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Post #108489791 added 11-28-2017 3:27 AM by wsu1027 in Deal Talk
WD red 4tb is $120 with frys promo code on Tue. 1 per household they say.
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Post #108450827 added 11-27-2017 5:44 PM by e97 in Deal Talk
Backblaze https://www.backblaze.com/blog/hard-drive-failure-rates-q3-2017/ they're a backup company that uses consumer drives and they publish stats on their 80,000+ drives, usage in days and...
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Post #108413283 added 11-27-2017 12:34 PM by ctbear in Deal Talk
Where do you look to for data drive reliability stats?
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Post #108412039 added 11-27-2017 12:26 PM by foreverlost in Deal Talk
I'm having a hard time trying to decide if I want to move on this drive or not. Based on the Newegg reviews, this updated drive is having some issues... I'm not in need of a drive right now, but...
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Post #108396223 added 11-27-2017 10:45 AM by bluskye in Deal Talk
All drives die over time. Not even a debate. I had HGST drives in home NAS (before WD bought them) and they ran for 7 years straight. They still worked but replaced them with these new ones and a mix...
+17 Score 26 Replies 7,162 Views
Post #108395283 added 11-27-2017 10:38 AM by Dm3k1 in Deal Talk
Yes, I'm running RAID1 mirroring on them for redundancy. Works well on my relatively outdated system using FreeNAS. Primarily using for Time machine backups, NextCloud storage for my family (some...
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Post #108391627 added 11-27-2017 10:16 AM by sr71 in Deal Talk
they blog about drives in their environment - it's laughable to call it a study - their data is flawed and methodology hardly scientific. but HGST drives do hold up well in their environment. so...
+17 Score 26 Replies 7,162 Views
Post #108327515 added 11-26-2017 9:08 PM by vi3tl23n3gad3 in Deal Talk
I'm running raid 5 with three of them.
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Post #108321067 added 11-26-2017 7:49 PM by blakstealth in Deal Talk
Are you running them in any RAID config?
+17 Score 26 Replies 7,162 Views
Post #108298703 added 11-26-2017 2:59 PM by Dm3k1 in Deal Talk
I have 2 of these running a NAS set-up, they are louder than some of the other drives out there, but the performance is great - known to be reliable as well. It's a NAS, and for me it's in the...
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Post #108294087 added 11-26-2017 2:02 PM by nisa1 in Deal Talk
Thank you 😆
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Post #108293951 added 11-26-2017 2:01 PM by vi3tl23n3gad3 in Deal Talk
500gb SSD would do fine. I suggest getting a Samsung. Their cloning software is just simple and awesome. Noise you can get over. Cries of losing all your stuff haunts you even when you turn them...
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Post #108293643 added 11-26-2017 1:57 PM by vi3tl23n3gad3 in Deal Talk
Do a Google search: 8TB HGST BackBlaze. They have the most info on hard drives as they do an independent study on a lot of major brands. I can honestly say I have 3 4TB drives for 5 years now. No...
+17 Score 26 Replies 7,162 Views
Post #108293451 added 11-26-2017 1:54 PM by nisa1 in Deal Talk
He doesn't want to lose data, thanks for the help, seems these run a little loud though. How large a SSD would be required? Is there no way to transfer his HDD data to just run one large HDD like you...
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Post #108293299 added 11-26-2017 1:52 PM by vi3tl23n3gad3 in Deal Talk
If you're not worried about losing any data then I would buy the 8TB HGST deal. If you are concerned about losing data, I would buy two of these and run them in a raid 1. I would also buy a SSD for...
+17 Score 26 Replies 7,162 Views
Post #108288875 added 11-26-2017 1:08 PM by nisa1 in Deal Talk
Here I go again trying to figure out what to buy for my sons Xmas want list... He has a custom built gaming pc and wants more memory. He currently has 1TB and says he needs at least 5TB for his...
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Post #108286575 added 11-26-2017 12:39 PM by ctbear in Deal Talk
What about HGST/WD 8TB drives? Are they just as reliable as this 4TB?
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Post #108285955 added 11-26-2017 12:31 PM by abeastern in Deal Talk
It was $90 few days ago at Newegg (w/ promo code)
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Post #108284599 added 11-26-2017 12:16 PM by wsu1027 in Deal Talk
I got 3 of these from the frys deal and installed one for now on my ts251, and the noise does bother me. It will be worse if I put in one more drive. Still haven't decided whether to keep them or...
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Post #108283187 added 11-26-2017 12:00 PM by icor1031 in Deal Talk
Darn, apparently these ones are fairly noisy.
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