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expired Posted by dh22r • Nov 26, 2023

20TB Western Digital WD Red Pro 3.5" 7200 RPM NAS Internal Hard Drive

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2 for $600

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Western Digital has 20TB Western Digital WD Red Pro 3.5" 7200 RPM NAS Internal Hard Drive (WD201KFGX) on sale 2 for $599.98. Shipping is free.
  • Note: Valid only for 20TB (WD201KFGX), select from the dropdown menu. Must order 2 to get deal price, otherwise a single drive is $379.99.
Newegg also has 20TB Western Digital WD Red Pro 3.5" 7200 RPM NAS Internal Hard Drive (WD201KFGX) on sale 2 for $599.98 (Sold as a Combo). Shipping is free.

Thanks to Community Member dh22r for posting this deal.

Specs/Key Features:
  • Supports up to 300TB/year workload rate
  • Enhanced reliability with 3D Active Balance Plus technology and error recovery controls with NASware 3.0 technology
  • Extended drive testing to ensure each drive is tested for extended reliable operation

Editor's Notes

Written by citan359 | Staff
  • About this deal:
    • This offer matches the pervious Frontpage Deal which received +75 votes from the community.
    • Valid through December 3, 2023
    • Sales quantities are limited to a maximum of 6 units (3 bundles) per customer (Western Digital)
    • Limit 2 per customer (Newegg)
  • About this product:
    • 5-year limited warranty
  • Additional Note:

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Written by dh22r
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Community Notes
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Western Digital has 20TB Western Digital WD Red Pro 3.5" 7200 RPM NAS Internal Hard Drive (WD201KFGX) on sale 2 for $599.98. Shipping is free.
  • Note: Valid only for 20TB (WD201KFGX), select from the dropdown menu. Must order 2 to get deal price, otherwise a single drive is $379.99.
Newegg also has 20TB Western Digital WD Red Pro 3.5" 7200 RPM NAS Internal Hard Drive (WD201KFGX) on sale 2 for $599.98 (Sold as a Combo). Shipping is free.

Thanks to Community Member dh22r for posting this deal.

Specs/Key Features:
  • Supports up to 300TB/year workload rate
  • Enhanced reliability with 3D Active Balance Plus technology and error recovery controls with NASware 3.0 technology
  • Extended drive testing to ensure each drive is tested for extended reliable operation

Editor's Notes

Written by citan359 | Staff
  • About this deal:
    • This offer matches the pervious Frontpage Deal which received +75 votes from the community.
    • Valid through December 3, 2023
    • Sales quantities are limited to a maximum of 6 units (3 bundles) per customer (Western Digital)
    • Limit 2 per customer (Newegg)
  • About this product:
    • 5-year limited warranty
  • Additional Note:

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Written by dh22r

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Your statement is useless without context.

"I'd rather pay $40 more for a model that nets me 4TB fewer because _______________."

Go ahead and fill in the blank.
Pay with Paypal to get 6% PP cashback. If your Paypal payment is a Chase Freedom card, you get another 5% cashback (via Ultimate Rewards points).
I ordered 4 for my NAS the last time WD had a sale. One drive was DOA. It took me hours to prove it to WD that it was dead (you need to be able to plug it into a desktop computer, not a laptop, and run their software), and then it took WD weeks to replace it (with zero communication). They replaced it, a brand new DOA drive RMA'd within 2 days of receipt, with a refurbished unit and just said it was their policy. Buyer beware.

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dealmeister3000
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Quote from avalon :
all I want is $100 8TB blues again

don't trust these drives with any more than that

is the 20TB helium? helium atom is smaller than every other atom other than hydrogen, it will leak out of any seal over enough time - will they work when all the helium is gone?
Hasn't been a problem yet, but I too am concerned. Physics puts a hard limit on how long Helium drives can work.
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Quote from ViciousXUSMC :
Yeah I will never buy a used drive unless its enterprise class pulled from a server or something where the drive is almost not used and has enterprise grade endurance ratings.
Backblaze has not found a difference between "enterprise" HDD and decent quality consumer drives.

