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28TB Seagate Expansion USB 3.0 Desktop External Hard Drive $289.99, 24TB Seagate Expansion USB 3.0 Desktop External Hard Drive $249.99 + Free Shipping @ B&H

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For those interested, these deals will go live at 12 AM ET on 11/20 (live now). Both of these will beat the previous front-page deals (28TB & 24TB).Features:
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  • Pre-formatted exFAT
  • Windows and Mac Compatible
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For those interested, these deals will go live at 12 AM ET on 11/20 (live now). Both of these will beat the previous front-page deals (28TB & 24TB).Features:
  • Micro-USB 3.0 Interface
  • AC Powered
  • Rescue Data Recovery Services
  • Includes USB 3.0 Cable
  • Pre-formatted exFAT
  • Windows and Mac Compatible
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Yesterday 06:14 PM
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"Friends don't let friends buy 28TB Barracudas for a NAS — that's how data becomes a daredevil."
"Get an Exos or a WD white label unless you enjoy hearing your RAID whisper 'good luck' every night."
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Yesterday 07:33 PM
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jmr2198Yesterday 07:33 PM
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yikes.. too bad this is Seagate, and barracuda drives.
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Yesterday 07:34 PM
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AbhinayA4757Yesterday 07:34 PM
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So this is not good for NAS?
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Yesterday 07:46 PM
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AprilWatermelonYesterday 07:46 PM
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Everyone already fully filled their 26TB drives from early this year right? Ready for the 28? Lol
Yesterday 07:55 PM
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CoralHeat441Yesterday 07:55 PM
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Quote from AprilWatermelon :
Everyone already fully filled their 26TB drives from early this year right? Ready for the 28? Lol
what was the price?
Yesterday 07:57 PM
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tedzhuYesterday 07:57 PM
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Ok to state the obvious: this is external USB drive not a NAS drive
shucking you said? that should be doable and good value, as long as you don't store critical data on it, I say it's perfectly fine for your plex collection
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eslaydogYesterday 07:59 PM
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Wait, no one used the term shuckable to illustrate their membership in the group of NAS hackerz yet?

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Syntax ErrorYesterday 08:02 PM
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Barracuda drives are just asking for trouble, especially in a NAS array. I remember the Seagate Barracuda 1.5TB days with the 5% annualized failure rate disks.
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PeterGJYesterday 08:02 PM
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Quote from AbhinayA4757 :
So this is not good for NAS?
Could be fine, could be bad. These drives are not rated to be on 24x7 and only a couple of year warranty and if you shuck it then it's basically 0.

Personally I've been holding out for another brand to have some decent sales
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boourns84Yesterday 08:04 PM
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Bought a seagate 24tb external and it died within five months. I said to myself seagate must have cleaned their act up in the last twenty years before I purchased it. I was lucky, I just lost 4k disc rips I easily downloaded again, but had to pay return shipping to seagate.
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Yesterday 08:11 PM
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DaekwanYesterday 08:11 PM
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I've never seen sentiment this strong against shucking these drives to use in a NAS. That said if everybody else now thinks its such a bad idea.. then Im not going to be the fool who goes that advice to find out. I want about 50TB in new HDD to build a new NAS solution.. so bring on the deals for the WD RED or Gold, or Seagate Ironwolf or EXOS.
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Yesterday 08:13 PM
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ketamineYesterday 08:13 PM
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Quote from eslaydog :
Wait, no one used the term shuckable to illustrate their membership in the group of NAS hackerz yet?
I always shuck these and never use them in NAS, more convenient to access them in USB docks.

However this reminds me, where are the refurb enterprise HD deals? Did they really vanish to store/do more AI shit for big tech and we're left with MSRP reds?
Quote from boourns84 :
Bought a seagate 24tb external and it died within five months. I said to myself seagate must have cleaned their act up in the last twenty years before I purchased it. I was lucky, I just lost 4k disc rips I easily downloaded again, but had to pay return shipping to seagate.
That's very lame, you can even return to Adidas $20 sneakers for free.
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Yesterday 08:16 PM
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gen2Yesterday 08:16 PM
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The 24tb internal one is $240 on Newegg tomorrow, no need to do any schucking and not being able to use warranty.
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NAiLs00Yesterday 08:18 PM
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Quote from CTRFK8 :
"Friends don't let friends buy 28TB Barracudas for a NAS — that's how data becomes a daredevil.""Get an Exos or a WD white label unless you enjoy hearing your RAID whisper 'good luck' every night."
I know Seagate has been pretty unreliable for a long time, except Exos... But is a Barracuda still unreliable for cold storage? This would be fired up for maybe an hour every handful of weeks or so, when I'd do a manual backup.

Alternatively, white labels, do you have a source recommendation for possibly similar size/price?

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LemonssYesterday 09:10 PM
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These are so loud even at idle, there's a thumping noise. Also they run so much hotter than any other drive I have owned.
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