Currently listed for $139.99USD. Seems to only let you order one at a time.
Great price for a drive normally selling for $189AUD on Static Ice.
CamelCamelCamel.
If you believe in the myth of NAS-certified voodoo powers, I suppose.
If you believe in the myth of NAS-certified voodoo powers, I suppose.
didnt you get the memo? that not once did a nas ready drive ever fail? ever?
the "double price per mb" price certainly is worth it because they have proven 0% failure rate..
finally a HDD you can rely on…
/sarcasm
Oh NAS thou art in heaven,
Please watch over my 1s and 0s,
Let me not be weak, let not data corruption triumph over me,
Hear me oh mighty NAS, I will sacrifice many a hard-earned dollar for your mystical widsom,
Despite the fact I could buy an identically-specced HDD for 20% less, like seriously wtf,
I mean… forgive me for blasphemising thou holiness,
Teach me your ways, NAS
Amen.
Good PUN i can recgonise humor but what happens if I go and insult the koran/other
Dunno about the voodoo powers, 5 years warranty over 2 is worth the extra 20 bucks IMO though.
If it runs for 2 years without issue, chances are it's going run until its mechanical components give out as per BackBlaze's study.
Ever tried claiming a HDD manufacturer warranty (after Amazon's 30-day return policy is up)? You pay for shipping to the manufacturer and they usually want tracking (I know WDs RMA address is overseas; not sure about Seagate), you wait a long enough period of time that a decent HDD deal will come by and you'll end up buying another one to replace it anyway, you never receive your original HDD back (stated policy), replacements can be factory-repaired units (not new) and it is totally up to the manufacturer's discretion on whether your fault is worthy of replacement.
A manufacturer RMA is not a sure-fire solution to any HDD failure. The only surefire solution is data redundancy and spares.
The last time I sent a drive back to Seagate they said on their website that they required you to send drives with tracking. I sent the drive with no tracking as I didn't really care if they didn't replace the drive (low capacity/old). They still honoured the RMA.
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Much better value as both have same speed 5900 but the NAS 4TB drive is rated to be on 24/7/365
only problem with Seagate is they changed their warranty on most models to 1 year and seem to almost hide it now
when looking at the specs I didn't see what it is
At $20usd extra?
Edit: reply to 1st comment.
wouldn't touch a seagate with their reliability record
Individual experiences are meaningless. Maybe if you buy hard drives by the dozen you're going to be noticing a larger failure rate for Seagate and the reduced long-term running costs justify the extra initial investment, but for the individual who has at most 2 - 3 internal and external HDDs? It's not really enough of a probability to warrant people ignoring good prices for the supposed peace of mind. Just back up your stuff.
This blog has some interesting data on hard drives.
http://blog.backblaze.com/2014/01/21/what-hard-drive-should-…
And here's another interesting article to refute that.
http://www.tweaktown.com/articles/6028/dispelling-backblaze-…
The Backblaze report is impressive to many techies only because we've been so starved of large-scale hard disk reliability comparisons to wield against all the annoying personal anecdotes. The tantalising Google study didn't name names - finally we have one that fills the void. But if we take a lesson from science, we'd recognise that relying on a single study or several weak/flawed ones is folly. The Backblaze report is a single, flawed study. Here's another (in French):
http://www.hardware.fr/articles/920-6/disques-durs.html
Despite the very different methodologies and flaws, these reports ought to rhyme somewhat. But one paints a dramatically different picture to the other - a red flag reminding us we'd need more, higher quality studies before coming to firm conclusions about brand/model reliability.
wouldn't touch a seagate with their reliability record
i love expert opinion
can you let us know what pool of experience you are gauging your informed opinion on? surely you have been documenting your results over the thousands of drives you have personally owned?
I miss the days when every Seagate HDD deal on OB featured three choice words that were an unparalleled litmus for stupidity: Click. Of. Death.
depends on what drives. i find the WD passports unreliable in the portable segment i now prefer seagate backup plus.
I agree about WD passport reliability. I have a mix of WD, seagate, toshiba and hitachi portable drives and the only one that failed was a WD passport. Sadly it was used as a backup for wedding pictures by my daughter.
http://blog.backblaze.com/2014/01/21/what-hard-drive-should-…
this as mentioned earlier. and how every seagate i've owned (up to a dozen) have failed.
I now own Western digitals or Hitachis and never have had a failure
The WD warranty is transferrable to APAC region. Have been doing so since the last 3 years. Buy from Amazon—-Transfer warranty to AU region! Works!
Yeah awesome and pay thirty something dollars for warranty if the drive fails because you have to send it back to Malaysia (from memory Malaysia) I was a die hard WD fan not anymore… surely having to pay to send something overseas for warranty replacement is illegal when it was purchased in Australia, also had a rackmount case full of WD green drives and they are dropping like flies, Seagate's have been rock solid, just my experiences over the past few years though and I used to hate Seagate drives.
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Amazon donates a small portion (like 1-2% i can't remember) to the charity of your choice!
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Personal preference RonDMC. I've had Seagates fail like flies….never had a WD & Hitachi fail on me. I think its all luck..
On special at this price again… don't think it really deserves it own post…4 limit on quantity now too, which is heaps better…getting close to being tempted… think i might hold out a bit more and see what they do though…
http://www.amazon.com/Seagate-SATA-Cache-Drive-ST4000VN000/d… looks better