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Amazon has the WD 18TB Elements drive for $299US - Can it be shucked? (alien.top)
submitted 2 years ago by [B] to c/datahoarder@selfhosted.forum
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I know WD has been clamping down on shucking capabilities lately, by requiring the drives to use their proprietary USB interface - more so on the MyBooks, but I don't know bout the Elements series.

Is this worth getting to shuck? And what model drive is usually inside?

Thanks!

--- DS

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[–] [B] 1 point 2 years ago (1 child)

There's some that need a SATA pin bypassed to be used internally. It's not too much of a pain but it is something.

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  • [–] [B] 1 point 2 years ago

    No, it is less than nothing, it is a FEATURE of internal drives, that can be used ONLY internally, if the drive has the feature it can do MORE internally. Now of course if one has a power supply that isn't wired accordingly to SAT3.3 (2016) standard this "more" thing is telling the drive (again, in a standard way, it'll happen the same if one buys just any internal with this feature) to turn off.

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