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Shucked Seagate Expansion has an Exos 2X14 (alien.top)

submitted 11 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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I purchased a 14TB Seagate Expansion drive from Bestbuy Canada. I had basic expectations based on my last Seagate shucking experience that has had me using WD drives for the last while. I was pleasantly surprised to find a SATA Exos 2x14 drive inside, white label, but does include the MACH-2 logo on it. It was a nice surprise to be sure and I may have to grab another while they're on sale ($239 CAD)

Is this the new standard of what we'll find in external drives?

I haven't connected it to my server yet. I'm expecting it to show as a single drive with excellent performance.

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago (2 children)

I bought 2 of the same expansion drives from Costco online and it also came with Exos 2x14 Mach 2 drive! DOM is Aug 2023. I haven't shucked the other one yet because I read somewhere that a preclear test should be run before shucking. Anyone know how to do that or similar test without unraid? Wish I would have thought of that before shucking this one.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago (1 children)

I just saw these in Costco, what's the shucking process like?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago

The shucking process is pretty straightforward. I opened mine up from the side where the seagate logo is located, the only thing is you might want to take your time if you want to avoid breaking the clips. I have broken some on three out of the four sides of the plate.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago

I believe we might’ve looked at the same post where they mentioned running pre clear before shucking. Any luck figuring this out?