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expiredswansong119 posted Mar 17, 2025 06:25 PM

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expiredswansong119 posted Mar 17, 2025 06:25 PM

26TB Seagate External USB 3.0 Desktop Hard Drive

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Best Buy has 26TB Seagate External USB 3.0 Desktop Hard Drive with Rescue Data Recovery Services (STKP26000400) on sale for $299.99. Shipping is free.

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Adam2004

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These (26GB) are EXOS Enterprise drives not the crappy non-Pro Barracudas like the 20-24TB models with only 1-year warranty. Seagate doesn't make a 26TB Barracuda.

RikB

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I ordered one, says it'll arrive Thursday. I'll update this post with what I find inside.

Edit: ST26000DM000 mfg date 02/2025. Seagate website indicates the serial # on the drive is a Barracuda w/ 1yr warranty. Oh well, looks like the days of discount exos are gone, and I'll be returning this one.

ducksoup18

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https://www.reddit.com/r/homelab/..._external/ Looks like theyre cudas.

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asuka

Mar 18, 2025 12:06 AM

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asukaMar 18, 2025 12:06 AM

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Quote from MWink

Very likely. I believe the highest capacity CMR non-HAMR drive Seagate makes is 24TB.

SMR and HAMR are not mutually exclusive. HAMR drives can also be SMR, though they seem to gain proportionally less capacity from it.

Are you aware of any? I suspect SMR&HAMR combo won't hit until 50TB or so.

Then again, nothing surprises me with the cost cutting at drive makers.

For now HAMR is being billed as a speed enhancement over SMR as I don't think there's a cost savings today.

swansong119

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Mar 18, 2025 12:11 AM

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swansong119

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Mar 18, 2025 12:11 AM

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Quote from riffdex

I'm waiting to hear back when the first person receives this and confirms it's an EXOS inside so I can order one that day and end up getting the first batch they switch over to Barracudas 😂🥴

Could always order for pickup and then cancel if it is confirmed barracudas lol

redpoint5

Mar 18, 2025 12:19 AM

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redpoint5Mar 18, 2025 12:19 AM

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Quote from asuka

I certainly would never opt for SMR over HAMR unless doing glacier archival.

Archival is my use case.

I'm hoping SSD prices become competitive before HAMR becomes appealing to me, but then I've been thinking that might happen any year since 2008.

Quote from flangomango

Why avoid it?

24x7 archival/read operations makes energy efficiency a higher priority than speed. It's also newish tech so reliability may not be as good.

asuka

Mar 18, 2025 12:23 AM

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asukaMar 18, 2025 12:23 AM

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Quote from redpoint5

Archival is my use case.

I'm hoping SSD prices become competitive before HAMR becomes appealing to me, but then I've been thinking that might happen any year since 2008.

24x7 archival/read operations makes energy efficiency a higher priority than speed. It's also newish tech so reliability may not be as good.

Frankly I don't see that ever happening. Hard drives are dirt cheap to make.

And HAMR is smashing the capacity limitations of the past decade.

What we need are some of the speed enhancements HDD makers have teased, mated to CMR-derived HAMR, to get low-speed SSD-grade performance from HDD.

That in turn will put pressure on the SSD market to continuously improve.

So really we need fast(er) hard drives to get cheaper.

randallmagg

Mar 18, 2025 12:30 AM

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randallmaggMar 18, 2025 12:30 AM

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I've always been apprehensive about Seagate but I finally gave in and placed an order for this. I am just disappointed HDDs are not much, much cheaper by this point. But I need more storage (I'm at a little over 100TB and constantly adding more to my server) and this is a good price point for right now's market.

2hats

Mar 18, 2025 12:33 AM

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2hatsMar 18, 2025 12:33 AM

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For those waiting for other to buy and check for Exos, if you really want one of these, it might be worth buying now and checking yourself. Then just return if (very unlikely) it's not an Exos.

Suggesting this as BestBuy might put the price back up in a day or two.

S33k3r

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Mar 18, 2025 12:56 AM

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S33k3r

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Mar 18, 2025 12:56 AM

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Getting this while "the getting is good." I will figure out if it is an Exos later.

akseapilot

Mar 18, 2025 01:03 AM

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akseapilotMar 18, 2025 01:03 AM

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in for 5 - to shuck. fingers crossed.

bouncyball

Mar 18, 2025 01:03 AM

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bouncyballMar 18, 2025 01:03 AM

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Quote from chyeeaa

Someone convince me on why I need this. I don't need but I feel like I should need it

Buy an 8k camera on top, this way you can quickly accumulate large amounts of data.

asuka

Mar 18, 2025 01:07 AM

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asukaMar 18, 2025 01:07 AM

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Quote from chyeeaa

Someone convince me on why I need this. I don't need but I feel like I should need it

The time to buy is when you need a new drive.

If we don't stockpile on deals, the market will have to lower prices long term. Hold the line.

We're very close to seeing 8TB SSD sink below $500. 26TB will be $300 normally if we don't stockpile now.

jbrw

Mar 18, 2025 01:30 AM

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jbrwMar 18, 2025 01:30 AM

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USB 3.0 feels insane for this much space

erydanis

Mar 18, 2025 01:33 AM

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erydanisMar 18, 2025 01:33 AM

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At this price per TB, it's hard to argue against grabbing one—assuming it's an Exos inside

mrmochi

Mar 18, 2025 01:58 AM

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mrmochiMar 18, 2025 01:58 AM

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Quote from Adam2004

These (26GB) are EXOS Enterprise drives not the crappy non-Pro Barracudas like the 20-24TB models with only 1-year warranty. Seagate doesn't make a 26TB Barracuda.

My EXOS drive 24TB purchased a few weeks ago is already having major issues.

I should have listened to SD. seagate sucks so bad.

stag3

Mar 18, 2025 02:15 AM

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stag3Mar 18, 2025 02:15 AM

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Quote from mrmochi

My EXOS drive 24TB purchased a few weeks ago is already having major issues.

I should have listened to SD. seagate sucks so bad.

what issues are you having? shucked or still in the enclosure?

I just grabbed one, will return if these are new stealth barracudas. I also grabbed the 24tb and lucked out with an exos with a non 2025 date and haven't had any issues so far, have not shucked it yet.

Last edited by stag3 March 17, 2025 at 08:19 PM.

riffdex

Mar 18, 2025 02:29 AM

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riffdexMar 18, 2025 02:29 AM

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Quote from swansong119

Could always order for pickup and then cancel if it is confirmed barracudas lol

Heh, not a bad idea. I'll sleep on it and decide tomorrow

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