cm0002@lemmy.world to Data Hoarder@lemmy.world · 6 days agoSeagate's 28TB Expansion portable HDD drops to $329 — Massive storage for your desktopwww.tomshardware.comexternal-linkmessage-square8linkfedilinkarrow-up110arrow-down10
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minus-squareslazer2au@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·6 days agoIs that a tempting price to extract the drive?
minus-squarecm0002@lemmy.worldOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·edit-26 days agoMaybe, the closest I could find for manufacturer recertified was about $400, but it’s an enterprise drive sooo it’ll be more reliable than whatever consumer drive is in there https://serverpartdeals.com/collections/manufacturer-recertified-drives/products/seagate-exos-st28000nm000c-28tb-7-2k-rpm-sata-6gb-s-512e-cmr-3-5-recertified-hard-drive The biggest thing though is if it’s SMR or not, if it is it’s definitely not worth the ~70 bucks in savings, but I haven’t been able to confirm it yet
Is that a tempting price to extract the drive?
Maybe, the closest I could find for manufacturer recertified was about $400, but it’s an enterprise drive sooo it’ll be more reliable than whatever consumer drive is in there
https://serverpartdeals.com/collections/manufacturer-recertified-drives/products/seagate-exos-st28000nm000c-28tb-7-2k-rpm-sata-6gb-s-512e-cmr-3-5-recertified-hard-drive
The biggest thing though is if it’s SMR or not, if it is it’s definitely not worth the ~70 bucks in savings, but I haven’t been able to confirm it yet