Says it's 46% off the usual price of $899. Regardless of that over-inflated RRP, it is still a cheap price for this drive and especially compared to other sizes at this time.
Edit: Not a showstopper or at the sweet spot according to others more knowledgeable than myself on the topic.
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Agreed. Deal is when it hits below $400 (it did a couple of times), that's the sweet spot for now
Fair enough - info updated to reflect currently prevailing views.
https://www.amazon.com.au/HC550-18TB-512MB-SATA-Ultra/dp/B08… at $486 is possibly better value due to its URE of 10^15 instead of 10^14 of the wd red pro
I have become sceptical lately of WD and their new policy to start throwing alerts as soon as a drive hits the 3 year mark…
My 4 current ones are over 7.5 years runtime and have no issues.
thats awesome!
do you run yours 24/7 or only when in use?
i have 4x 4tb handmedowns and considering either:
a) buying 'one size bigger'
b) or just go crazy with size hoping they'll last a loooooong time.
My usage is typically 2 days a week of operation and most of that time they're actually 'sleeping'
24x7, which may actually help prolong life. They only have about a dozen power cycles on each of them.
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I know these are pro drives so it's not entirely unexpected, but these are LOUD. I bought some last year and had to get rid of them because the 'thunk' noise they made reverberated throughout my house.
waiting for some 20 / 22TB deals!
The 20 TB 560 at $560 is almost deal worthy. https://www.amazon.com.au/Western-Digital-Ultrastar-WUH72202…
It's fancy new tech and has amazing performance specs and is at or close to an all time low. Cheapest local price is around $900.
However they are noisy which ruins everything for a lot of people, like fatpizza above. Not everyone is after performance at all costs from their hard drives.
https://nascompares.com/2022/07/25/wd-ultrastar-dc-hc560-20t…
agree. let me know when it come back
Do the 20TB units not support accoustic management settings ? Generally if a drive is loud you can just move the acoustic management slider down to 0 to fix it.
Not really a showstopper deal. 18 TB Ironwolf Pro is cheaper ($453) and better in many use cases.
https://www.amazon.com.au/Seagate-IronWolf-Enterprise-Intern…