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Jan 28, 2024 7:10 PM

SMR Seagate Barracuda 8TB 5400 RPM Internal SATA Hard Drive $110

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This is on sale for $110 or 13.75 per TB. It's smr but I bought one for storage. Cheapest price per TB for a new, brand name drive I could find

also available on Amazon https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07H289S7C

https://www.bestbuy.com/site/seag...Id=6425021
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This is on sale for $110 or 13.75 per TB. It's smr but I bought one for storage. Cheapest price per TB for a new, brand name drive I could find

also available on Amazon https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07H289S7C

https://www.bestbuy.com/site/seag...Id=6425021

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Jan 28, 2024 8:48 PM
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DreamerbyDesignJan 28, 2024 8:48 PM
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For archival storage aka rarely accessed storage, SMR is fine. For storage that is actively changed, spend a few more dollars and get a CMR drive. Your data will thank you. If it's data that doesnt mean much or is replaceable, then this would be fine.
Jan 28, 2024 9:19 PM
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TenderBook4607Jan 28, 2024 9:19 PM
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Add $20 you can get WD80EAAZ (CMR, 8TB, 5640RPM, 256MB Cache).
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Jan 29, 2024 12:16 PM
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YouDontNeedItJan 29, 2024 12:16 PM
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No no no. Bad bad bad. Do not buy SMR. It is only appropriate for very limited use cases. If you're the type of person who is reading this comment then you do not have that workload.

If you're the type who already knows that SMR fits their use case then you're not reading this comment.

And I haven't even mentioned Seagate...
Jan 29, 2024 5:59 PM
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Oil_BurnerJan 29, 2024 5:59 PM
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Doesn't really matter if it is a CMR or SMR, as long as you have good backups with a 3-2-1 plan, you are good. This price is higher than $6-$7 per TB brand new drives on eBay with 3-5 yrs warranty. Have been using a few of these cheapos on a TrueNAS setup running 24x7, no issues for last 7 yrs and not a single one has failed.
Jan 29, 2024 6:15 PM
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DreamerbyDesignJan 29, 2024 6:15 PM
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Quote from Oil_Burner View quoted comment :
Doesn't really matter if it is a CMR or SMR, as long as you have good backups with a 3-2-1 plan, you are good. This price is higher than $6-$7 per TB brand new drives on eBay with 3-5 yrs warranty. Have been using a few of these cheapos on a TrueNAS setup running 24x7, no issues for last 7 yrs and not a single one has failed.
While I do agree having a 3-2-1 backup strategy is important I also believe in trying to get the most reliability for my money. That's where I see the value. I'd take an enterprise drive refurb before I'd buy this smr drive for data, backed up or not. I don't think informed buyers choose smr except for maybe just archiving.
Jan 29, 2024 8:13 PM
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Oil_BurnerJan 29, 2024 8:13 PM
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Quote from DreamerbyDesign View quoted comment :
While I do agree having a 3-2-1 backup strategy is important I also believe in trying to get the most reliability for my money. That's where I see the value. I'd take an enterprise drive refurb before I'd buy this smr drive for data, backed up or not. I don't think informed buyers choose smr except for maybe just archiving.
Totally agree - SMR drives are OK for day-to-day use and for light loads. Absolutely NOT for gaming, video editing, rendering or other heavy loads. Again, HDD manufacturers have been touting large terabyte HDDs, in which cases CMR tech, although conventional, is not cost effective. At the end of the day, if you use SMR or CMR drives for NAS, you're limited to the most common 1Gb ethernet speed, which gives you max 120MB of data in/out - And hence my "Doesn't matter......"
Jan 30, 2024 3:41 AM
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EvilsquashJan 30, 2024 3:41 AM
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Quote from TenderBook4607 View quoted comment :
Add $20 you can get WD80EAAZ (CMR, 8TB, 5640RPM, 256MB Cache).
This is only $109.00 on the Amazon
http://amazon.com/Western-Digital...GQG5Y?th=1

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SUBHEREO-FYIFeb 11, 2024 6:23 PM
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Waiting for 800tb ssd

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