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expiredOrangeRecess770 posted Jan 5, 2025 8:57 AM

20TB Seagate Expansion Desktop USB 3.0 External Hard Drive

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Features:
  • 20TB Storage Capacity
  • USB 3.0 Interface
  • AC Powered
  • Rescue Data Recovery Services
  • Includes USB 3.0 Cable
  • Preformatted exFAT
  • Windows and Mac Compatible

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  • This comes out to just $12/TB
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Update: This popular offer is still available

Best Buy also has 20TB Seagate Expansion Desktop USB 3.0 External Hard Drive on sale for $229.99. Shipping is free.

B&H Photo Video has 20TB Seagate Expansion Desktop USB 3.0 External Hard Drive on sale for $229.99. Shipping fees apply (starting from $10.43).

Thanks to Community Member OrangeRecess770 for finding this deal.

Features:
  • 20TB Storage Capacity
  • USB 3.0 Interface
  • AC Powered
  • Rescue Data Recovery Services
  • Includes USB 3.0 Cable
  • Preformatted exFAT
  • Windows and Mac Compatible

Editor's Notes

Written by citan359 | Staff
  • This comes out to just $12/TB
  • Please see the original post for additional details & give the WIKI and additional forum comments a read for helpful discussion.

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FrozenBeer
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while I have done my fair share of research in the last couple of years, I still haven't decided if it's wise to use one of these giant hard drives as a backup for my secondary backups of my old family photos, videos and other junk. (currently around 15TB of stuff... they are currently on the original media, two 10TB hard drives, on the cloud(both Google Drive and iCloud), as well as data Blu-ray discs.

My thinking is that I can NEVER have enough back-ups.(of back-ups of back-ups) because any one of them can and probably will fail several years down the road? Smilie

When big SSDs4TB or 8GB+ are cheap enough, I may also look into getting some of those as another form of back up?

Sound paranoid... well... yes... becuase while I was backing up stuff, two of my back-up drives died within a day of each other, (one WD and one Seagate) and I lost all of my converted film and photos between 1980 and 1985. Frown That's why everythying that I have currently has at least 3 different forms of back-ups on different medias or the cloud, at a minimum, and stored at different locations(my house or with my other family members)
dee-khan
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By way of comparison of recent sales on external 20 TB drives, the WD Easystore was $250 on Black Friday and the WD Elements was $266 on Prime Day in the Fall.
TenderRiver160
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I just bought four of these today and so far I've shucked one. It's branded as a Baracuda and uses HAMR.

Update: All four drives are the same.

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smartdealsJan 5, 2025 12:31 PM
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can use as internal? need to cover 3rd pin?
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Quote from purebishop :
Sounds like you haven't actually researched HDDs in the past 10+ years. We all make dumb comments sometimes.

while I have done my fair share of research in the last couple of years, I still haven't decided if it's wise to use one of these giant hard drives as a backup for my secondary backups of my old family photos, videos and other junk. (currently around 15TB of stuff... they are currently on the original media, two 10TB hard drives, on the cloud(both Google Drive and iCloud), as well as data Blu-ray discs.

My thinking is that I can NEVER have enough back-ups.(of back-ups of back-ups) because any one of them can and probably will fail several years down the road? Smilie

When big SSDs4TB or 8GB+ are cheap enough, I may also look into getting some of those as another form of back up?

Sound paranoid... well... yes... becuase while I was backing up stuff, two of my back-up drives died within a day of each other, (one WD and one Seagate) and I lost all of my converted film and photos between 1980 and 1985. Frown That's why everythying that I have currently has at least 3 different forms of back-ups on different medias or the cloud, at a minimum, and stored at different locations(my house or with my other family members)
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By way of comparison of recent sales on external 20 TB drives, the WD Easystore was $250 on Black Friday and the WD Elements was $266 on Prime Day in the Fall.
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weigle2Jan 5, 2025 1:07 PM
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Quote from FrozenBeer :
while I have done my fair share of research in the last couple of years, I still haven't decided if it's wise to use one of these giant hard drives as a backup for my secondary backups of my old family photos, videos and other junk. (currently around 15TB of stuff... they are currently on the original media, two 10TB hard drives, on the cloud(both Google Drive and iCloud), as well as data Blu-ray discs. My thinking is that I can NEVER have enough back-ups.(of back-ups of back-ups) because any one of them can and probably will fail several years down the road? Smilie When big SSDs4TB or 8GB+ are cheap enough, I may also look into getting some of those as another form of back up? Sound paranoid... well... yes... becuase while I was backing up stuff, two of my back-up drives died within a day of each other, (one WD and one Seagate) and I lost all of my converted film and photos between 1980 and 1985. Frown That's why everythying that I have currently has at least 3 different forms of back-ups on different medias or the cloud, at a minimum, and stored at different locations(my house or with my other family members)
My backups go to a NAS, running RAID 10. With this, 2 drives can fail and I won't loose any data. Even with this, I still do backups to external drives that get stored elsewhere. You will probably be better suited going with a NAS.
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misterv1Jan 5, 2025 1:29 PM
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Why do people say not to buy segate? Need to setup a home NAS and NVR.
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AceNJJan 5, 2025 1:29 PM
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Quote from dee-khan :
By way of comparison of recent sales on external 20 TB drives, the WD Easystore was $250 on Black Friday and the WD Elements was $266 on Prime Day in the Fall.
Is this comparable from a performance perspective as well? I've had some other older Seagate's that were much slower than WD in the past.
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NervousLake876Jan 5, 2025 1:36 PM
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Has anyone purchased one of these very recently and shucked it? Any idea what drive is inside?
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RazorConceptsJan 5, 2025 1:36 PM
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Quote from misterv1 :
Why do people say not to buy segate? Need to setup a home NAS and NVR.
Boomer meme from 2001 when seagate made horrible deskstar (deathstar) drives that failed at an abnormally high rate.


Today they make the most reliable drives.
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Quote from weigle2 :
My backups go to a NAS, running RAID 10. With this, 2 drives can fail and I won't loose any data. Even with this, I still do backups to external drives that get stored elsewhere. You will probably be better suited going with a NAS.
You are correct. But only if the 2 drives failed are from different pair. If they are from the same mirrored pair you still lost your whole array
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AdelleyJan 5, 2025 1:47 PM
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Kinda wanna buy to replace my loud ass 20tb WD that's been like that for about 3 years (since the beginning). I've bought a crap ton of high capacity WD hdd and never had one this annoyingly loud.
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AdelleyJan 5, 2025 1:48 PM
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Quote from RazorConcepts :
Boomer meme from 2001 when seagate made horrible deskstar (deathstar) drives that failed at an abnormally high rate.


Today they make the most reliable drives.
Lol we just gonna skip Gen x.. Hm k
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vrytiredJan 5, 2025 1:52 PM
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Quote from RazorConcepts :
Boomer meme from 2001 when seagate made horrible deskstar (deathstar) drives that failed at an abnormally high rate.


Today they make the most reliable drives.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deskstar

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AquaTent513Jan 5, 2025 1:52 PM
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Quote from Adelley :
Lol we just gonna skip Gen x.. Hm k
Or you could look at reports of people actually using them and see that they are still pretty much garbage, even after all this time: https://www.backblaze.com/blog/ba...-for-2023/
fwiw I had every Seagate ~1tb drive fail. That is not deskstar boomer days. In the boomer days, Western Digital was garbage (caviar drives IIRC).
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