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28TB Seagate External USB 3.0 Desktop Hard Drive with Rescue Data Recovery Services (STKP28000400) on sale for
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28TB Seagate External USB 3.0 Desktop Hard Drive with Rescue Data Recovery Services (STKP28000400) on sale for
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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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Synology is not a "flex." Synology says I can't afford new enterprise gear and enterprise support contracts, and I also don't have the knowledge, experience, nor time to actually affordably DIY a NAS and provide my own support.
New enterprise gear is like a Lamborghini. DIY affordable NAS is like a used car you suped up in your garage for drag racing. A Synology NAS is like a Toyota sedan. It isn't as expensive as Lamborghini, but considering its performance it is way more expensive than a suped up used car.
Synology isn't going to beat enterprise gear nor a well constructed DIY NAS, but it provides a competent low maintenance solution for the less technically nonwealthy amongst us.
Again Synology is not a "flex." It is a pretty common sense solution for people who are constrained by budgets and/or funds.
Nothing wrong with that.
Synology has the best in class security
I own a synology 2 disk and its only task is to share files, photos, do a VM, and other storage tasks. Nothing beats it on the market for ease of setup , especially a DNS that can be easily accessed outside your network. The cell phone apps are also top notch. One NAS even a prebuilt cant do it all correctly. Unraid is great for plex , VMs, and massive storage my 500TB server only pulls 130w , on 24/7 , 365 a year. Unraid is good at SMB shares but is slow asf.
my zfs server can do 2500MB/s but is 300w and can do ISCSI , deduplication and snapshots, VMs, SMB
not one box can rule them all. Synology is a rip off when it comes to enterprise stuff. Like i said earlier on ebay old enterprise 24-36 bay supermicros i got , are only 400-500 , which have proper cooling , unlike a USB enclosure that can also be knocked over and data is destroyed instantly. You are doing it wrong buying USB and a raspberry pi. In fact i just noticed a newb on reddit saying how he lost his entire plex library because he knocked over two USB hdds , lol
its hilarious to have someone try to justify using USB storage for plex streaming this day in age.
Even windows storage spaces is a better alternative than having a bunch of USB hdds lol
Hard drive should start up and sound similar to this
https://youtu.be/_5AwnV3UWUc?si=
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Seriously though, it's clear that I don't take this hoarding nonsense seriously. My flippant and humorous nature is evidence of that. I consider all retail media disposable and not worth backing up.
But oh boy, hardcore RAID hoarders believe this is SERIOUS business. From "I'm a working man who needs his $2k RAID array to hoard Freakazoid to put food on my family!" to "The Raidyan Race must exterminate the Externmensch for the good of Boy Meets World. Sieg RAID!" 😂
As for "gullible," you're referring to the deal I posted for the two 24TB WD Red Pros, correct? The 6-year warranty is indeed remarkable, and the price of $870 for two WD Red Pros is quite reasonable, considering these are top-tier enterprise-grade NAS drives that usually command a hefty price tag when new. You can't compare the price of WD Red Pros to Seagate Externals, as the WD Red Pros are a vastly superior product with an outstanding 6-year guarantee and should last you a lifetime, whereas the Seagates only come with a 1-year warranty.
Not to bad-mouth the Seagate Externals, though—they can be useful if you, like me, have the mindset that TV shows and anime are disposable and not worth backing up because such media is easily retrievable. If you embrace "The Peace of Pasta" attitude and take a laid-back approach to hoarding, these drives will serve you well, offering 250MB/s read speeds and excellent power efficiency (they quickly shut down when not in use).
Backblaze FTW...
Seriously though, it's clear that I don't take this hoarding nonsense seriously. My flippant and humorous nature is evidence of that. I consider all retail media disposable and not worth backing up.
But oh boy, hardcore RAID hoarders believe this is SERIOUS business. From "I'm a working man who needs his $2k RAID array to hoard Freakazoid to put food on my family!" to "The Raidyan Race must exterminate the Externmensch for the good of Boy Meets World. Sieg RAID!" 😂
As for "gullible," you're referring to the deal I posted for the two 24TB WD Red Pros, correct? The 6-year warranty is indeed remarkable, and the price of $870 for two WD Red Pros is quite reasonable, considering these are top-tier enterprise-grade NAS drives that usually command a hefty price tag when new. You can't compare the price of WD Red Pros to Seagate Externals, as the WD Red Pros are a vastly superior product with an outstanding 6-year guarantee and should last you a lifetime, whereas the Seagates only come with a 1-year warranty.
Not to bad-mouth the Seagate Externals, though—they can be useful if you, like me, have the mindset that TV shows and anime are disposable and not worth backing up because such media is easily retrievable. If you embrace "The Peace of Pasta" attitude and take a laid-back approach to hoarding, these drives will serve you well, offering 250MB/s read speeds and excellent power efficiency (they quickly shut down when not in use).
You can't shuck these drives into a 24/7 RAID NAS setup due to their low MTBF and abysmal one-year warranty. Personally, I think storing junk like "Lancelot Link: Secret Chimp" is the best application, but perhaps you'd care to enlighten us with your supercilious wisdom? And no, stacking these cheap externals to form a high platform so you can look down and belittle others while fellatioing your Freakazoid RAID is not a viable option..
One day we will have 32-50TB HDDs so what then? Just redownload at 1Gbps? What if the seed is dead, what if no one is seeding.
Lets say 30MB/s download avg, to redownload 28TB would take alittle over 10 Days. A RAID rebuild would take me at most 2.5-3 days. Also my server would have no downtime and can continue watching my movies during this time, no data loss.
You dont need expensive hardware to run snap raid , unraid . Snap raid is free so is windows storage spaces.
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Because white labels are really WD red pros
I use a ton of them they are enterprise rated.
There is a person on here that says there are no official specs for white labels which is true. However for years the community has know this as fact since the 8TB WD was a Red label.either way 550TB workload and can be left on 24/7 . This may change though as WD is going to be used HAMR as well in the future to compete. So who knows what you may get in disguise. They will hopefully label them like the barracuda