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Should I consider purchasing this Seagate 14TB drive from costco? (alien.top)
submitted 3 years ago by [B] to c/datahoarder@selfhosted.forum
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Hey everyone, my easystore 14tb I use as my NAS backup is no longer copying, so I'm looking to replace it. I saw costco is having a sale on the Seagate 14TB Expansion Desktop drives starting on Nov 21 for $149 down from $199. I have been very weary of Seagate for a while due to negative personal experience and other reports of drives failing. Is this still the case with these seagate drives? Does anyone know if these drives are slow? I have seen other capacities on this sub from other stores being reported as Ironwolf Pro drives, perhaps that's what this is? At $149, this seems extremely hard to resist. Thanks

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[–] [B] 1 point 2 years ago

I just shucked the Costco seagate drive that is 149.99 and it has a exos 2X14 Mach 2 drive inside. Was hoping for a ironwolf

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    [–] [B] 1 point 2 years ago (1 child)

    Hey fun tip. For just a few pennies more per TB, Best Buy has a WD 18TB drive for $199. If you need a bit more storage and desk space is limited, this might be another option to consider.

    https://www.bestbuy.com/site/wd-easystore-14tb-external-usb-3-0-hard-drive-black/6425303.p?skuId=6425303

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    • [–] [B] 1 point 2 years ago (3 children)

    Has anyone shucked yet? What’s in the case?

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  • [–] [B] 1 point 2 years ago (2 children)

    There is a video on YouTube of someone shucking one. It was an Ironwolf Pro.

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  • [–] [B] 1 point 2 years ago (1 child)

    can you link it or point me to it, i want to make sure its the same, please and thank you.

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  • [–] [B] 1 point 2 years ago

    https://youtu.be/NwSkGp1n3pw?si=jZOdnRfoN3vIiZo-

    That’s the video I was referencing

    However, in this other video the author got an ironwolf pro but mentioned in the comments they have also gotten Exos X18s before.

    https://youtu.be/_mmnjS7l4Wg?si=nyHiQ70xzh5-6c-9

    In the second video the box matches the box advertised from Costco

    In this third video the author got an Exos, also same box advertised from Costco

    https://youtu.be/41JwxULVdAs?si=BvBA5vkoUwIEk4OO

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    • [–] [B] 1 point 2 years ago

    Has anyone shucked yet? What’s in the case?

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    [–] [B] 0 points 3 years ago (2 children)

    Did you register it and check the warranty period? If so, RMA the failed drive back to Seagate. They've gotten really good at replacing failed Exos drives within the warranty period. Of the 24 Exos drives I have spinning: 4 RMAs in the last 4 years. One failure was for a previously RMA'd drive.

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  • [–] [S, B] 1 point 3 years ago (1 child)

    Thanks for the info, my failed drive is a WD easystore out of warranty.

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  • [–] [B] 1 point 3 years ago

    ugh, sorry to hear that.

    Had a variety of seagate Exos x16, x18, and Ironwolf drives shucked from expansion desktop drives over the last few years. They’ve worked well enough for home lab and media server use. failure rate not bad enough to complain about.

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    • [–] [B] 0 points 3 years ago (3 children)

    Link?

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  • [–] [S, B] 0 points 3 years ago (2 children)
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