i Remember when i was stoked these drive were like 140 or 150 and i though that was a good dealThe same drives were $119 last year (I should know, I bought 4 of the exact drives for Black Friday). Decent pricing, but I am more disappointed that areal density/pricing didn't improve as quickly as they did on the solid state side of things.
Costco has the 5TB portables for 95$ right now.... I just picked up 6 to add to my existing 6x4TB z2 array. Limit 3 so it requires 2 trips.need 2.5" hard drives that size.... damnitt
I think those are 3.5" drives within the shell.Costco has the 5TB portables for 95$ right now.... I just picked up 6 to add to my existing 6x4TB z2 array. Limit 3 so it requires 2 trips.
It's the STDR5000404. They are the external 5tb 2.5" drives that I've been waiting for almost a year for a sale like this. Now I get the costco warranty as well. Will probably pick up 1 or 2 more as a hot spare at this price.I think those are 3.5" drives within the shell.
They would not have TLER would they?It's the STDR5000404. They are the external 5tb 2.5" drives that I've been waiting for almost a year for a sale like this. Now I get the costco warranty as well. Will probably pick up 1 or 2 more as a hot spare at this price.
It's the STDR5000404. They are the external 5tb 2.5" drives that I've been waiting for almost a year for a sale like this. Now I get the costco warranty as well. Will probably pick up 1 or 2 more as a hot spare at this price.
Probably worth noting that in comparison to this drive deal, the STDR5000404 is a density-focused 2.5" drive using SMR. Yes it's a lot of Storage space, but they are not useful in any meaningful capacity aside from single-disk jbods. Making 2 or more SMR drives work together in a pool is a recipe for pain given the wild swings in latency.They would not have TLER would they?
Thank you for the clarification, now clear.Probably worth noting that in comparison to this drive deal, the STDR5000404 is a density-focused 2.5" drive using SMR. Yes it's a lot of Storage space, but they are not useful in any meaningful capacity aside from single-disk jbods. Making 2 or more SMR drives work together in a pool is a recipe for pain given the wild swings in latency.