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Seagate Expansion 2TB Desktop Hard Drive USB 3.0 $79 Delivered at DSE
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odyssi on 30/08/2014 - 03:16 dicksmith.com.au (2185 clicks)
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Last edited 30/08/2014 - 12:32 by 1 other user
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So are these fine to permanently have plugged into my router?
I mean is it better to have this plugged in or a portable drive permanently plugged in, both powered all the time.
Personally I'd rather have a hard drive with it's own power supply connected to my router, rather than having the HDD draw current from the router itself. Routers are not designed to provide auxiliary power to secondary devices, they don't have that much current in them to begin with.
How long would you estimate a drive would last if permanently plugged in?
I have had a seagate 1tb external connected to my router for almost 3 years. still running strong but I don't wanna push it too far. so I just went for this
How long would you estimate a drive would last if permanently plugged in?
As long as the life of it's mechanical components.
My concern wouldn't be the HDD, but the router's rather puny and low-tolerance power circuitry, which unlike a PC's power supply, is not designed to be driving current to many auxiliary outputs.
The USB sockets on modems/routers are designed primarily with USB thumb drives in mind, which draw at most 50 - 100mA.
The reason why quite often portable hard drives are sold with 2-headed USB connectors is because they can draw more than the 500 mA (2.5W) provided by a single USB socket. This is closer to a 5 watt power draw.
The average router's power draw is around 7 watts, max. Do the math.
If you're like me and you have a modem/router that cost you upwards of $200 dollars, you're not going to treat it with total expendability.
I haven't seen the Y cables for USB drives for years now (probably back when I got a 250gig drive). I doubt any have them now.
Sorry for silly question but can you open it and take the hard disk out to put it in your NAS or computer ? Just wondering how come this is cheaper than internal hard disk.
yes you can RDRooster. DOne this with last two deals and will do with this one.
Thanks Teddo.
Hmmm, that makes sense.
Yeah, I had a few fail but I managed to put it back into the case and RMA it.
There was no important data on the drive, otherwise I would have had to bin the drive. I don't recommend sending back any faulty drives due to this privacy issue.
Very cheap! Great bargain
Tough choice.. Buy portable for an extra 30 from amazon or this??
Buy this if you're just storing downloaded movies on it. Seagates aren't the most reliable drives
That's what I'm using mine for. No problems in the past 6 months.
If I plug this into USB slot of my Proliant N54L running xPenology would it spin all the time or would it be controlled by xepnology settings (i.e. turned off after certain idle time in settings)?
Bought this for my dad to store his porn
His vintage porn wouldn't require so much space due to low res
Good Buy. Have had a 1tb seagate external connected to my router as a media server for a few years now.
Good time to upgrade as I'm worried that mine will die soon with all 800gb of movies and shows!!This might not be 100% relevant but may help as a guide. I bought 2x Seagate Desktop expansion drives back nearly 3 years ago. Both of them had Seagate ST2000DL001 drives which are also labelled as Barracuda LP(tm) 2000GB.
They were immediately removed from their outer casings and stuck into my HP Microserver N36L. Only in the last week I had one of them start cranking out a SMART warning indicating imminent failure with an over tolerance number of unrecoverable sectors. Even after repairing there is no spare sectors remaining so this one is as good as dead as far as a I'm concerned.I had another drive in the system purchased at the same time as 3 others also start to downward spiral which needed sectors reallocated after approximately 2 years 6 months.
These drives have all been running 24/7 since their purchase except for the occasional down time for whatever reason.
You can run them 24/7 but I wouldn't recommend doing so due to the insulating properties of the external enclosure they come in. They will run VERY hot, likely in the 50.C range or higher and will likely exceed the maximum temperature threshold. They seem to be more designed for plug it in, grab some files, watch some movies then turn it off again. Light use.
24/7 use I'd only recommend doing so with the drive outside of the original enclosure such as installed in a PC or NAS.
Factor in 2 years useful life to be safe.HTH.
Very useful info, thanks
Good deal. Thx for the post :)
I just bought one… $79 for 2TB is a great price.
Will be using to store media, while plugged into my router (24/7).
As the unit is self powered, there should be no problem with it being plugged into external devices.
Thanks to the OP for posting this :)
Arrived today and works like a charm :)
Got mine had a 7200rpm 7200.14 64mb cache barracuda inside.