WD 16TB Elements Desktop External Hard Drive $408.39 Delivered @ Amazon UK via AU

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WesternDigital 16TB Elements Desktop Hard Drive HDD, USB 3.0, Compatible with PC, Mac, PS4 & Xbox.

Showing FREE International delivery Friday, September 16 for me.

Price history: https://au.camelcamelcamel.com/product/B08KY4P7L5

14TB and 12Tb versions also on special
EDIT: 18TB now also on special

18TB $437.86 is $24.2/TB
16TB $408.39 is $25.5/TB
14TB $358.31 is $25.6/TB
12TB $327.96 is $27.3/TB

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  dn4hc on 05/09/2022 - 22:20

  What's everyone getting read and write speed shucked on Synology (not usb)?

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    xmagic on 06/09/2022 - 04:45

    Depends on your configuration and nas itself.

    Mine is DS1819+ with 8 drive in RAID6 (no SHR) getting around 450MB/s on HDD only or ~800MB/s on SSD cache.

    Can’t tell the speed for one drive. But if I recall correctly, when directly connect to SATA it can go 200+ on peak.

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  Beyond on 06/09/2022 - 04:21

  +1

  I paid $384 for my last 18TB back in July.

  It runs at 7200rpm, which was nice.

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    xmagic on 06/09/2022 - 04:47

    Are you sure? Those white labelled drives doesn’t go 7.2k, but rather enterprise drives with lower rpm and a different model number and firmware.

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      Beyond on 06/09/2022 - 04:57

      +1

      https://ibb.co/q7NNcQh

      Unless the information is being reported incorrectly.

      I've confirmed using the WD Dashboard app and Hard Disk Sentinel.

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        xmagic on 06/09/2022 - 09:56

        So does smartmontools, they also report 7.2k

        I saw those theories online that those drives are having lower rpm compared to its enterprise counterparts. Also it is indeed run cooler than my other 7.2k drives so I believe in those theories.

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          Beyond on 07/09/2022 - 22:45

          @xmagic: Then why doesn't it say my 14TB one is running at 7.2k?

          That's also an enterprise drive that's been down-specced.

          I'm not sure what your 7.2k drives are, but this 18TBs max temp(over lifespan) and average/maximum temps in the last 24hrs are in between my two 7200 rpm WD Black Drives.

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    asa79 on 06/09/2022 - 06:14

    +2

    Issue with 7200 in a nas is the heat of the drives and they can wear out quickly

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      garetz on 06/09/2022 - 08:10

      +2

      You got negged but not sure why as you are not wrong.

      https://www.akcp.com/blog/how-temperature-affects-it-data-st…

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        asa79 on 06/09/2022 - 14:08

        I had 4 Seagate 7200 overheat pretty much killing them one after another.

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  spiderman on 06/09/2022 - 08:44

  +1

  What are people doing to protect themselves against data loss on a 16TB drive?
  Do you guys just get two and have one backing up to the other?

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    OzByte on 06/09/2022 - 08:50

    +3

    I keep one at another location and sync them every once in a while, so any loss would be minimal.

    One of the biggest problems with a NAS, is a criminal can just walk out with ALL your data.

    Off site or its gone. Personally not a fan of cloud backup but that's just me.

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    asa79 on 06/09/2022 - 14:08

    -1

    Backups

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  Phreaker on 06/09/2022 - 18:05

  What's a decent Nas which can also host Plex with transcoding capability and maybe sonar / radar support?

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  rifter on 06/09/2022 - 21:21

  +1

  Internet research on capacity Model Number Technology Actual HD inside WD Elements suggests:

  3TB WDBWLG0030HBK-NESN SMR shingled

  4TB WDBWLG0040HBK-NESN SMR shingled

  6TB WDBWLG0060HBK-NESN SMR shingled

  8TB WDBWLG0080HBK-NESN CMR

  10TB WDBWLG0100HBK-NESN CMR

  12TB WDBWLG0120HBK-NESN CMR

  14TB WDBWLG0140HBK-NESN CMR

  16TB WDBWLG0160HBK-NESN ePMR CMR *

  18TB WDBWLG0180HBK-NESN ePMR CMR

  20TB could be SMR

  *US7SAR180 WD Ultrastar DC HC550 7200-RPM SATA (ePMR). Additional markings: White Label, WD160EDGZ-11B2DA0.

  please feel free to correct.

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  The One Demon on 13/09/2022 - 18:55

  Looks like it's expired now.