Seagate IronWolf 6TB NAS Internal Hard Drive HDD – CMR 3.5 Inch SATA 6Gb/s 5600 RPM 256MB Cache for RAID Network Attached Storage – Frustration Free Packaging (ST6000VN001)
I don't think it has ever been this low.
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Does this work on pc or only on raid?
Yes it works in a PC or any computer that has a 3.5" slot. Or you could get an enclosure for it. It is a drive targetted as a NAS but it doesn't have to be used exclusively for that.
It will work on a PC just fine… but the NAS drives are a bit noisy
If you are after a normal HDD you should look at this deal from Shoppingexpress
Just be aware that ShoppingExpress one he linked is SMR. May not suit some people.
Brilliant, thank you. I have been waiting for a good price on a 6TB.
Have you too noticed that the 6TBs are always at a wierd price point? Theyre not linear from 2 to 4 and then 6….. Anyway, yeahs its a good deal
The different size drives use different sizes and numbers of platters, so you can get these weird price variations if certain configurations are cheaper to make, or yields are better.
https://rml527.blogspot.com/2010/10/hdd-platter-database-sea…
Yep cheapest Ive seen in searching for months…..
Was waiting for Black Friday but this is too good to pass up. Thanks!!
Now comes the question, to jump on this for my new home server, or wait and hope there's better deals come Friday/Monday for perhaps bigger drives.
Also, any idea how difficult warranty will be through amazon? Usually they are pretty good but I've been seeing a whole bunch of issues with hdd's and returns (mainly being oem drives)
Paid 236 for 8tb just a few months ago on eBay deal and that was best I had seen in a while so this ain't bad at all, just not the best but what is in this current market
Out of curiosity was that an USB/external or internal drive?
Bought 2 of these exact lose internal drives but in 8tb for in use in my synology NAS
Cheers, also looking for drives to upgrade the Synology NAS
@nickeveli: Yea very happy with the ironwolf and I'm not a Seagate fan well of their normal drives but can't fault these at all
Are you using a DS220+? (thats what I'll be booting up and chucking them in)
can i use this for cctv or should i get skyhawk series? are they much difference?
Honestly minimal difference, get whatever is cheaper for $/TB. The cctv optimised hard drives are mainly designed to continue writing even if there are errors, which only matters with heaps of cameras.
thanks for your reply. i cant see skyhawk 6tb under $200. currently using 6tb skyhawk which i bought it approx $174 back in march.
Oh only other point I'd say is that if you want to put the drives in RAID, I'd get two identical drives. Especially in RAID-1. RAID-5/6 is less of an issue, but still can be important.
I tried to get PLE to match but they wouldn't come to the party.
Where are the deals for larger capacities like 16tbs…
Great deal.
Now the question: 4x 6TB or wait till Monday to see if 4x 8TB will be a better deal?
I know I'm waiting
I decided the same👍
Snagged a set of 4 of them. Will complement the 4 I already have in my NAS great for 48TB total. Cheers.
Thanks OP.
Grabbed 2 to compliment the 2 I purchased a couple months back :)
I personally chose these as they are the highest capacity that spin on the lower RPM as opposed to the 7200rpm drives.
Now to figure out how to afford a NAS enclosure…. :(
ye seems low but gaw dam is 32.25/tb