5 years life, I do not know if they'll keep their words.
I've personally decided to never shop at Newegg following that... So Good luck buyers!
the difference being Newegg vs serverparts.. or GoHardDrive that Newegg being the point of sale does entitle you to claim the wty (worst case Newegg being the point of sale, has to file it for you) whereas the others are replacing your unit with another pull - no Seagate support. always been the case
I fought with Newegg this summer because they didn't label the drive as OEM at the moment, and the drive turned out to be OEM and not intended to be sold in USA. They changed their wording as soon as I threaten to sue them... which I guess my reddit post is still up.
Adding OEM tag to the product helps them cover themselves if the hard drive does not have warranty, or not sold in the region (because "I told you it's a OEM"). They do claim they'll cover 5 years just like the manufacturer, but since these drives are not even reaching 5 years life, I do not know if they'll keep their words.
I've personally decided to never shop at Newegg following that... So Good luck buyers!
Here's what I said: "In short, Newegg is provided with the warranty from Seagate - not the consumer. If the drive fails, the consumer must deal with Newegg - not Seagate."
Anyone can check a Seagate drive warranty without registering (https://www.seagate.com/support/w...lacements/ [seagate.com]) - what is important here is that consumers may be led to believe they can file a claim on an OEM drive directly with Seagate if it fails...
See also: https://www.reddit.com/r/hardware...by_newegg/ [reddit.com]
I don't get people like this......
These drives from Newegg already show up as Seagate-warrantied drives with Seagate's serial number check. Seagate itself has already confirmed they--not Newegg--will warranty these drives.
I don't get people like this......
I rather purchase manufactured renewed with 2 or 3 years warranty than OEM.
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I rather purchase manufactured renewed with 2 or 3 years warranty than OEM.
Apologies about your degraded NAS; that is a stressful situation and I sympathize about getting the data back ASAP. 🙏
- Input your serial number here [seagate.com] and download the latest SN04 firmware package. If you're getting 403 Forbidden errors like I was, you can browse to that same URL + input the serial on a mobile device (which had no 403 error) and select "email me this download".
- Unzip the folder and see the PDF Readme. It's got like a sysadmin abbreviated version, so here follows the consumer / noob version. Essentially, we're making a bootable USB and inputting one command. The actual update is less than 5 seconds.
- Open the bootable tools folder and launch the exe. Click through the prompts and prepare a USB drive.
- You'll need to find an ancient USB 2.0 drive (or anything that naturally formats to FAT or FAT32). I tried 3x USB 3.0 drives between 128GB to 256GB on FAT32, NTFS, and exFAT: none were detected. Then I found a 1GB USB 2.0 drive (not even FAT32, but FAT) and worked great.
- After it adds all the files, the USB drive will be called SeaBoot (I think).
- Then browse to the firmware folder from the unzip archive we downloaded from Seagate. Copy the *.LOD firmware file and the *.CFS configuration file. Mine were called EvansBPExosX18SATA-STD-512E-SN04.LOD and ENBP-SN04.CFS.
- Write down that filename precisely somewhere; we'll need it later. I think you can change it, but I was too paranoid for that.
- Paste those *.LOD and *.CFS files into the newly-created bootable drive, in its root (parent) folder. Not in any subfolders. Just straight along with all the other files.
- Then shut down your computer. I always flip the PSU I/O switch off (to O) & hold the power button for a few seconds to be sure.
- I did my drives one at a time because I'm a bit paranoid. So install the SATA data & SATA power. Get a firm fit and attach it to your case, if feasible. Mine, I left it on the desk with the logo-sticker side down.
- Boot up your PC and boot to the USB drive. It'll depend on your BIOS, but it can be via F8 to a boot menu or DEL / F2 into the BIOS with a specific boot override.
- The DOS-like updater boots fast. It's actually a teeny tiny Linux kernel that runs in RAM. No mouse will work here: keyboard-only here on out. Select the main SeaChest option at the top (it's already pre-selected, so you can also just hit enter).
- Let it run all its default commands. It'll take 30 to 45 seconds. The first command will list all your connected drives. NOTE which one is the Seagate 18TB that we're updating and what is it its handle (should be like /dev/xxx): the capacity, serial number, and SN02 firmware should make it clear.
- We're going to run a command (example: SeaChest_Firmware -d /dev/sg2 --downloadFW fwfilename), and we need to replace the two bolded bits for our drive. /dev/sg2 is the handle, fwfilename is that filename that we wrote down precisely earlier.
- My command as an example, but don't take it as universally applicable. SeaChest_Firmware -d /dev/sg0 --downloadFW EvansBPExosX18SATA-STD-512E-SN04.LOD
- This command is case-sensitive. It will not work if you write "Seachest_firmware". It must be "SeaChest_Firmware".
- Wait 5 seconds. It'll then say "Firmware is now SN04".
- Type "reboot" (without quotes) and you'll get to Windows. Now you can reboot, run this bootable USB again, and this time at the launch of SeaChest Firmware, you'll see this drive is confirmed SN04. There is probably a way to see the drive firmware in Windows, too, but I couldn't be bothered at the moment.
- Then I shut down my PC, disconnected this 1st drive, connected the 2nd drive, and then powered back on → updated that firmware, too.
After that, worked great. The 1st drive is now re-building my RAID in Synology and Synology's DSM also confirms the firmware is SN04!https://i.imgur.com/0IjwTS7.png
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