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20TB Seagate Expansion Desktop USB 3.0 External Hard Drive

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Best Buy has 20TB Seagate Expansion Desktop USB 3.0 External Hard Drive (STKP20000400) on sale for $229.99. Shipping is free.

Alternatively, B&H Photo Video has 20TB Seagate Expansion Desktop USB 3.0 External Hard Drive (SEKP20000400) on sale for $229.99. Shipping is free.

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    • This matches the previous +126 Frontpage Deal and is roughly ~$11.50/TB.
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Best Buy has 20TB Seagate Expansion Desktop USB 3.0 External Hard Drive (STKP20000400) on sale for $229.99. Shipping is free.

Alternatively, B&H Photo Video has 20TB Seagate Expansion Desktop USB 3.0 External Hard Drive (SEKP20000400) on sale for $229.99. Shipping is free.

Thanks to Community Member Minexus for finding this deal.

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  • About this Deal:
    • This matches the previous +126 Frontpage Deal and is roughly ~$11.50/TB.
    • Please see the original post for additional details and give the WIKI and forum comments a read for helpful discussion.

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Model: Seagate Expansion 20TB External Hard Drive HDD - USB 3.0, with Rescue Data Recovery Services (STKP20000400)

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dealseeker50
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These are not shitty shingle SMR drives. SMR write speed is less than 80 MB/s. People are reporting 200 MB/s for these seagate drives.
hinchy
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I bought two last time this was on sale and shucked them into my nas. I ran a stress test and secure wiped them followed by a extended smart test, both ran it fine without issues. Temps were good for me, lower than my wd reds
WiseSeagull238
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That's literally EVERY thread on SD. Most of the content is just two factions trying to prove the other is wrong. If you don't believe me, head on over to the recent lululemon jogger thread, same thing, different product.

Anyway, that's why using a strong sense of filtration and due diligence helps with these comments. Once in a while you get a good nugget of info/wisdom which makes it worth the effort if you actually need said item.

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Quote from CTRFK8 :
this is a smr drive not made for NAS nor is it enterprise rated .
Are you sure about that? I think this site seems to indicate that it's cmr. https://www.seagate.com/products/cmr-smr-list/
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oppman29Jan 20, 2025 02:55 AM
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I shucked one of these drives into my NAS and it literally just died on the 17, Seagate drives aren't great. Dont take my word, sites like backblaze issues reports on failures. https://www.backblaze.com/cloud-s...-test-data
Also After I shucked it I was using the enclosure for an old WD 2tb and out of nowhere the light on the enclosure stop working and the Enclosure also is useless.
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Ducman69Jan 20, 2025 02:56 AM
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Quote from galewskj :
My recollection is that these drives were mostly trashed in the previous threads. Shingle Magnetic Recording + Heat-Assisted Magnetic Recording.
I don't claim to know anything about the technology, but I bought one on the last deal and it had no issues in all testing I performed including extended test, and transfer rate was around 240mb/s.

Some people were complaining of high temps, but I have a 360mm exhaust fan on my gaming PC its attached to, and just put the drive on top for the transfers and IIRC it was around 36oC in a 72oF room.
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Quote from bert90987 :
Are you sure about that? I think this site seems to indicate that it's cmr. https://www.seagate.com/products/cmr-smr-list/
I bought one 2 weeks ago and it's a barracuda drive .
Yes it's not enterprise grade specs nor is made to be raid.

If you want CMR the 24TB is a exo x 24 enterprise rated
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Quote from oppman29 :
I shucked one of these drives into my NAS and it literally just died on the 17, Seagate drives aren't great. Dont take my word, sites like backblaze issues reports on failures. https://www.backblaze.com/cloud-s...-test-data
Also After I shucked it I was using the enclosure for an old WD 2tb and out of nowhere the light on the enclosure stop working and the Enclosure also is useless.
I run over 100 enterprise grade WD and seagate hdds
Power on time over 3 years and own mostly seagate enterprise exos 18 to 24TB and all run beautifully . Only one died after it was damaged in transit
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Backblaze is a old report where SMR drives 2TB to 8TB were absolute trash this was over decade ago.
Seagate is now making 20TB SMR drives with the barracuda name. These drives are absolute trash.

Big data centers are already buying up seagate HAMR drives 28 to 30TB
This technology was protyped over 20 years ago and was theorized in 1953.

Even WD is moving to HAMR which was invented by seagate or bought the rights to the technology.
Invest your money in the 24TB recently a FP deal at B&H photo is a CMR enterprise grade HDD .
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spiffytexanJan 20, 2025 03:37 AM
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If you buy an external, lay it flat.

If you tip one of these over while it's running, it's gonna die instantly.
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Riddle.Me.ThisJan 20, 2025 03:53 AM
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Quote from Ducman69 :
I don't claim to know anything about the technology, but I bought one on the last deal and it had no issues in all testing I performed including extended test, and transfer rate was around 240mb/s.

Some people were complaining of high temps, but I have a 360mm exhaust fan on my gaming PC its attached to, and just put the drive on top for the transfers and IIRC it was around 36oC in a 72oF room.
You can expect those transfer rates on a brand new / clean SMR drive. The issue is that SMR drives slow down dramatically when you are re-writing data (e.g. random writes on the drive as opposed to sequential writes to unused space on the drive).

SMR drives have their place, and that's for write-once, read-many type applications (such as persistent backups).
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MWinkJan 20, 2025 07:50 AM
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Seagate is now making 20TB SMR drives with the barracuda name. These drives are absolute trash.
You have still provided absolutely no EVIDENCE to back up this claim!
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Quote from Riddle.Me.This :
You can expect those transfer rates on a brand new / clean SMR drive. The issue is that SMR drives slow down dramatically when you are re-writing data (e.g. random writes on the drive as opposed to sequential writes to unused space on the drive).

SMR drives have their place, and that's for write-once, read-many type applications (such as persistent backups).
I must say you are smarter than the average person
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cndealkingJan 20, 2025 08:18 AM
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Quote from Ducman69 :
I don't claim to know anything about the technology, but I bought one on the last deal and it had no issues in all testing I performed including extended test, and transfer rate was around 240mb/s.

Some people were complaining of high temps, but I have a 360mm exhaust fan on my gaming PC its attached to, and just put the drive on top for the transfers and IIRC it was around 36oC in a 72oF room.
Don't mix temp units. It is very hard for us to read 😂
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misterv1Jan 20, 2025 01:00 PM
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Quote from CTRFK8 :
I bought the 20TB from Best buy and shucked it , why would i lie . Its a SMR drive , barracuda

Come on man you are lost


This is why best buy dropped the 20TB significantly , they are ripping off people

get the 24TB!
Does this have SATA port?

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galewskjJan 20, 2025 01:35 PM
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Quote from CTRFK8 :
I bought the 20TB from Best buy and shucked it , why would i lie . Its a SMR drive , barracuda
Can you please provide evidence of your statement that it is an SMR drive inside?

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