Considering these are MyBooks which usually have a higher premium for unknown reasons (probably the hardware encryption) and the flash drive being decently large, seems like at least a $20 value over the other?
8TB Easystore USB HDDs @ BestBuy/eBay $120
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64gb flash drive is 8$
The 8TB easystore and equivalents have been as low as $115-120, so not really worth 20$ increase value IMO.
To my knowledge they all have the same WD white label in them.
64gb flash drive is 8$
The 8TB easystore and equivalents have been as low as $115-120, so not really worth 20$ increase value IMO.
To my knowledge they all have the same WD white label in them.
I'm not sure why the MyBooks are persistently $20 more expensive. I guess the enclosure is worth more? Anyway the bundle is the same price as a bare Elements from Amazon so there's that
I think the mybook does have a 3y warranty and automated backup features (plus the encryption you already mentioned) so maybe that?
3y warranty at the same price seems like a much better deal then no?
Edit: I've looked at it seems like the MyBooks have better drives in them. EZAZ which are supposedly relabelled He10s vs the EMAZs in the EasyStores/Elements.
Question is, what happens if I mix them into my array of Elements
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IRRC the mybooks are a little more difficult to shuck without damaging the casing and WD often denies the warranty if its not back in the enclosure. So all depends on your use case or how good you are at removing them.
I've done almost two dozen of the easystores those are a cake walk to shuck, haven't tried any of the mybooks.
Both the EZAZ and EMAZ are relabeled HE10s Some of the easy/element come with EZAZ models (though it is most common to get the EMAZ), there should be no difference in array mixing depending on what you're using, they are all the same size.
Here's what my EMAZ shows in unraid:
I've done almost two dozen of the easystores those are a cake walk to shuck, haven't tried any of the mybooks.
Both the EZAZ and EMAZ are relabeled HE10s Some of the easy/element come with EZAZ models (though it is most common to get the EMAZ), there should be no difference in array mixing depending on what you're using, they are all the same size.
Here's what my EMAZ shows in unraid:
Wow, busy holidays! Hope everyone in the States had a great Thanksgiving!
To answer the question, no I'm not shucking. I'm actually using the drive as is plugged into my home workstation. It's been a great veeam backup location and has all my proxmox vms backed up nicely so far.
I did an intial inspection and it looks like one of the little tabs broke loose in shipping. It was packaged pretty poorly, directly in a larger box without any additional padding. So, it most likely slid around a lot.
Other than that, it is definitely new. I'm going to use it as is (incase I do need to warranty it) and hope for the best.
Best of luck if you have a warranty issue, you gotta send it back to the states to facilitate that.
Not an issue for me, I'm in Southern California. There's return locations for me at every corner haha!
I'm pretty sure you can send it to your local WD. The official stance from WD (may or may not be outdated):
"As I mentioned before the out of region status of the drive will not affect the warranty of the drive at all, that only stands that the drive was supposed to be commercialized in the United States"