24TB Seagate Expansion Desktop USB 3.0 External Hard Drive

swechsler

Jan 15, 2025 08:44 PM

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swechslerJan 15, 2025 08:44 PM

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Quote from t.i.

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Anybody knows what's inside. I need CMR for unifi protect

It's been a subject of much debate and I have not seen a definitive answer yet.

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Frank_Nitty

Jan 15, 2025 09:43 PM

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Frank_NittyJan 15, 2025 09:43 PM

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This is the best deal I've seen for 24TB from Seagate compared to WD. Hell, this price at 24TB is better than what I've seen WD offer for 22TB. However, I have a love and hate relationship w/ Seagate: I prefer Seagate's 2.5" drives compared to their 3.5" drives due to their 3.5" drives having a higher chance of failure from my experience.

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migit4096

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Jan 15, 2025 10:29 PM

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Quote from Frank_Nitty

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This is the best deal I've seen for 24TB from Seagate compared to WD. Hell, this price at 24TB is better than what I've seen WD offer for 22TB. However, I have a love and hate relationship w/ Seagate: I prefer Seagate's 2.5" drives compared to their 3.5" drives due to their 3.5" drives having a higher chance of failure from my experience.

I have about 18 Seagate drives in my server ATM and while yes, some have died, none died within the first several years and I hit these things pretty hard. Their nas drives are good drives.

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fintlewoodlewix

Jan 15, 2025 11:42 PM

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Quote from edgarwong

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are you using it in a NAS? i've been looking on getting a NAS and HDs and barracuda and other consumer drives are supposedly bad for NAS and being around other vibrating drives kills them quick

Should not be an issue. Never heard of that. I have shucked many drives.

HarleyF150

Jan 15, 2025 11:49 PM

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Quote from t.i.

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Anybody knows what's inside. I need CMR for unifi protect

This Amazon reviewer says it's an EXOS 24X, but he's in Canada so there may be some differentiation based on country, although I doubt it:

"IvanW
5.0 out of 5 starsVerified Purchase
Good useable size drive!
Reviewed in Canada on January 5, 2025
Great storage drive! For those curious about the 24TB version, here is what Windows Disk Management shows when powered up and USB plugged in: 22351.80GB exFAT right out of the box CrystalDiskInfo 9.5.0 x64 reports the following: ST24000NM002H-3KS133 : 24000.2 GB 7200 RPM Firmware: SE05 S.M.A.R.T., NCQ, Streaming, GPL Used space: 50,588,936bytes (48.5MB) Free space: 23,999,628,705,792 bytes (21.8TB) It uses an EXOS X24 series hard drive inside the enclosure."

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Squirrels8MyLunch

Jan 15, 2025 11:55 PM

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Squirrels8MyLunchJan 15, 2025 11:55 PM

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you can't beat this price for 24th this same model elsewhere is around $500 including western digital versions, do a low effort google search to see

jedec

Jan 16, 2025 12:01 AM

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jedecJan 16, 2025 12:01 AM

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Quote from zeelurker

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This does not qualify for free shipping. The shipping to SF is $11.93

Free shipping for me.

jedec

Jan 16, 2025 12:04 AM

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Quote from berkishberk

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Well, shoot. Thinking about returning the 2x20TB's i got from B&H for a couple of these?
How is B&H for returns on opened hard drives?

Don't know harddrives, but I returned a camera lens and was charged a restocking fee a few years ago. The new lens was much cheaper than even with the fee + shipping so I returned it. You should call them and find out. I think you can't save anything when even just considering the shipping costs. However, if you need the extra 4TB, then I'd definitely go for it. Life's a pain when you need to run more drives than necessary.

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CTRFK8

Jan 16, 2025 12:06 AM

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CTRFK8Jan 16, 2025 12:06 AM

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these come with CMR drives, the 20TB version recent FP deal came with a POS SMR

StreetJedi

Jan 16, 2025 12:15 AM

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StreetJediJan 16, 2025 12:15 AM

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I've been building PCs since my first 75 MHz pentium way back in the day.

No drive manufacturer has been less reliable for me than Seagate, and many have echoed this.

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Squirrels8MyLunch

Jan 16, 2025 12:26 AM

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Quote from StreetJedi

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I've been building PCs since my first 75 MHz pentium way back in the day.

No drive manufacturer has been less reliable for me than Seagate, and many have echoed this.

seagate is identical to western digital

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MostBased

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Jan 16, 2025 12:29 AM

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Quote from swechsler

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Micro-USB? How old is this thing?

This pairs well with my Intel processor MacBook and my adult content. I call it the Whackbook.

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johnyeros

Jan 16, 2025 12:57 AM

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johnyerosJan 16, 2025 12:57 AM

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Seadead! in my closet there is a stack of dead hdd and majority are Seagate. Lost 1-2 wd in the past decade vs 6-8 seagate. The current 8tb external starting to act funny and disconnect after using it for a while. I barely use it except 4-5x a year for backup. Just bought a new WD. All my drive in my are wd red nas Screw seadead!!

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awdspyder

Jan 16, 2025 01:26 AM

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awdspyderJan 16, 2025 01:26 AM

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Quote from Frank_Nitty

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This is the best deal I've seen for 24TB from Seagate compared to WD. Hell, this price at 24TB is better than what I've seen WD offer for 22TB. However, I have a love and hate relationship w/ Seagate: I prefer Seagate's 2.5" drives compared to their 3.5" drives due to their 3.5" drives having a higher chance of failure from my experience.

A man after my own heart.

I have 32 x 5TB Seagate 2.5" drives in 4-disk RAID-10 groups, with each LVM volume striped across 2 arrays for some additional performance. Can sustain 250-300 MB/s writes across 4 Gbps fiber channel to the Hyper-V cluster VMs, which is plenty fast enough for WORM.

I would have stuck with them, possibly even been ballsy enough to stripe the LVM across 24 disks if they would have released a 6 TB model.

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Product Description:	Add space, consolidate files to a single location, or free up space on your system's internal drive with the 24TB Expansion Desktop USB 3.0 External Hard Drive from Seagate, which is preformatted exFAT, meaning it is compatible with Windows and Mac right out of the box. This hard drive provides a storage capacity of up to 24TB and connects to your host system using its micro-USB 3.0 interface. Copy and saving data is easy, simply drag and drop. Included is an 18" USB 3.0 cable, an 18W power adapter, Seagate's Rescue Data Recovery Services, and Toolkit backup software.
Product SKU:	1817974
24tb_storage_capacity:	Micro-USB 3.0 Interface
ac_powered:	Rescue Data Recovery Services
box_dimensions_lxwxh:	8.7 x 8.3 x 3.1"
default_os_support:	Universal Computer/Mobile OS Support
dimensions:	7 x 4.9 x 1.6" / 177.8 x 124.5 x 40.6 mm
drive_type:	Unspecified HDD
environmental_resistance:	No
fan_cooled:	No
impact_resistance:	No
material:	Plastic
package_weight:	2.955 lb
security_features:	No
system_connection:	Micro-USB 3.0 / 3.1/3.2 Gen 1
total_installed_storage:	24 TB
weight:	2.59 lb / 1.17 kg

24TB Seagate Expansion Desktop USB 3.0 External Hard Drive

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