Best Buy has
28TB Seagate External USB 3.0 Desktop Hard Drive with Rescue Data Recovery Services (STKP28000400) on sale for
$329.99.
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Seagate also has
28TB Seagate External USB 3.0 Desktop Hard Drive with Rescue Data Recovery Services (STKP28000400) on sale for
$329.99.
Shipping is free.
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Product Info:- Easy-to-use desktop hard drive—simply plug in the power adapter and USB cable
- Fast file transfers with USB 3.2
- Drag-and-drop file saving right out of the box
- Automatic recognition of Windows and Mac computers for simple setup (Reformatting required for use with Time Machine)
- Enjoy peace of mind with the included limited warranty and Rescue Data Recovery Services
- 7200 RPM
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Some people (IE pasta hating, stripper denying, pirate adverse folk), think retail media is worth backing up via expensive RAID arrays or whatchamacallits. If you're one of those paranoid types who absolutely must have My Mother the Car available 24/7 without downtime, then these Seagate externals are not for you, given the measly 1-year warranty and Barracuda drives' horrendous (and IMO, well-deserved) reputation.
I have the 20TB $230 version and it has been an excellent storage and streaming solution for stuff I really don't give a crap if I lose. I'm getting 250MB/s read speeds and the drive quickly powers down when not in use. That's more than that rotten Lancelot Link deserves!
In fact, I would argue that storing and occasionally streaming easily procurable and replaceable video media is all these cheap externals are good for, IMO. I can't imagine entrusting 28TB of personal, truly valuable, irreplaceable data to these unproven—and most likely Barracuda—drives. That sounds like a nightmare waiting to happen. Regardless, may Pasta protect all our data, and may strippers and pirates keep it safe...
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Seagate sucks ass
As for GoHardDrive and other "refurbished" sellers, I'd rather pay a bit extra for brand-new WD Red Pros than opt for well-used drives that have been consistently stressed/abused in a data center.
WD's 6-year warranty offering during their current two 24TB Red Pro sale [westerndigital.com] is remarkable IMO. If I'm going to spend a signficant large amount of cash, having a rock-solid guarantee from a reputable $15B company that I trust and has proven reliable is much more preferable to dealing with businesses that procure large quantities of heavily used drives and performs only limited testing. I also think calling used drives "refurbished" is a bit of a stretch or exaggeration because all they are doing is resetting the SMART stats and performing basic power-on and read/write confirmation.
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This guy doesn't keep garbage data! BoooOO000ooo!!1!one!
But link was correct but looks like Seagate removed the 28TB option so it's no longer available to buy from their website (still on BestBuys).
You scared me though, for a second I thought shoot maybe I ordered the 24TB so I checked my email order and it was indeed the 28TB, just no longer available now.
But still available @ BestBuy (just not as good as a deal)
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Oh, and I have struck out on 3 26tbs so far, all being Barracudas.
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