It's also $20 more expensive, requires shucking, may turn out to be SMR, and is in a different league altogether. Never been attracted by these drives personally.Weeelll.. Not many good answers there @mimino. Maybe you cant run SAS. Maybe the HC510 is not new and/or out of warranty.
But in any case the SAS drive is better in all ways except power consumption. Perhaps noise also. Hmm.. that became a better list than i intended.
Wait. Its 12TB also
8TB and greater aren't Shingled, according to WDAren't some users reporting finding shingled drives in some of these? Honestly I think WD feels free to just put whatevs in these enclosures, whereas when it comes to the Reds they have a published spec to uphold.
Correct.8TB and greater aren't Shingled, according to WD
For easy reference:12 TB WD EasyStore is on sale at BestBuy @ $189.99 USD. [$179.99 is the lowest I've ever seen it]
They also have the 8 TB at $129.99.... [lowest I've ever seen is $119.99]
The deals on the 10 and 14 TB models are not as good... :-(
I generally only buy them when they are on sale near the historic low price [which I keep a spreadsheet to track... ;-) ], as shown below:For easy reference:
12TB = $15.83/TB
8TB = $16.25/TB
14TB = $18.57/TB
10TB = $18/TB
Difference between the 12TB on sale and the 14TB that's not? $2.74/TB. So you're only really talking about $42 max difference. Something to think about if you don't want to buy these just because they're on sale.
Size | Price | $ / TB |
8 TB | 119.99 | 15.00 |
10 TB | 159.99 | 16.00 |
12 TB | 179.99 | 15.00 |
14 TB | 199.99 | 14.29 |
The 12TB was briefly on sale for $175 sometime last month at Bestbuy, Newegg and Amazon.I generally only buy them when they are on sale near the historic low price [which I keep a spreadsheet to track... ;-) ], as shown below:
Lowest ever* WD Easystore BestBuy.com prices [as of July 2020]
Size Price $ / TB 8 TB 119.99 15.00 10 TB 159.99 16.00 12 TB 179.99 15.00 14 TB 199.99 14.29
*that I'm aware of...
I am interested .Could you let me know where I can get them?Okay, these are driving me nuts--I know where there are some seagate open box enterprise 12TB sas drives for 188+shipping. That's a ridiculous $15.67/TB but for enterprise 5yr warranty, 7200rpm, 2M mtbf, sas goodness. PM me if interested and I'll send you the link. They'll be gone in 2 days for sure.
Is the Seagate Exos at CDW Outlet the hard drives? The price looks good, but considering Seagate's failures at Backblaze, I am concerned about their reliability.Okay, these are driving me nuts--I know where there are some seagate open box enterprise 12TB sas drives for 188+shipping. That's a ridiculous $15.67/TB but for enterprise 5yr warranty, 7200rpm, 2M mtbf, sas goodness. PM me if interested and I'll send you the link. They'll be gone in 2 days for sure.
If Seagate’s not your thing, the CDW outlet also has a handful of 12TB WD HC520 SAS drives for $192.Is the Seagate Exos at CDW Outlet the hard drives? The price looks good, but considering Seagate's failures at Backblaze, I am concerned about their reliability.
Last night, I placed an order for seven Seagate Exos as that was all I could place in my online cart. I receive an order number via e-mail, but there was not an order found when I would periodically check the order's status against my zip code at CDW's website, so I called them the following day.If Seagate’s not your thing, the CDW outlet also has a handful of 12TB WD HC520 SAS drives for $192.
CDW is literally the worst place to do business. Your be better off Shopping at WalmartLast night, I placed an order for seven Seagate Exos as that was all I could place in my online cart. I receive an order number via e-mail, but there was not an order found when I would periodically check the order's status against my zip code at CDW's website, so I called them the following day.
CDW said that it was unusual for someone to order such a large quantity of disk to a residence, so I verified my address, billing information, and shipping account number.
Here's the kicker: Since I did not get an even number of disk, I asked for one more to make it eight (whereas I really needed 12) -- it turns out that only FOUR is available -- I took the four anyway, because I could drop them in a 1U 3.5 X 4. To my dismay, the rep gave me the impression that he was not ever going to state that all of the order could not be fulfilled until I had asked for an additional disk.
Well, I decided to login to CDW to only find out that my account is disabled without notice, yet I am suppose to contact them? It's unacceptable, especially when my card has a pre-auth.
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CDW has wasted enough of my time, so I'm going to cancel the order and go a different route.
Hopefully other folks have better luck.
Do you (or anyone) know if the 10TB EasyStore’s are being stuffed with air-filled drives (WD101EMAZ) instead of Helium (WD100EMAZ)? I saw that was the case for the Elements line, and these are essentially the same, so thought I’d better ask for any first-hand experience.Best Buy has these on [a weak] sale again (both online and on their eBay store)
8TB - $135 ($16.85/TB)
10TB - $170 ($17.00/TB)
12TB - $220 ($18.33/TB)
14TB - $260 ($18.57/TB)
Historically this isn't great, but I did get a 5% eBay Bucks this morning that's good for until the 26th.