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expiredcaptainguy posted Nov 17, 2023 6:06 AM

18TB WD easystore USB 3.0 External Hard Drive

$200

$405

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Best Buy has 18TB WD easystore USB 3.0 External Hard Drive (WDBAMA0180HBK-NESN) on sale for $199.99. Select store pickup where available.

Note: Availability for store pickup varies and may be limited.

Thanks to Community Member captainguy for sharing this deal.

Includes:
  • 18TB External Desktop Hard Drive
  • SuperSpeed USB-A cable (5Gbps)
  • AC adapter
  • Device management and backup software
  • 2-Year Warranty

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Best Buy has 18TB WD easystore USB 3.0 External Hard Drive (WDBAMA0180HBK-NESN) on sale for $199.99. Select store pickup where available.

Note: Availability for store pickup varies and may be limited.

Thanks to Community Member captainguy for sharing this deal.

Includes:
  • 18TB External Desktop Hard Drive
  • SuperSpeed USB-A cable (5Gbps)
  • AC adapter
  • Device management and backup software
  • 2-Year Warranty

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Model: WD - easystore 18TB External USB 3.0 Hard Drive - Black

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resuds
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Good deal at $11.11/TB
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jase77
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Nonsense. Normal people who just use a computer don't backup data but anyone needing 18tbs knows how things work.
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lastwraith
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I would get this personally. While I don't subscribe to Seagate all being garbage, these WD that I've gotten have all been Helioseal drives (based on HGST designs) and have been cool, quiet, and fast. The initial ones were PWDIS which meant you had to tape the pin, cut it, or use an adapter, but the latest ones haven't been PWDIS so no issues.
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Nov 21, 2023 6:54 AM
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dangerousbriNov 21, 2023 6:54 AM
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So this looks like a proprietary WD cable on the HD side. What kind of cable is on the computer side? Usb-c? Usb-a? A with a c adapter?
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Nov 21, 2023 7:15 AM
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ShrewdString611Nov 21, 2023 7:15 AM
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Quote from dangerousbri :
So this looks like a proprietary WD cable on the HD side. What kind of cable is on the computer side? Usb-c? Usb-a? A with a c adapter?

It's not proprietary. It's regular external hard drive cable, Micro B to USB-A.
Nov 21, 2023 12:46 PM
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erthianNov 21, 2023 12:46 PM
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Quote from lastwraith :
They're all 7200 CMR over about 12TB I believe and they're all helium. Having said that, there was somewhat of a scandal previously as WD was reporting 5400rpm in the firmware when they were really 7200rpm drives with 5400rpm-ish performance and then WD changed the language and updated firmware speed reporting. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
These used to be white label DC HC550(CMR) drives, model WD180EMFZ, but I can't GUARANTEE that's what they all still are. Part of the dice rolling of shucking is getting whatever is in there.
Do you still have to do the trick with the jumper?
Nov 21, 2023 1:11 PM
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erthianNov 21, 2023 1:11 PM
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Quote from t3t4 :
Or, always buy the most you can afford when on sale! Ain't no such thing as too much storage at a great price, only regret for not buying enough when it was on sale..... Just sayin. I paid this for the 16TB version last year. But I knew the 18 and 20 Terabyte variants were just around the corner waiting for their price to fall off the cliff. You know which one is gonna fall next, so you have only one question to ask. Do you feel lucky? Well, do ya?
The old drives also dont retain 100% value lol. I guess if you have unlimited drive bays, or want 900 external drives hooked up.
Nov 21, 2023 1:40 PM
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blackoperNov 21, 2023 1:40 PM
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Quote from lastwraith :
Are people not routinely scrubbing their arrays anyway? The array is still available during a rebuild so that shouldn't bother anyone and it's a good test of your other drives I guess? Plus everyone should have backups.

