I do love me some LadyBoys....
wait what site am I on again?
They may be in stock again tomorrow. It's one of the advertised BF deals at BestBuy. They likely have additional stock online and in stores.8TB HDD for $130?? what?!? no way!!! don't crawl, don't walk, RUN!!! (and it's sold out! how criminal! oh wait, MAC version) PC version is $160.
There are two models in existence today. WDBCKA0080HBK-NEBB is the one that periodically goes on sale for $130. This model contains white-label WD80EMAZ drives with a 256MB cache. There are no exceptions to my knowledge. These drives also use the 3.3V SATA power line as a reset signal. As a result, these will not spin up in some PCs and you will need to use a Molex to SATA power adapter or cut/mask the 3.3V line.Guys, I am eager to know if these Easy Store WDs are WD80EFAX? Please explain. I am an international buyer and will be paying a big shipping cost to get these. Thanks
There are two models in existence today. WDBCKA0080HBK-NEBB is the one that periodically goes on sale for $130. This model contains white-label WD80EMAZ drives with a 256MB cache. There are no exceptions to my knowledge. These drives also use the 3.3V SATA power line as a reset signal. As a result, these will not spin up in some PCs and you will need to use a Molex to SATA power adapter or cut/mask the 3.3V line.
Model WDBCKA0080HBK-NESN is $160 when on sale and this one can contain 3 different types of drives -- WD80EFRX (128MB cache), WD80EFAX (256MB cache), and WD80EMAZ (256MB cache). The first two are proper red-label NAS drives. The last one is the same white-label drive they put in WDBCKA0080HBK-NEBB.
Without physically inspecting the package and looking at serial numbers, you will not be able to ensure that you're going to get a red-label drive.
To my knowledge, country of origin may not be a good indicator. I don't know if these drives, especially the white-label ones, will be compatible with your server. Folks seem to believe that even the white-label drives have TLER on them, but I don't have any of those myself and cannot confirm.THANK YOU so much. I think if the drive is Made in Thailand, it is definitely going to be one of the two you mention WD80EFRX (128MB cache), WD80EFAX (256MB cache).
I am going to use these drives in Microserver Hp Proliant Gen10, will it be possible? Does it have TLER? The error recovery mechanism required for RAID? Please tell me, I am going to order the 159$ ones tonight. I would save some money and spend it on shipping charges.
To my knowledge, country of origin may not be a good indicator. I don't know if these drives, especially the white-label ones, will be compatible with your server. Folks seem to believe that even the white-label drives have TLER on them, but I don't have any of those myself and cannot confirm.
So, in case of any of the three drives mentioned above, I do have a chance with my micro-server. I am asking this question to the BB guys, they have put me on hold. BB guys told me this does not have TLER. My guess is that they don't know what I am going to do with it. I asked one eBay seller and he told me that white drive has TLER. I still am not sure. Let's see, the price is still better at 159$.
If you get an answer for this I will eat my shoe. The chance of any best buy employee, let alone a phone support tech, getting that deep of info about some USB hard drive that you will end up shucking is going to be glorious.
You have a better chance in going to reddit's /r/datahoarder and asking.
I think crystal disk, as suggested by someone earlier in this thread or over reddit I don't remmemberIs there a utility to tell if TLER is enabled on a Windows machine?