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22TB Seagate External USB 3.0 Expansion Desktop Hard Drive

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  • Fast file transfers with USB 3.3
  • 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

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Update: This popular deal is still available.

QuickDealStore via Amazon has 22TB Seagate External USB 3.0 Expansion Desktop Hard Drive (STKP22000400) for $249.99. Shipping is free.

Thanks to Community Member disc4tw for sharing this deal.

Features:
  • Easy-to-use desktop hard drive—simply plug in the power adapter and USB cable
  • Fast file transfers with USB 3.3
  • 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

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Written by jimmytx | Staff
  • About this Store:
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    • Rated 4.6 out of 5 stars on Amazon based on over 250k customer reviews.
    • Please see the original post for additional details and/or view the Wiki and forum comments for further helpful discussion if available.

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BeigeWinter369
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If you have a fairly recent router that has a USB 3.0 port, you might be able to get away with just plugging the drive into that and configuring it to be shared over the network.
gastonecrosse
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I had wondered the same thing, and now I have two 4 bay NAS enclosures plus 1 4 bay expansion with 2 8tb raid 1s, a 14tb raid 1, a 20tb raid 1 and a raid 10 w/ four 4tb drives. it is a slippery slope lol
NervousLake876
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It's hard to tell what's inside one these 20+ TB Seagate externals. The very early ones may have had Seagate Exos or Ironwolf in them, and those are great for shucking, but lately people have been finding Barracuda drives in them and the most I'll say is the jury is undecided on how reliable they might be. They typically are rated for far fewer work hours (mtbf) but since they're pretty new, who really knows. Personally, I avoid them because I don't want to find out. I instead will look at a recertified drive from serverpartdeals.

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loganmjungJun 04, 2025 04:40 PM
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I've been shopping for a large external HDD to backup my laptop, phone, and media. This seems like a great deal for the amount of storage, but I've also been considering a NAS. Would a NAS be overkill? I like the idea of not having to physically plug in my devices to backup and potentially have a network accessible drive of media, but I have no idea where to start. Any suggestions? Thanks!
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Quote from loganmjung :
I've been shopping for a large external HDD to backup my laptop, phone, and media. This seems like a great deal for the amount of storage, but I've also been considering a NAS. Would a NAS be overkill? I like the idea of not having to physically plug in my devices to backup and potentially have a network accessible drive of media, but I have no idea where to start. Any suggestions? Thanks!
I had wondered the same thing, and now I have two 4 bay NAS enclosures plus 1 4 bay expansion with 2 8tb raid 1s, a 14tb raid 1, a 20tb raid 1 and a raid 10 w/ four 4tb drives. it is a slippery slope lol
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Quote from loganmjung :
I've been shopping for a large external HDD to backup my laptop, phone, and media. This seems like a great deal for the amount of storage, but I've also been considering a NAS. Would a NAS be overkill? I like the idea of not having to physically plug in my devices to backup and potentially have a network accessible drive of media, but I have no idea where to start. Any suggestions? Thanks!
If you have a fairly recent router that has a USB 3.0 port, you might be able to get away with just plugging the drive into that and configuring it to be shared over the network.
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loganmjungJun 04, 2025 05:46 PM
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Quote from BeigeWinter369 :
If you have a fairly recent router that has a USB 3.0 port, you might be able to get away with just plugging the drive into that and configuring it to be shared over the network.
I didn't realize that was an option. I just had Google Fiber set up last month, which included a router.
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Frank_NittyJun 04, 2025 05:56 PM
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Quote from Sanman99 :
Shuckable? Yes or noReliable drive? Or it's a Seagate...
Seagate's external HDDs usually are. It's WD's 2.5" external HDDs you have to worry a/b that aren't shuckable.
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Is it unreliable? Weren't there a certain line of Seagate that were maybe ok?
It's hard to tell what's inside one these 20+ TB Seagate externals. The very early ones may have had Seagate Exos or Ironwolf in them, and those are great for shucking, but lately people have been finding Barracuda drives in them and the most I'll say is the jury is undecided on how reliable they might be. They typically are rated for far fewer work hours (mtbf) but since they're pretty new, who really knows. Personally, I avoid them because I don't want to find out. I instead will look at a recertified drive from serverpartdeals.
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loganmjungJun 04, 2025 06:10 PM
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Quote from BeigeWinter369 :
If you have a fairly recent router that has a USB 3.0 port, you might be able to get away with just plugging the drive into that and configuring it to be shared over the network.
Just double checked and the router I was given (GFiber Wi-Fi 6E Router (GR6EXX0C)) has a Blue USB-A Port, which I believe is a 3.0). I have a 1TB external drive that I might test this out with before spending $250 on a 22TB model.
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Sanman99Jun 04, 2025 06:16 PM
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Quote from NervousLake876 :
It's hard to tell what's inside one these 20+ TB Seagate externals. The very early ones may have had Seagate Exos or Ironwolf in them, and those are great for shucking, but lately people have been finding Barracuda drives in them and the most I'll say is the jury is undecided on how reliable they might be. They typically are rated for far fewer work hours (mtbf) but since they're pretty new, who really knows. Personally, I avoid them because I don't want to find out. I instead will look at a recertified drive from serverpartdeals.
Or GoHardDrives maybe. But prices seem to have gone up after some of their advertising campaigns. For both of these sellers.