I roll with Drive Pool + snapraid and then OMV with mergerfs + snapraid so I'm not too worried about a drive failure stressing everything. Your data routine should include "stressing" your drives somewhat IMO to ensure your data is what you think it is. A rebuild (or sync in my case) should not be a cross-your-fingers event.
I switched from omv and mergerfs with snapraid to unraid a few years ago. Sooo much easier to maintain. Always updated parity, ssd cache arrays, bigger userbase, scheduled scrubs, easy to backup and restore. Had a year of uptime recently before updating
Nov 21, 2023 2:11 PM
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Jamieson22Nov 21, 2023 2:11 PM
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Quote from mei12008 :
How are folks transferring data from current NAS drives when upgrading to bigger drives? I assume from external backups but in my situation, I don't have enough external backup/drive to fit all the data I have in my NAS.
I remove a drive and add new. Wait for NAS to migrate all the data to new array and then repeat with next new drive as needed.
Nov 21, 2023 4:54 PM
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Guy767Nov 21, 2023 4:54 PM
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Quote from lastwraith :
My time is not without value.
Avast! You sound like an experience matey that sails the frugal seas, pinches the doubloons and swabs the wallets. Arrgh, there be no commercials in those mkvs!

Seriously though, as time passes these ubiquitous video files become easier to find and their quality and encoding methods improve as well.

If a drive fails that contains all your ill-gotten video crap, just use one of the ARR programs that manages and updates your collection to auto download them for you.

This happened to a friend of mine (he he) [youtube.com] relatively recently and they lost about 8TB of easily found crap that they rarely used. Via ARR automation they were able to procure all the useless crap again in about a week at 40MB/s; no big loss or deal IMO. A bonus was that the files were better encoded/smaller and had superior quality.

I still stand by my claim that spending good money backing up video crap that you rarely watch is foolish and wasteful. Just back up your truly important data and don't worry about junk like Lancelot Link, Secret Chimp.

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Nov 21, 2023 5:01 PM
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t3t4Nov 21, 2023 5:01 PM
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Quote from erthian :
The old drives also dont retain 100% value lol. I guess if you have unlimited drive bays, or want 900 external drives hooked up.
What are you talking about? No drive retains 100% of it's original value! If you need more storage then you need another dive, simple as that. I have almost 100 TB worth of these in various capacities, and I always need more!
Nov 21, 2023 5:05 PM
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erthianNov 21, 2023 5:05 PM
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Quote from t3t4 :
What are you talking about? No drive retains 100% of it's original value! If you need more storage then you need another dive, simple as that. I have almost 100 TB worth of these in various capacities, and I always need more!
The point was is if you don't have enough storage because you tried to save money on smaller drives, and you have to REPLACE the drive with a bigger one, you aren't saving money because the cost of the old drive is now just an expense…

Not really sure what was unclear about that.
Nov 21, 2023 5:25 PM
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Parad153Nov 21, 2023 5:25 PM
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Can this drive be password protected or not?
Nov 21, 2023 6:04 PM
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t3t4Nov 21, 2023 6:04 PM
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Quote from erthian :
The point was is if you don't have enough storage because you tried to save money on smaller drives, and you have to REPLACE the drive with a bigger one, you aren't saving money because the cost of the old drive is now just an expense…

Not really sure what was unclear about that.
Oh, I see. Yep, totally agree! You were talking about value which made no sense to me since all drives lose value, seemed like a moot point.
Nov 21, 2023 6:18 PM
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t3t4Nov 21, 2023 6:18 PM
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This is currently available on Newegg for $204.69 with coupon code: ZIP111

https://www.newegg.com/wd-element...c=10718096
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Nov 21, 2023 6:21 PM
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Jamieson22Nov 21, 2023 6:21 PM
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Quote from t3t4 :
This is currently available on Newegg for $204.69 with coupon code: ZIP111

https://www.newegg.com/wd-element...c=10718096 [newegg.com]
* When paying with ZIP.
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Nov 21, 2023 6:31 PM
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macproNov 21, 2023 6:31 PM
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Fantastic deal. I have bought from the equivalent WD drive on BF sale at BB every single year they've offered them (getting at least 1 drive, often more) and most of them are all still running strong (one of them has been flaky, but the others fine).

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Nov 21, 2023 6:33 PM
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t3t4Nov 21, 2023 6:33 PM
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Quote from Jamieson22 :
* When paying with ZIP.
NO!
It does not say that anywhere and I just used the code as a guest which brought the price down to $204.69 as stated. No ZIP nothin except the code: ZIP111
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