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PSA BestBuy has the 8TB external on sale for 159 again
Posted on 2/21/18 at 12:19 pm
Posted on 2/21/18 at 12:19 pm
LINK
this is the drive all the geeks rave about.
amazon is $185 + tax for the same thing.
cheapest i can find the 6TB at amazon is $136 + tax
in short, i can go pick up the 8TB today on my way home and i'm effectively paying $26 for an additional 2TB (the diffference between $150 and $176 after taxes are calculated)
this is the drive all the geeks rave about.
amazon is $185 + tax for the same thing.
cheapest i can find the 6TB at amazon is $136 + tax
in short, i can go pick up the 8TB today on my way home and i'm effectively paying $26 for an additional 2TB (the diffference between $150 and $176 after taxes are calculated)
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Posted on 2/21/18 at 12:29 pm to CAD703X
Where's the eBay price comparison?
Posted on 2/21/18 at 12:36 pm to h0bnail
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Where's the eBay price comparison?
i've been monitoring ebay for months on the 6TB and 8TB versions of these drives and all the sellers (including amazon) want more than this best buy deal if that helps.
also the 6TB drives have dried up recently and where i was seeing plenty for around $100, now they're up to $140.
and before you go find a shitty 6TB drive on ebay...i'm *SPECIFICALLY* talking about the WD My book/easystore (bb branded) drives only. not other crap brands.
Posted on 2/21/18 at 12:44 pm to CAD703X
Great Deal. I bought 4 of those which are red drives during xmas sale for my QNAP...working like a dream
Posted on 2/21/18 at 12:46 pm to CAD703X
i want cheap 6-10 TB internal drives!
Posted on 2/21/18 at 12:50 pm to CarRamrod
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i want cheap 6-10 TB internal drives!
people are buying these (see above) strictly because of how easy they are to 'shuck' the drive and add it to an internal RAID.
Posted on 2/21/18 at 12:52 pm to CarRamrod
Crack the shell open and boom, you have an internal drive sitting inside of it
Posted on 2/21/18 at 1:01 pm to CAD703X
Damn, good looking out!
Posted on 2/21/18 at 1:37 pm to CAD703X
quote:
and before you go find a shitty 6TB drive on ebay
I wouldn't put forth that much effort. Just wanted to give you shite about Amazon/eBay.
Posted on 2/21/18 at 5:52 pm to h0bnail
Shucking is as easy. Just need an old gift card to pry open case.
Posted on 2/21/18 at 8:10 pm to CAD703X
$149 on Amazon
This post was edited on 2/23/18 at 7:44 pm
Posted on 2/22/18 at 4:40 am to CAD703X
That's bigger than my internal hdd!
Why is that much soace needed nowadays with streaming?
Why is that much soace needed nowadays with streaming?
This post was edited on 2/22/18 at 4:41 am
Posted on 2/22/18 at 6:11 am to Pectus
Exactly. WTF do I need that big of a drive for? You storing movies? And RAID? If I need a drive that large I’d look into server class storage.
Posted on 2/22/18 at 8:15 am to Stexas
Lol are y'all serious? I'll likely need another 8tb drive within the year. 4K movies take up a ton of space and with data caps I'm streaming as little as possible. Add tv shows, my personal HD video and photo library spanning the last 20 years and an entire music library in flac format and I bet it's going to be 50% full by the time I'm done transferring everything next week.
Plex is my God now.
Eta yes I use Google photos but the hell I'm trusting them with my digital memories without a local backup.
Plex is my God now.
Eta yes I use Google photos but the hell I'm trusting them with my digital memories without a local backup.
This post was edited on 2/22/18 at 8:19 am
Posted on 2/22/18 at 12:07 pm to Stexas
I have about 30TB of storage total when you add up my 16TB ZFS array and all my external hard drives..... and I'm running out of storage. Posted on 2/22/18 at 1:02 pm to CAD703X
I'm too old and too tired to digitize videos whenever I can just stream that stuff. That sounds like a LOT of work.
Posted on 2/22/18 at 1:37 pm to Stexas
quote:It's a start it and forget it process. Almost zero effort. Keep an eye on that Gb meter your ISP is running.
I'm too old and too tired to digitize videos whenever I can just stream that stuff. That sounds like a LOT of work.
Posted on 2/22/18 at 1:47 pm to CAD703X
Well i just ordered 3.
now i need to figure out how im going to set up my server.
I'll have 3-3 TB drives and 38-TB drives. Any ideas? I want the most drive space possible with some parity.
now i need to figure out how im going to set up my server.
I'll have 3-3 TB drives and 38-TB drives. Any ideas? I want the most drive space possible with some parity.
This post was edited on 2/22/18 at 1:48 pm
Posted on 2/22/18 at 3:24 pm to Stexas
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I'm too old and too tired to digitize videos whenever I can just stream that stuff. That sounds like a LOT of work.
do you not have home movies of your family you want to preserve?
Posted on 2/22/18 at 3:25 pm to CarRamrod
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now i need to figure out how im going to set up my server.
I'll have 3-3 TB drives and 38-TB drives. Any ideas? I want the most drive space possible with some parity.
holy moly no idea. but i am interested in whatever suggestions you get.
paging kork, ilikeusa and spock's eyebrow.
eta WTF happened to ilike anyway?
This post was edited on 2/22/18 at 3:26 pm
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