For cold storage, I hope it's ok. But generally I'm guessing I'd just want something overall that I can use without worrying much either way. Unless I know it's strictly cold storage and then whether it's even safe for that.

Generally I just understand some drives are better. Not sure if they're all OK the same for cold storage. But generally I'd rather be assured than have half being iffy, unless I'm specifically speccing it for only cold storage.

Sound complicated, right? Rather get a good one.
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moealzaJun 04, 2025 07:05 PM
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Can I use this and just connect it via USB to the mini-pc and have it host arr media?
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CaffeinemanJun 04, 2025 08:12 PM
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Quote from gastonecrosse :
I had wondered the same thing, and now I have two 4 bay NAS enclosures plus 1 4 bay expansion with 2 8tb raid 1s, a 14tb raid 1, a 20tb raid 1 and a raid 10 w/ four 4tb drives. it is a slippery slope lol
The next step for you is building your own NAS.
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CaffeinemanJun 04, 2025 08:22 PM
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Quote from moealza :
Can I use this and just connect it via USB to the mini-pc and have it host arr media?
Yes. I tested an old broken laptop with windows, with no screen or keyboard, hooked an external USB to it for testing.

About 10ish years later the "test" box has 3 externals hanging off of it and outlasted a round I went with Linux on server hardware. (My fault, I ran out of OS storage and didn't know how to fix).

Going round 2. Proxmox on bare metal and Linux VMs.

edit. it is so much more reliable then the Hulu plus subscription that I pay for. last week we had to uninstall Hulu and install Hulu three different times and the third time we couldn't get Hulu working at all pretty soon I'm not going to be paying Hulu.
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loganmjungJun 04, 2025 08:35 PM
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Quote from gastonecrosse :
I had wondered the same thing, and now I have two 4 bay NAS enclosures plus 1 4 bay expansion with 2 8tb raid 1s, a 14tb raid 1, a 20tb raid 1 and a raid 10 w/ four 4tb drives. it is a slippery slope lol
Any recommendations on a simple NAS setup? Rather than upgrading my router, which doesn't offer external storage, I'd rather go the NAS setup route.

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rb5505Jun 04, 2025 09:13 PM
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Quote from gastonecrosse :
I had wondered the same thing, and now I have two 4 bay NAS enclosures plus 1 4 bay expansion with 2 8tb raid 1s, a 14tb raid 1, a 20tb raid 1 and a raid 10 w/ four 4tb drives. it is a slippery slope lol
these type of notes are endless. it's the new crack, and that is not funny.

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