https://www.cnet.com/tech/tech-in...od-so-far/
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Quote from avalon :
all I want is $100 8TB blues again

don't trust these drives with any more than that

is the 20TB helium? helium atom is smaller than every other atom other than hydrogen, it will leak out of any seal over enough time - will they work when all the helium is gone?
That matters in a balloon because the balloon deflates. HDDs are rigid meaning it doesn't matter if it were to leak as long as the much bigger atoms can't get back in.
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rahilpathan
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Exos 20TB deal for $269 on Newegg is better in terms of $/Tb and gives the same 5yr warranty & 2.5 MTBF
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Quote from dealmeister3000 :
Backblaze has not found a difference between "enterprise" HDD and decent quality consumer drives.

https://www.cnet.com/tech/tech-in...od-so-far/ [cnet.com]
This is more true now than then when enterprise was the only one to have certian technologies that are now adopted on consumer drives.

Example helium filled drives used to be exclusivly on the enterprise offerings, but now is part of the better consumer drives.

Certain things like SLC for SSD's and such are still pretty eclusive to enterprise rated products.

But there are other nuances that the average user may not really care for such as SAS interface and IOPS, etc.

The end of the day they are rated for more endurance, have longer warranties, and often enteprise equipment gets pulled with really new stuff, that is why I would grab them in perfect situations, because you get a business liquidation sale and you can get those drives DIRT cheap.
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Any good deal on Certified Refurbs?
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Wish I could afford these… will have to settle for recert drives from SPD.
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Quote from Clutchm3 :
Can you do BOTH cash back sites?
Honesty I don't know. But if you navigate to WD from the top cashback site and then pay using Paypal, I don't see why there'd be a conflict. At the very least you should get the 10% from the cashback site.
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MurderMostFowl
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Really wishing I could get a 10-12TB drives for say $12/TB. This BF/CM has been almost exclusively 16TB-20TB and it's depressing because I need 4 drives and just can't afford to drop $1000+ on my SOHO NAS. ( on capacity I don't need ).
I'm really hoping come late December we'll at least some drop on the lower capacity drives

But I'm just venting. Sorry for clogging up the thread.

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DasKraut
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Quote from volkovia :
In another deal thread with these I saw some comments about reliability issues with these newer red units. Is that a concern? Are there any other brands worth looking at in this price range?
I bought 5 of these last Black Friday for my NAS, and they've been absolutely perfect. I have an older NAS sitting in closet... about to buy this deal again to use it as a backup. Wish the price came down from last year, but as we all know...prices are up everywhere. With the current state of things, I think this is a pretty good deal if you're in need.
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JMattes
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I grabbed two 16tb Ironwolf Pros from B&H for $200 per.. good enough for me. Good luck guys
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teaorcoffee
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Quote from JMattes :
I grabbed two 16tb Ironwolf Pros from B&H for $200 per.. good enough for me. Good luck guys
tried chat, no luck. they said the current $270 is the best they can do.
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Quote from teaorcoffee :
tried chat, no luck. they said the current $270 is the best they can do.
Damn sorry man.

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Quote from MurderMostFowl :
Really wishing I could get a 10-12TB drives for say $12/TB. This BF/CM has been almost exclusively 16TB-20TB and it's depressing because I need 4 drives and just can't afford to drop $1000+ on my SOHO NAS. ( on capacity I don't need ).
I'm really hoping come late December we'll at least some drop on the lower capacity drives

But I'm just venting. Sorry for clogging up the thread.
I was waiting for the same thing to replace three 6-7 year old drives in my 6-7 year old NAS. They were having "sales" on 20tb drives, but I didn't need that much or want to spend that much... just needed something like 12-14tb. I thought it was going to be a dud of Black Fridayuntil BH's 16tb for $200 sale. I jumped on 3 of them not caring to wait any more. lol. At some point, I had to bite the bullet and realize I may not see a good sale on drives I was looking for. For the price, I probably wasn't going to see anything better, the seller had a good rep, and heck, they shipped something like the following day, I think. I should have them by Wednesday to expand my NAS. Glad I crossed that off the list. Big Grin

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