From what I can tell, these appear to be WD RE4 drives. Does anyone else see anything about them that makes them think they aren't? I am in desperate need of new NAS HDDs and 2-3 of these would be a great start. I plan on stress testing any HDD I get to make sure it won't die shortly after putting it in place. Also planning on putting them in my N40L running Xpenology.
Worth getting?
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I'm not clicking on that link going to smccloud.com. Why are you redirecting links? Takes two extra hops. No offense but nobody wants to go through your server.
eBay link, here it is not shortened.
White Label 2TB 64MB Cache 7200RPM SATA II 3 5" Destkop Hard Drive PC Mac DVR | eBay
White Label 2TB 64MB Cache 7200RPM SATA II 3 5" Destkop Hard Drive PC Mac DVR | eBay
If you'd read the forum at all, you'd have seen this extensive thread:
https://forums.servethehome.com/index.php?threads/review-of-white-label-4tb-drives.3559/
https://forums.servethehome.com/index.php?threads/review-of-white-label-4tb-drives.3559/
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And why would you url shorten on a link with anchor text? Nonsensical. With this forum it at least generates text when you do not tie a link to anchor.
I have read that thread end to end. I was specifically asking if others thought the 2TB drives looked like RE4 drives.
Looking at Amazon.com: White Label 2 Terabyte (2TB) 16MB Cache 7200RPM SATA2 3.5" Internal Desktop Hard Drive (For PC, Mac, CCTV DVR, NAS) - w/ 1 Year Warranty: Computers & Accessories now since I forgot about done Amazon gift cards I have.
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I own the 2TB drives, as I said in the other thread.
One batch I got show up as Hitachi HUA72302 in smart, the other shows as WL2000GSA6472E.
The ones that show WL2000GSA6472E are the same as a WD RE4 drive. The ones that show up as Hitachi HUA72302 are a Hitachi Ultrastar drive.
I got mine here:
New 2 Terabyte 2TB 64MB Cache 7200RPM 3 5" SATA 3 0Gb s Hard Drive DVR PC Mac | eBay
One batch I got show up as Hitachi HUA72302 in smart, the other shows as WL2000GSA6472E.
The ones that show WL2000GSA6472E are the same as a WD RE4 drive. The ones that show up as Hitachi HUA72302 are a Hitachi Ultrastar drive.
I got mine here:
New 2 Terabyte 2TB 64MB Cache 7200RPM 3 5" SATA 3 0Gb s Hard Drive DVR PC Mac | eBay
Got the drives today. One is perfect so far, the other has an ATA Error Count of 11746 according to SMART 
Not so happy about that one. According to SMART data, it has been powered on for 15247 hours (635 days + 7 hours). Not exactly a "new drive" but I knew going in that they probably aren't truely new.
Not so happy about that one. According to SMART data, it has been powered on for 15247 hours (635 days + 7 hours). Not exactly a "new drive" but I knew going in that they probably aren't truely new.