Seagate has
28TB Seagate External USB 3.0 Desktop Hard Drive with Rescue Data Recovery Services (STKP28000400) on sale for
$299.99.
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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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Just a heads up. Not sure whether it's the USB enclosure that's the issue or the drive itself, but... if you plan to run it 24x7, you might at least need to power cycle it now and then.
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Just a heads up. Not sure whether it's the USB enclosure that's the issue or the drive itself, but... if you plan to run it 24x7, you might at least need to power cycle it now and then.
Just a heads up. Not sure whether it's the USB enclosure that's the issue or the drive itself, but... if you plan to run it 24x7, you might at least need to power cycle it now and then.
I did buy 2 of these 26TB models for 250 dollars each like others mentioned. I am too "scared and worried" to use this drive in NAS/DAS or 24/7 use. But simple load and closet seems super safe for me. So I only have 20-30 hours log in time on them, when I unboxed it and took the time to load it up. 240 MB's speeds for me. As time goes on, and I watch you guys test them in NAS'S and DAS's in 24/7 situations, I might be safe for me to put my toes in the water and advance to using it more. But mostly I use NVMe/SSD's and microSD cards for daily lifting.
USB is not a reliable enough interface for a server. You need to shuck the drive if you want reliability.
For simple file sharing and media serving (I use linux), USB is 100% fine. I haven't restarted that server in over 4 months and haven't had any issues connecting to 4 Windows 11 PCs for Networking mapping the drives, and my 3 Jellyfin clients for TV episodes and movies.
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USB is not a reliable enough interface for a server. You need to shuck the drive if you want reliability.
For simple file sharing and media serving (I use linux), USB is 100% fine. I haven't restarted that server in over 4 months and haven't had any issues connecting to 4 Windows 11 PCs for Networking mapping the drives, and my 3 Jellyfin clients for TV episodes and movies.
I currently use ZFS with my NAS with 8 x 14 TB SATA drives, that were shucked from WD Easystore in 2019. They are in RAID-Z2 configuration. I use them inside of a very large Cooler Master case, with a number of large diameter fans. None has ever failed or lost one bit. There is a reason the OpenZFS docs state :
These have problems involving sector size reporting, SMART passthrough, the ability to set ERC, and other areas. ZFS will perform as well on such devices as they are capable of allowing, but try to avoid them. They should not be expected to have the same up-time as SAS and SATA drives and should be considered unreliable.
https://openzfs.github.
In the case of this particular Seagate drive and enclosure, it has the worst USB connector ever designed - micro USB 3.0 . Even small motion or vibration can interfere with this type of port, and cause disconnects. Even for single disks that I don't use in arrays, I avoid this type of enclosure with the plague. In fact, I have an old Seagate 8TB drive that I shucked out of its case using the same enclosure, and put in a Thermaltake enclosure, which has a much more secure USB 3.0 B type connector. Even then, there are disconnects from time to time, especially under load, such as when downloading torrents. These might have to do with overheating.
There are also a variety of USB to SATA chipsets on the market, some of which are more or less reliable than others, and prone to disconnects. You may not know what's inside your enclosure ahead of time.
TLDR : stay away from USB interfaces if you want something reliable, and especially enclosures with the micro USB 3.0 connector
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