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24TB Seagate Expansion Desktop USB 3.0 External Hard Drive

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$280

$330

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B&H Photo Video has 24TB Seagate Expansion Desktop USB 3.0 External Hard Drive on sale for $279.99. Shipping is free.

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Key Features
  • 24TB Storage Capacity
  • Micro-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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  • About this deal:
    • This price is $50 lower (15% savings) than the list price of $329.99
  • About this product:
    • Rating of 4.3 from over 170 customer reviews.

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B&H Photo Video has 24TB Seagate Expansion Desktop USB 3.0 External Hard Drive on sale for $279.99. Shipping is free.

Thanks to Deal Editor citan359 for finding this deal.

Key Features
  • 24TB Storage Capacity
  • Micro-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 powerfuldoppler | Staff
  • About this deal:
    • This price is $50 lower (15% savings) than the list price of $329.99
  • About this product:
    • Rating of 4.3 from over 170 customer reviews.

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Adding this filler for $2.09 gave me free shipping

https://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/pr...p_for.html
Got mine today, it's an EXOS X24

https://imgur.com/a/nO7rATb
Micro-USB? How old is this thing?

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Jan 16, 2025
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misterv1
Jan 16, 2025
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Quote from CTRFK8 :
EXOs

I have seen alot of 18TB externals at one time where they put Ironwolf. Those drives are worse and slower but are still CMR.

The 20TB on FP slick deals at best buy was 240 after tax and was a SMR crap drive. I am selling mine or returning it idk
So CMR is the good one and SMR/HAMR are bad?
Jan 16, 2025
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rotarypower101
Jan 16, 2025
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Quote from misterv1 :
So CMR is the good one and SMR/HAMR are bad?
Think that is a POV based on application...

People will almost always be better off with a CMR as a generality, but the negative attributes of SMR can be essentially invisible to people that write once, read many if I understand correctly.

HAMR, don't understand that well enough yet, anyone have a concise executive summery between the various brand iterations of heat assisted writing, and what the Pros/Cons are VS CMR or how it similar/different with SMR?
Jan 16, 2025
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MAC944Turbo
Jan 16, 2025
135 Posts
Quote from CTRFK8 :
the 24TB is Exosthe 20TB on FP Slickdeals was a SMR . They are remaking them. I cannot take a picture as the drive is now in my unraid server.HAMR is the new tech for seagate t 30TB+ but all those drives are not available yet to consumers.These are X24 Exos CMR from B&H 20TB externals are SMR!

I would have agreed that HAMR is being used only on drives 30TB and larger but it also seems like they are starting to come in the 16TB and 20TB Barracuda models as well (based on reports from various posters that have shucked the recent FP deals on the Seagate Expansion drives). People, including myself, are speculating these are binned 30TB+ drives that have platters disabled so the drives can still be sold and isn't as much of a loss.
Those Barracudas seem to have the "Class 1 consumer laser product" info on the label which I've only seen come on the IronWolf drives that use HAMR technology.
Thanks for the reply and info!
Jan 16, 2025
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swechsler
Jan 16, 2025
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Quote from rotarypower101 :
People will almost always be better off with a CMR as a generality, but the negative attributes of SMR can be essentially invisible to people that write once, read many if I understand correctly.
This is pretty much spot on. SMR is fine if you're looking for something for storing media or writing backups to. You wouldn't want to use it in a NAS.
Jan 16, 2025
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SlickCrayon1512
Jan 16, 2025
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Quote from CTRFK8 :
These arent HAMR.

they are x24 exos

HAMR is like 30TB+ from what i read online

also some of these drives could be returns RMA from Seagate where the label was never removed and firmware erased

My drive had a piece of tape and Taiwanese paper saying QC checked and the drive had like 16 hours on it when i checked it. I never seen this before in my life
Taiwanese paper? What is Taiwanese? Like you are typing in American right now?
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johnyeros
Jan 16, 2025
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Quote from awdspyder :
I manage a data center environment with hundreds of TB of data exclusively on Seagate EXOS drives. We've not had a single failure in 5 years of operation and continued expansion. EXOS appear to be quite solid, and no worse or better than WD RE/Golds in my professional experience.

If this is truly an EXOS drive, it's a great deal.
yes if we're talking about exos, sure. but we're talking about trash consumer level that fail
Jan 16, 2025
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coolbreeze
Jan 16, 2025
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24tb filled by micro-USB.

lol, hope you have a few weeks to kill while you watch it lumber along.
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Jan 16, 2025
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awdspyder
Jan 16, 2025
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Quote from johnyeros :
yes if we're talking about exos, sure. but we're talking about trash consumer level that fail
We are talking about EXOS. This is an EXOS drive, or so the folks above say.
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dezenutz
Jan 16, 2025
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Quote from coolbreeze :
24tb filled by micro-USB.

lol, hope you have a few weeks to kill while you watch it lumber along.
It uses a USB Micro-B SuperSpeed cable like this:

https://www.amazon.com/MaxLLToTM-...B00S7YA1YG

I haven't seen it get close to 5 Gbps, but I've seen sustained writes at 225-250 MB/s.
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awdspyder
Jan 16, 2025
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Quote from SlickCrayon1512 :
Taiwanese paper? What is Taiwanese? Like you are typing in American right now?
Does this help?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taiwanese
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awdspyder
Jan 16, 2025
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Quote from dezenutz :
It uses a USB Micro-B SuperSpeed cable like this:

https://www.amazon.com/MaxLLToTM-...B00S7YA1YG

I haven't seen it get close to 5 Gbps, but I've seen sustained writes at 225-250 MB/s.
As you've alluded, it's an unusual cable for a 3.5-in enclosure, but the interface/cable are NOT a limiting factor - the drive is.
Jan 17, 2025
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ScottS8921
Jan 17, 2025
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Quote from johnyeros :
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!!
When you've had so many Seagate drives go bad why do you keep buying them? Is there some functionality that you prefer, price, or do you just enjoy punishing yourself?
Jan 17, 2025
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fortytwo42
Jan 17, 2025
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SMR or CMR?
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JesseE9088
Jan 17, 2025
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Check your invoices. I ordered 3, it clearly showed 3 x $279.99 at checkout and in the cart but I was charged at 1x $279.99 and 2 x $329.99!

And now that I notice, if you go to the site and go to checkout with 3 in the cart, it will show 3 x $279.99, but the total actually adds up differently with two being $329.99.

Either website error or price deception.
Last edited by JesseE9088 January 16, 2025 at 05:04 PM.

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Jan 17, 2025
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AceNJ
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Quote from JesseE9088 :
Check your invoices. I ordered 3, it clearly showed 3 x $279.99 at checkout and in the cart but I was charged at 1x $279.99 and 2 x $329.99!And now that I notice, if you go to the site and go to checkout with 3 in the cart, it will show 3 x $279.99, but the total actually adds up differently with two being $329.99.Either website error or price deception.
Thanks for pointing this out. It does show different prices once you change the quantity so I suppose it's one per customer at the $280 price.

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