Saw this: http://www.mydigitaldiscount.com/samsung-3-84TB-(4TB)-pm863a-enterprise-2-5-inch-sata-3(6g)-ssd-solid-state-drive-for-business-certified-refurbished-mz7lm3t8hmlp/
Samsung PM863a 3.84TB with guaranteed below 5TBW and a 3 year/3000TBW warranty.
It's 800USD with the code SD200OFF4TB
Here you go guys:
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01DUNLMUU/ref=ox_sc_act_title_1?ie=UTF8&psc=1&smid=ATVPDKIKX0DER
Unfortunately it's limited to 1 per customer.
Hehehe okay
The gist of the thread is that they don't recommend using it in any type of RAID save for a few setups that appear to be doing fine. The write is low, averaging about 30MB/s with bursts to 170-190MB/s. The read is a lot better at an average of 150-ish.
It should be perfect as...
Oh I'm just going to use it as an external backup solution. I know that they put the bottom of the barrel drives in the external enclosures lol.
Thank you for the warning though :)
edit - here's a freeNAS thread discussing the drive: Seagate 8TB Archive Drive in FreeNAS?
The ddcli version on the Seagate Nytro page is too new for my drive. However, the link to the older 112.00.21.00 version redirects to the newer version too.
If anyone has the older Windows version I would be grateful if they could link it to me.
Thanks.
Now I need to see if it's worth it. For the guys that bought 2 of these, would it be possible to give me as estimate of how big the package was?
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