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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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.
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I should have listened to SD. seagate sucks so bad.
Umm, maybe return it? Mines running like a champ.
The only thing I can't forgive, though, is the stupid flat fragile USB connector on the external drive side. Very prone to failure. USB-C is so five-years-ago-necessary.
Being able to run GSmartControl or SMARTReporter, anything that can run smartmontools basically, is essential.
Knowing when a drive knows it is pre-fail is everything.
HDSentinel for annual testing, but daily SMART monitoring.
WD SATs seem to be really reliable these days, haven't tested Seagate in ages. For awhile their's were mucking SMART.
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Suggesting this as BestBuy might put the price back up in a day or two.
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Being able to run GSmartControl or SMARTReporter, anything that can run smartmontools basically, is essential.
Knowing when a drive knows it is pre-fail is everything.
HDSentinel for annual testing, but daily SMART monitoring.
WD SATs seem to be really reliable these days, haven't tested Seagate in ages. For awhile their's were mucking SMART.
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.
That in turn will put pressure on the SSD market to continuously improve.
So really we need fast(er) hard drives to get cheaper.
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Drives near this capacity are always helium.
Yes. [seagate.com] And there's more info Here. [blocksandfiles.com] SMR isn't going anywhere. It's not simply about cost cutting, it also allows for higher densities. Though, according to this [blocksandfiles.com], the benefits may be decreasing:
Faster hard drives would be nice but what speed enhancements have even been teased? I haven't heard of any. Even worse, HAMR drives seem to be rated for lower speeds than similar non-HAMR models.
USB 3.0 is more than enough for any single-actuator hard drive.
I have personally seen them behind closed doors at trade shows talk about increasing RPM and bring back SSHD caching, which they have touted privately "could deliver early SSD performance" - but as of yet I haven't seen any hit the market.
Could they? Absolutely. A HAMR, non-SMR 10k RPM with a 8GB cache is totally possible.
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