On Tue, Apr 17, 2018 at 12:56:05PM -0700, Garrett Bigart wrote: > Sorry, I'm so late to this. You should check out the Best Buy WD EasyStore > external hard drive. This is popular with the data hoarding community > because it's a 8 TB WD Red. I don't thing it's a pro drive, but it costs > $170 right now. Only thing is that you have to shuck it. Just in case you > want more. > > Drive link: > https://www.bestbuy.com/site/wd-easystore-8tb-external-usb- > 3-0-hard-drive-black/5792401.p?skuId=5792401 > > How to shuck it: > https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b6VCQ64DkfM
Cool! Of course, the warranty for a Red Pro is many years, while the warranty for a shucked drive is zero years. I don't know if Western Digital warranty policy will be trustworthy in the future, so the actual value of the warranty is uncertain. So, for half the price, use twice as many drives in a redundant RAID array, and you will get more data survivability per dollar, without relying on Western Digital's future behavior. My guess is these drives are factory-programmed for different speed, access rate. and power dissipation for different applications. Perhaps the shucked drives are the same physical hardware as a Red Pro or a Red, but are tweaked for less power and speed. If someone has time to compare them, I can loan a Red Pro that has not been deployed yet. Keith -- Keith Lofstrom [email protected] _______________________________________________ PLUG mailing list [email protected] http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
