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Amazon has that now for $191.05 https://www.amazon.com/Book-Desktop-External-Drive-WDBBGB0080HBK-NESN/dp/B01LQQHLGC
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Any shuckers out there care to comment on drive type?
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Thanks! Really appreciate the feedback
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No, I don't. I could not find difinative information on the issue.
I did find this:
If you look at the circuit boards and components used, the HGST He8, WD Red 8TB and WD80EZZX all appear to...
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any idea how the WD80EZZX compare to WD reds in terms of reliability?
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Can anyone comment on what this means with respect to plans for putting it in a NAS?
How does this compare (reliability only) to the WD Red drives?
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Same here.
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Alright to report what I found in mine. The two I bought both had WD80EZZX as the drive model.
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Ended up waiting too long anyway.
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It's all good. Although I get the feeling I must be the only SDer here who actually has a gym membership and uses it lol!
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Dead. Price up to $209.
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This 8TB HD has only 2-year warranty vs 4TB HD from BB has 3-year warranty.
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Similar strategy of using NAS for.
I was also denied for Walmart price match, but I used Chase card, got 3 of 4 price matched, and one is pending.
As far WD 4TB NAS drive, bought them at BB,...
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i couldn't get wally world to budge. but i did spend 2 hours driving around to every staples around my area, i hit 8 stores in total. i managed to round up 5 of those 6TB drives. but after i brought...
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I remember that one, I tried to PM to walmart as well and the first Rep I got knew even before I mentioned I wanted to price match what I was calling about and said they cant since its a special buy...
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thanks for that. I read the same review and others. That's why I said it seems x300 wins. But I wanted to see if anyone have experience. Doesn't matter now, it's OOS anyways.
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NAS.
Couchpotato + Sickrage = no more free space. Need to upgrade my 5x6tb and 5x2tb arrays.
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Regardless of what physical means you use, you should at the very least follow the 3-2-1 strategy for important data: https://www.backblaze.com/blog/the-3-2-1-backup-strategy/
As far as...
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Woo. I wanna get one.
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